The rise of the natural hair movement has encouraged many African-American women to embrace their kinks and coils. Some women, however, choose to proceed with caution in fear that natural hair will yield discrimination. Hair weaves, coloring and texturizers sometimes discredit someone from being considered natural. Overall, hair is […]

  Since stepping on the “Hill” in July, T. Denise Manning has been working with students to help complete community service requirements and implementing seminars to promote well-being through life coaching. According to Manning, life coaching is guiding individuals through issues and hardships they face so that staying in alignment […]

  We spend so much time searching for love. It’s as if we imagine love as this something we hold in our back pockets until we find the perfect someone to give it to. With hard work, we can accomplish anything. Accomplishments are the natural outcomes of a series of […]

Nearly 70 organizations, including the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, are collaborating with Million Hearts, a national initiative that plans to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. The Million Hearts initiative aims to improve access to effective care and focus clinical attention on prevention […]

Spring break has brought out the workout and health enthusiast in all of us as we try to get our beach bodies ready in time to show it off wherever we may be going. I am no different. Not long ago, the lifestyles editor and I decided to start our […]

One week of each year, students are likely to see red and white, pink and green or blue and white decorations covering the railings and buildings of Florida A&Ms campus. This week is commonly thought of as Rush Week.This is the time when students are able to visit and meet […]

Its a brisk Saturday morning in Tallahassee, and Royce Lovett is preparing for his evening performance at the Winter Festival concert downtown on the stage at Ponce de Len Park near Monroe Street. Lovett, 24, is loading his guitar stand and retro green suitcase into a portable storage unit reserved […]

Florida A&M is hosting the Trouvaille Art Auction, a fundraising event, in the Foster- Tanner Fine Arts Gallery this month. The opening reception, which will include mock biddings, is set to take place Tuesday in the art gallery from 6-8 p.m. Hours for bidding will also be allotted during spring […]

With the lyrics popped a molly, I’m sweatin’ (woo!) in his song All Gold Everything, rapper Trinidad James has contributed to bringing a drug called molly to the forefront of popular culture. Molly is purer form of MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy. The drug comes in powder or crystalline form. […]

The Tallahassee Museum’s newest guest animal, known for its prowess in the jungle, is a 2-year-old, 350-pound Bengal tiger that made its debut in November and is expected to stay through mid-March. Shelbee Caldwell, a visitor at the museum and Tallahassee resident, described the exhibit as an educational experience for […]