Rapper Cardi B, performing “Bodak Yellow” at Play Bar in Tallahassee, October 2017. Nadia Felder | The Famuan The very public New York Fashion Week feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj has been the topic of discussion everywhere, especially in the Black community where the topic got deep. Last […]
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Lack of discipline is the reason for FSU slow start
With three games underneath his belt, all the hype that came with head coach Willie Taggart seems to have gone downhill quickly after a slow start to the season. “Our fans have every right to have high expectations for our program and I can assure you that no one has […]
Local artists, entrepreneurs in spotlight at Fuzzy Pineapple festival
The Fuzzy Pineapple Fest 2018 Angel Miller | Staff Reporter The Fuzzy Pineapple Arts & Crafts Festival is designed to showcase young entrepreneurs whose impressive artistic skills may not be well known to the general public. The annual festival, now four years old, was held Saturday on Paul Russell Road. […]
Midterm elections, young people and awareness
The 2018 general election is just six weeks away, and everybody has his or her eyes set on the young generation for a vote. As of 2016, an estimated 62 million millennials (adults ages 20 to 35 in 2016) were voting-age U.S. citizens, coming close in number to the 70 […]
Athlete by day, student activist by night
Rachel Harden didn’t believe she had any athletic abilities until she held a tennis racket at age 7. “My dad is a tennis coach back home in Augusta, Georgia, so I have been around tennis my whole life.” said Harden “I started getting good at age 8 or 9 so […]
FAMU Connection starts recruitment tour
FAMU Connection set at Charles Winter Wood Theatre Portia Akins | The Famuan FAMU Connection held its final dress rehearsal Thursday in the Charles Winter Wood Theatre. The audience was informed about several facts ranging from Florida A&M being founded on Oct. 3, 1887 as the State Normal College for […]
FAMU grad launches No Leisure Marketing
Have you ever had a dream that you thought about, and with hard work started to see it manifest? Well, when it comes to Florida A&M University graduate J’Quan Bass, he can show you what hard work and consistency can bring you. Founder and CEO of Tallahassee-based No Leisure Marketing […]
Fans dry tears
I wonder who Austin Dixon is listening to today. Fans should demand positive behaviors from artists for the sake of their well-being. There should be a line between art and reality when reality copies art. Entertainers play characters of themselves to keep the attention of their fans. 1991 heard the […]
GCSO dedicates boat ceremony to young boy killed in boat collision
Skylar, with his Aunt Michele and Uncle John Tipper The Gadsden County Sheriff Office (GCSO) and Gadsden County community remembered 10-year-old John ‘Skylar’ Brogdon on Sept. 14 by unveiling a new search and rescue boat. Skylar was found dead after a boat collision at Lake Talquin in Quincy, Fla., in […]
Wakulla Springs a treasure in our backyard
Wakulla Springs is less than a half-hour south of Tallahassee. Photo credit: Matthew Donaldson Wakulla Springs is one of Florida’s many state parks. Its beauty extends beyond its exotic wildlife and cold waters. It was founded in 1931 by a Virginia businessman by the name of Edward Ball. The spring […]