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Students feel parking woes and limitations

FAMU Parking Enrforcement officer seen ticketing vehicles without registered tag. Now that the third-floor parking garage has been closed since Auqust, more students wonder where they should park | Photo credit | Adrienne Robinson  Students with transportation face a dilemma on Florida A&M’s campus. Since the beginning of the […]

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‘Marshall’ special premiere to take place Thursday

Marshall is about the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall | Photo credit: Chris O'Neal  Tallahassee is going to get a headstart on viewing a major motion picture, which tells the story of a pioneer in civil rights. Premiering throughout the country in theatres Oct. 13, “Marshall,” the biopic […]

Lifestyles

Homecoming nostalgia alive among alumni

Residents halls across campus came together for the Housing Step show Monday night in the Al Lawson Multipurpose Center | Photo credit: Sydne Vigille It would seem logical to infer that the Florida A&M University (FAMU) homecoming experience has evolved throughout the history of the university, but when it comes […]

Lifestyles

FAMU swears in the ‘MARVAlous Regime’

Campus royality gets crowned Sunday evening at Lee Hall Auditorium | Photo credit: Sydne Vigille The 111th Coronation kicked off homecoming week Sunday in what was called the “MARVAlous Regime” – a play on Miss Florida A&M University Michelle “Marva” Johnson’s nickname and Mr. FAMU Jordan Sealy’s training in the […]

Opinions

Are we kneeling for the right reason?

Football player Colin Kaepernick and Terence Crutcher kneel during protest. This football season Kaepernick was not picked up by an NFL team.   Welcome to the 2017 NFL season, where the conversation is not on who is going to win the Super Bowl but on which players are kneeling, sitting, […]

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It’s FAMU Homecoming!

Miss and Mr. FAMU — photo by Ernest Nelfrard     Monday •    The Housing Step Show Monday, Oct. 9, 7-10 p.m., Al Lawson Center and Gymnasium *Free and open to the public   Tuesday •    Community Health Fair Tuesday, Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Tookes Recreation Center […]

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CRA Approves New Cascades Park Development

In a vote on Monday, the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) approved to move forward with the project that cost over one hundred million dollars. The Cascades Park project is set to bring in a revenue of over 1.5 million dollars, a year, in property taxes. The project will align […]

Lifestyles

Love doesn’t hit

Photo credit: Merlina Aventurin   Chanting "Love Doesn’t Hit" throughout the streets, president of Active Minds Quantina Washington teamed up with Domestic Violence Coordinating Council (DVCC) Kelly O’Rourke to host their sixth annual domestic violence walk. Students and members of Active Minds at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) gathered at […]

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FAMU celebrates Founders’ Day Convocation

After convocation, Mr. and Miss FAMU, Jordan Sealey and Michelle Johnson, walk from Lee Hall to the Eternal Flame for the laying of the wreath  | Photo credit: Sydne Vigille    Keynote speaker and 10th President of FAMU, James H. Ammons receives the President’s award from Interim President Larry Robinson […]