Florida A&M is competing again in the fourth annual Retool Your School competition sponsored by The Home Depot. Retool Your School is a competition among historically black colleges and universities. Samantha Johannes, a sophomore pre-physical therapy student and sales representative at The Home Depot, said the competition is both beneficial […]

Girl Talk had its second program Monday in the Rattlers Den. The program is a serious, uncensored discussion about life and issues students face daily. Denise Manning, a life coach and head of the Office of Service and Leadership, began Girl Talk earlier in the semester as an initiative to […]

The Oasis Center for Women & Girls held a film screening and discussion at the Black Archives Research Center and Museum on Sunday. Attendees viewed short films and discussed the relationship between historical contemporary issues and the intersection of race and gender in the U.S. Haley Cutler, executive director of […]

The food truck industry is an emerging business in Tallahassee and the Big Bend area. Due to its expansion, the Tallahassee Food Truck Association was created in 2011. Shane House, a tax and revenue specialist, said he noticed a local expansion of food trucks in April 2011. The association currently […]

Buying local ingredients has been more than just a way of business for the Miccosukee Root Cellar since its opening in November 2011. Every ingredient used, all the way down to the salt, is natural, organic or locally sourced. The restaurant has stayed true to its roots by utilizing this […]

Many Florida A&M students may be in a rush to leave Tallahassee immediately following graduation, but some alumni decide to stay and make Tallahassee home. For some, such as Sharonda Wright, a political science graduate from Enterprise, Ala., staying in Tallahassee was unplanned. When I graduated last year, I didnt […]

Many students are reportedly leaving their home country and migrating to the United States for a better education. But is the education really better? Fernando Cavalcante, a senior agronomy student from Brazil, said the structural difference in classes is an element that sets America apart from the education in his […]

Theres something special within us making us all who we are. This something is our seed of potential the gifts, talents and abilities that will serve as the nucleus of our success. No two seeds will reap the same fruit or have the same set of conditions prior to blooming. […]

On Sep. 26, 2010, at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, Fla., I gave birth to my daughter, Trinity Chanel Edmond. I remember how alert Trinity was. My mother still talks about how amazing Trinitys birth was. She couldnt pinpoint exactly what made her feel there was something special […]

Scrolling down the job application, the statement usually appears: Please list and explain your internship experience. Internships serve as an opportunity to gain practical experience within the field college students wish to study. They provide on-the-job-training and allow students to practice the skills they’ve learned in the classroom. However, the […]