Author: Melynie Dangerfield

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Images celebrates 20th anniversary with plenty of style

Only days after America’s fashion capital New York City, ended its semi-annual “Super Bowl of Style,” the Olympus Fashion Week, Images Modeling Troupe offered Florida’s capital a different perspective on all things fashion. Founded in the of fall 1985 on the campus of Florida State University, IMT celebrated 20 years […]

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Business grads offered more money after graduation

New Mater’s of Business Administration graduates are enjoying big salaries and big bonuses right out of college. According to an article published in USA Today, corporate recruiters are once again actively hiring MBA graduates. A survey administered by the Graduate Management Admissions Council reported that of about 6,000 2005 MBA […]

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Marching 100 invited to play at Grammys

The Marching 100 will perform on stage at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards alongside Grammy-winning rapper/producer Kanye West and Oscar-winner and Grammy nominee Jamie Foxx Feb. 8.  West’s producers phoned Friday to invite the Marching 100 to Los Angeles to perform, as the band was en route to Atlanta to […]

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Kaplan holds workshop to help students prepare for GRE

Florida A&M University students planning to attend graduate school can take advantage of a free Graduate Record Examination workshop provided by Kaplan Testing Centers. The seminar will be held Feb. 22, in the Dyson Pharmacy Building, room 102. Kaplan’s free workshop will be sponsored by the School of Graduate Studies […]

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College of Education dean reassigned

Last week faculty, staff and students of the College of Education heard about the removal of Robert L. Lemons Jr. from his position as the dean of education. Lemons had been serving as dean of the college since Aug. 8, 2003. Although the faculty and staff were taken aback at […]

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Rattler honored by USA Today

For Darius Graham, a normal day could include class, working at the Department of Children & Families through the Gubernatorial Fellows Program, taking books to low-income children, a mock trial or even the setup of a library at one of the local community centers. But none of this is too […]

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Governor digs deeper into students’ pockets

Thanks to our governor, Florida college students can look forward to the 11th tuition increase in a row. Way to go Bush! Fret not fellow students, he really has good intentions: he’s trying to boost minority enrollment. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Bush plans to allocate an estimated $52.5 million […]

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Freshman Rattler shows wisdom on court

Meet Joe Ballard, a 19-year-old guard from Chicago on the men’s basketball team. As you look at him on the basketball court wearing a Florida A&M University jersey and with a basketball in hand, you may pass him off as just another player for the Rattlers. But this young man […]

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Black History month must be honored

Blacks have lost interest in being involved with Black History Month. The JWH Eason Civil Rights Museum & Research Center kicked off Black History Month during the first week of February with a public forum on civil rights in Florida from 1887-1960. This was a great way to set the […]

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Cheney gets away with shooting

Vice President Dick Cheney’s pellet shooting victim Harry Whittington took a turn for the worse on Feb. 15. Doctors were optimistic about Whittington’s recovery, and was released and is doing “extremely well,” according to http://www.news24.com. And the local sheriff cleared Cheney of all charges the day of the shooting. If […]