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, […]
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Sigma homeless awareness event
Florida A&M students participating in the Phi Beta Sigma homeless awareness sleep-out. Items representing a few items the homeless use to sleep on to stay warm.
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Pillow Talk brings light to the dangers of unhealthy relationships
Students gathered in Phase III assembly room for Pillow Talk. Photo credit: Tonique Belnavis To bring awareness to the signs of unhealthy relationships, Savitri Thomas partnered with Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Student Health Services to host Pillow Talk at 7 p.m. on Fri., Dec. 1 in Phase III’s assembly […]
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 […]