Author: Victoria Goodson

Sports

FAMU women struggle to start the season

Rattler tries to score. Photo credit: FAMU athletics Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Lady Rattlers have yet to get a win through seven games this season. This season the FAMU women's basketball team scored 415 points, while their opponents scored 506 points. The Lady Rattlers have struggled shooting from the field, […]

News

Prayer vigil held for Emojah Mullings

Student holding a candle at the prayer vigil | Photo credit: Merlina Aventurin  Students, family and friends gathered at the eternal flame on Friday, Dec. 1 to honor Mullings’ life and contributions to the campus community. Emojah Mullings, a 19-year-old broadcast journalism student at Florida A&M University (FAMU), died on Mon. […]

Lifestyles

Tallahassee turns into a winter wonderland

Candy Cane Lane entrance located in McCarty Park. | Photo credit: Keyonna A. Howcott Tallahassee’s Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs Department turned the city’s downtown into a winter wonderland on Saturday. It’s what happens every first Saturday in December — Winter Festival: A Celebration of Lights, Music and Arts. According to Mario Palmentieri, recreation […]

Lifestyles

FAMU students giving back during holiday season

Members of the Beta Nu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpa Fraternity, Inc. at the gift station for the Angel Treein Coleman library, Marquis Bent (left) and Stanley Smith (right) |Photo credit: De'Bria Payne This holiday season at Florida A&M University (FAMU), the Beta Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, […]

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Mayor Gillum hosts annual Tallahassee Innovation Partnership pitch night

On Tuesday, Nov 14, Mayor Andrew Gillum hosted the second annual Tallahassee Innovation Partnership Pitch Night. Hosted at The Gathering on Madison Street, entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs came to Pitch Night to mingle and network with local business people. They were eager to share their ideas with other members of […]

Lifestyles

Students’ reactions to security on and off campus

Blue light emergency system located on FAMU's campus with Gibbs Hall in the rear. | Photo credit: Amari Godwin While there has been a lack of security at off campus housing facilities, students at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) have voiced their concerns about safety off campus in comparison […]

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FAMU Professor gets scam call

Professor Melanie White and her family. | Photo credit: Melanie Whtie  When Professor Melanie White’s foundation of speech class concluded, she received an anonymous call. The caller told White that her husband had been in an accident and hit the caller’s seven-year-old nephew while pulling out of a gas station. […]

Opinions

How Hollywood is sleeping on the movie about being “Woke”

Movie poster for Get Out. Photo credit: Youtube While black America was gushing over Jordan Peele’s 2017 hit movie “Get Out” and its message about systematic racism and social consciousness, Hollywood had other thoughts. The cultural phenomenon is competing as a comedy, rather than a drama, at the 2018 Golden […]