With the general election right around the corner, today is the last day that people can register to vote. While some organizations on campus are pushing students to let their voice be heard, some students still might feel their vote will not count in the 2008 election. But everyone’s vote […]
Author: The Editorial Board
Health group, complex unite to fight AIDS-HIV
The Minority Alliance for Advocating Community Awareness and Gateway at Seminole Suites are collaborating in an effort to help spread HIV awareness throughout Tallahassee. MAACA and Gateway at Seminole Suites located on Jackson Bluff Road will provide free HIV testing and counseling to anyone seeking the service. Screenings will be […]
E-zine covers campaign
Florida A&M University public relations students are creating content for “TubeTheVote.com,” an online magazine, or e-zine, devoted to coverage of the presidential campaign. Every week students are joining the University of California at Berkeley, Michigan State University and the University of Texas to create different pages for the political site. […]
Conservation efforts get a push
The “Power Vote” initiative has made its way to the Florida A&M University campus. “Power Vote” is a non-partisan campaign created to engage millions of people in an effort to demand real solutions to global warming. The campaign highlights the use of natural energy sources like wind and solar power, […]
FAMU celebrates 121 years
The past and present joined Friday to commemorate the founding of Florida A&M University 121 years ago. Former FAMU presidents, Walter L. Smith and Fred Gainous, shared the Lee Hall stage with President James H. Ammons, who invoked the memory of the school’s founders and urged students, staff, faculty and […]
Obama reminds students to vote
Barack Obama, took a break from his busy campaigning schedule to participate in a conference call with 75 universities, including Florida A&M University. Straight off the airplane, Obama phoned in to tell listeners from various university media outlets across the country why the upcoming Nov. 4 election is so vital. […]
Moderator proves to be fair and unbiased
Over 50 million people tuned in as vice presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin took their podiums to debate. The moderator Gwen Ifill, a PBS news reporter, was criticized two days before the debate, for a book she wrote, which included Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. In Ifill’s book […]
FAMU football team loses a nail-biter
Yesterday’s game was close as it came down to the fourth quarter. However,the Rattlers came up short yesterday in a 28-21 loss to South Carolina State University. Stay tuned for the complete story later tonight.
Utility hike surely bad for students
Investors on Wall Street aren’t the only people praying for a bailout. In addition to the pressures many of us have been enduring at the pump and the rising costs of other essentials, Tallahassee now has another brunt to bear. Because the city is attempting to recover millions of dollars […]
Pizzeria delivers FAMU treat
On Monday, Pizza Quick, located on Apalachee Parkway began delivering exclusively to Florida A&M University’s campus. Matthew Thompson, 25, the manager of the eighth-month-old restaurants said, “We’ve been promoting the store since the beginning of school and a lot of freshman complained about not having any transportation.” Rodger Smith, 22, […]