Friday, November 15, 2024
Photo credit: Goldman Sachs Florida A&M University finance major Denzell Jackson was awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and will travel abroad to Shanghai, China this fall. The scholarship awarded Jackson $8,000 for all expenses of the trip. “I can’t even put into words how extreme this […]
For more than 26 years, members of Florida A&M University’s marching band have been spending their summer enhancing the talents of young musicians. For one week, middle and high school students are under the direction of FAMU’s band director, Shelby R. Chipman, in a comprehensive camp, focusing on different […]
With the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University football team’s preseason practice just weeks away, the team’s practice field hasn’t been completely abandoned. Head coach Willie Simmons and FAMU’s Athletic Department held its inaugural Willie Simmons Elite Football Prospect Camp on Sunday. More than 200 high school football players […]
Florida A&M University school spirit has experienced a severe decline since I stepped on the hill in 2014. The stadium is not as packed on game day, school events have lackluster attendance, and Set Friday is not as full and vibrant every Friday. The overall feeling of being a […]
This fall, the Cross-Cultural Coalition at Railroad Square Art Park will host the annual Caribé!, a free Caribbean family festival for the public. It is a Caribbean inspired carnival that will have a parade, costume contests, live music, Caribbean food and drinks. The Cross-Cultural Coalition (CCC) is located in […]
On busy Tharpe Street, there sits a locally owned, vegan restaurant called Sweet Pea Café. This casual, farm-to-table style café is one of the few restaurants in the city that offers an all-vegan menu. Although this restaurant caters to people living a vegan lifestyle, the food at Sweet Pea […]
Photo submitted by Brielle Crooms WASHINGTON, D.C. – While visiting or interning in Washington D.C., make time to visit the Smithsonian: National Museum of African-American History and Culture. Located on the National Mall, this relatively new museum is artistically designed as symbolic and tangible on the exterior and interior. […]
Orlando McKinley on the football field. Photo credit: FAMU Athletics Years of hard work, drive and discipline have the power to turn a hobby into a dream, which is what has happened to Florida A&M football player Orlando McKinley. A 21-year-old cornerback, kick returner and punt returner, McKinley is […]
It’s perhaps the king of comfort food and America’s all-time favorite dish: Macaroni and cheese. And now it’s a theme for a mini-festival. Happy Motoring hosted its inaugural Mac & Cheese Festival on Saturday in honor of National Mac & Cheese Day. The festival included a $25 purchase of […]
There was no better way to celebrate National French Fry Day than enjoying the deep fried side dish Friday at Tallahassee’s inaugural French-Fry Festival. The event took place at three College Town restaurants: Madison Social, Township and Centrale. With the purchase of a $25 ticket, participants indulged in bottomless […]