Author: Dominique Mack

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COACH WOOD TALKS NEW RECRUITMENTS

Florida A&M’s head football Coach Alex Wood met with members of the 220 Quarterback Club to present the newly recruited 2016 class. The February 10 meeting was held exactly one week after National Signing Day, during the club’s weekly luncheon at New Times Country Buffet on North Monroe Street. President […]

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FAMU Trustees Discuss Hazing

It’s been more than four years since the brutal hazing death of Marching 100 drum major Robert Champion. The horrible tragedy in November 2011 thrust Florida A&M University into the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons, led to the suspension of the famed marching band, preceded an unprecedented 25 […]

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Students Rally to “Dump Trump”

Courtesy of Shatanya Clarke The Students for a Democratic Society at Florida State University held a “Dump Trump” Piñata Bash Wednesday afternoon in its Free Speech Zone. The intended purpose of the rally was to raise awareness about FSU Board of Trustee member John Gruters and the decrease in black […]

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CRTPA Discusses Restructure of the Board and Evaluation Committee

Courtesy of Mary Chestang The Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency held their committee meeting, Monday afternoon, to focus on the selection for a new Executive Director and to figure out if adding a sub-committee to this position will be beneficial. The three candidates up for the position are Mike Kozlosky, […]

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FAMU to get new parking system

Florida A&M University’s Police Department has decided to invest between $39,000 and $42,000 to purchase T2 Parking meters, new vehicles and surveillance cameras on its patrol vehicles on campus to make parking more effective. The new T2 system allows students license plates to register as a parking decal. FAMU PD […]

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Rattlers strike back in double overtime

Courtesy of AnneMarie/Rattler Productions With a wild finish, The Florida A&M University men’s basketball team pulled off a 96-95 double overtime victory against Delaware State University Monday night. The Rattlers outscored DSU in overtime, finishing with 24 points in the overtime periods. Late in double overtime the rattlers hit […]

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FSU Appoints New Director of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship

Florida State University recently appointed Dr. Susan S. Fiorito, former FSU business professor and university administrator as its new founding director for the recently established Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship on Jan. 26. FSU recently received an 100 million donation from Jan Moran and the Jim Moran Foundation to create […]