While sitting in faculty meeting on Sept. 11, a 30-year, full rank faculty member suggested we discuss why President Elmira Mangum is sparring with The Famuan. Other faculty members chimed in concerning the Open Letter to the Editor of The Famuan published the day before. Having read Editor-in-Chief Reginald Mizell’s column and President Mangum’s response, […]
Author: Valerie D. White
Champion family reaches settlement with FAMU
Florida A&M University reached a settlement today for $1.1 million with the family of Robert Champion, a drum major who died following a hazing incident by fellow band members. Of the $1.1 million, the university will pay $300,000 through the Florida Department of Financial Services. The $300,000 is the maximum […]
Water and Sewer Enhancements
Courtesy of WCTV Plans are underway to finish the water and sewer construction project on Pensacola Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The ongoing construction project to repave West Pensacola Street between Macomb Street and Duval Street and MLK Boulevard between All Saints Street and College Avenue started Monday, […]
Tallahassee Airport Receives Federal Grant to Improve Air Services
Resident and students that enjoy traveling can expect to see a new set of flights added in the Tallahassee International Airport (TLH). On Wednesday, the Federal Department of Transportation announced the Tallahassee International Airport as one of the 11 cities awarded with the Small Community Air Service Development grant. The […]
Health Regulations for Food Establishments in Tallahassee
With school recently starting back for colleges in Tallahassee, students are the main customers when it comes to eating out. The problem stands that students aren’t satisfied with the sanitation of the facilities where they eat. Qadeera Allen, a fourth-year visual arts student from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and frequent diner, […]
SGA President Targeted for Impeachment
61st Student Body President, Tonnette Graham. The student senate voted Monday to have Student Body President, Tonnette Graham, impeached. Graham is a Tallahassee native and was the youngest student senate president in FAMU's history. She is currently serving her second term. Monday at the student senate meeting, a speaker, in lobbying form, Kyle […]
Taking Control of your Obesity
The obesity rates are growing higher each day, and traditional gyms are not helping people drop the excess pounds they’d like to lose, so they are joining boot camp style classes. In 2007, Susan Sloan, 53, weighed 350 pounds. Not seeing any results from working out in traditional gyms. She […]
College Students, Politics And The 2016 Presidential Race
Photo: Marjorie Pierre Voting poll numbers reveal that college students across the U.S. do not follow the presidential race. Political analysts say students that are not politically involved tend to vote for the more popular candidate, or just for an “I Voted” sticker. Tiandra Williams is a first-year nursing […]
Artisan Marketplace hosts their grand opening
With three rooms full of one-of-a-kind crafts, the Artisan Marketplace celebrated their grand opening on Tuesday. Barbara Pace, owner of the hand-crafted shop, brought together artists in different fields to offer the Marketplace as a platform for them to sell their art. Pace worked trade shows for more than three […]
Delta State University Shooter Kills Two and Takes His Own Life
Delta State shooter, Shannon Lamb. Photo: cnn Three people are now dead after a campus shooter opened fire on Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. Monday morning. History professor Ethan Schmidt, died from multiple gunshot wounds after Shannon Lamb, a geography and social science instructor at the university shot him […]