Hundreds gathered at Kleman Plaza on Saturday for the seventh annual Fiesta Filipino (Pista Sa Nayon). The festival featured an array of Filipino cuisine, music, martial arts, dancing, and shopping. The Fiesta Filipino is a cultural event that showcases the beloved traditions and customs of the Filipino community. The event […]
Author: Destanie Morman | Staff Reporter
Student organization hosts free sickle cell screening
The Alpha Chapter of Kappa Psi Psi Healthcare Sorority, Inc. hosted the first sickle cell screening at FAMU during this week’s Set Friday. The screening was in collaboration with the Sickle Cell Foundation, Inc. of Tallahassee. September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. During the month of September Tallahassee’s Sickle […]
FAMU Dreamers enriching local schools
Students in the STEM Club at W. T. Moore Elementary School were in awe over the experiments involving color crawling and chemical reactions at their first meeting for the school year. FAMU Dreamers lead a variety of STEM-related activities once a week to students in grades K-5. FAMU Dreamers is […]
Getting on Track with The Venom
On Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, the students of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University received an email attached with a survey titled “FAMU VENOM TRAK App” which can potentially change the way that students are able to maneuver around campus for the better. When taking the survey that was created by […]
Tallahassee crews deploying to Carolinas
City of Tallahassee electric crews began deploying to Myrtle Beach, S.C. today to assist with recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. As stated in a press release by the city of Tallahassee, city crews will be traveling with other Florida-based mutual aid crews on Saturday to assist Santee […]
FAMU Alumni fashion show impacts the Tallahassee community
Malik Alrahim, Lockhart District LLC and Power Circle Entertainment Group LLC filled The Moon, a local nightclub, on Sept. 9 for their first collaborative fashion show of the year ‘ELAN’. Florida A&M University alumni Alexis Lockhart and Malik Alrahim partnered up to create the vision for the show and exceeded […]
A taste of Japan in Midtown
A dinner at Sakura is an unforgettable experience, and one not to be missed. It’s a beautiful restaurant: the ambiance is amazing, and you’ll be thinking about it long after the meal is over. Sakura is located on North Monroe Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues in Midtown and conveniently […]
Senate on the Run looks to bridge gap between SGA and student body
Florida A&M University’s Student Government Association hosted its Senate on the Run event Wednesday. The event was an opportunity for senators and leaders in SGA to come out and get involved with the student body as food was served free of charge. Senate on the Run is an event held […]
Grown Toons
Adult content in child entertainment has become more overt overtime. A joke on social media is making the rounds that “2000’s babies” are wilder than the great “90’s babies.” I’d say it’s because 2000’s babies were more abruptly desensitized to mature topics than 90’s babies. “When we were younger, we […]
Sickletember raises awareness to FAMU students on sickle cell disease
Photo courtesy of AR the Prophet Florida A&M University’s Future Public Health Professionals hosted the HBCU Sickle Cell College Tour on Aug. 30 and 31 to increase awareness, educate and empower those who are unfamiliar with the inherited blood condition. The tour aims to combat the issue most historically black colleges […]