There will be four new additions suiting up for the Florida A&M University’s Lady Rattlers basketball team this season, and they are working hard to fit in. Head Coach LaDawn Gibson said she expects her top freshmen, Quina Donald, Antonia Bennett and Tameka McKelton to make an immediate impact on […]
Author: Barbara Charles
Veterans deserve civilians’ respect
This Tuesday, I was trying to save money. Veteran’s Day is a national holiday observed by all, but just like Mother’s and Father’s Day, not everyone has earned the title to celebrate it. As a soldier serving in the U.S Army for the past six years, and a veteran of […]
Faculty receives salary raise
Teachers who work at Florida A&M University’s Developmental Research School will receive a salary raise or bonus on Dec. 3. Superintendent of DRS Ronald Holmes said currently the starting salary of a teacher at DRS is $27,500 and in less than one month, the salary will increase to $34,100 for […]
Local parks impose new fee
Some of Tallahassee’s youth may have to look for new after school options come Nov. 17. With the city bringing in lackluster revenues for the budget, the city commission was forced to severely cut department budgets, including the city’s department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs. The Parks, Recreation and […]
Project involves students
Within the next two years, Florida A&M University will be getting a new student union. Morris Hawkins, Coordinator of Accounting for Florida A&M University’s Student Government Association in the division of student affairs and FAMU alum, initiated the new union. “Our current student union is not really service friendly to […]
Safe team ask senate for money
The Safe Team president and vice president informed the Student Senate of their issues and concerns during Monday’s meeting. Since correcting previous issues, the Safe Team has been operating regularly for two weeks now. Equipment concerns still plague the efficiency of the Safe Team’s operation. Their intentions were to receive […]
Holiday must be remembered
Veteran’s day officially began in the 1940’s. But now, it’s a day that over the years has lost its spirit. It may be celebrated on military bases lavishly, but throughout cities and towns, there’s no highly enthused atmosphere. There are no big flags hung outside of homes in neighborhoods across […]
Seniors lead the way
This year’s Florida A&M University men’s basketball team has six new freshmen, and the seniors will try to pull the team together with their leadership. “We have a very young team,” said Lamar Twitty, a senior forward from Fort Lauderdale. “I tell them it’s a great feeling winning the MEAC […]
Freshmen a part of game plan
The transition from a high school to a college basketball team, is what six freshman athletes on the Florida A&M University men’s basketball team have been trying to adjust to. “We ran in high school, but not like this,” said Cecil Bent, power forward from Atlanta, Ga. Bent said his […]
FAMU professor climbs up the ranks to colonel
The body of an American soldier is dropped inside of a home in Iraq. The floors of the home are secured with deadly bombs. The surrounding soldiers’ first instinct is to run inside before the life threatening ammunition kills him. The captain in charge yells to them, “No!” This changes […]