#8220;Two to four million women a year are battered and domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women aged 15 to 44.” Refuge House is a women and children’s shelter that has been providing services to survivors and victims of domestic and sexual violence for over 20 […]

Florida A&M students with children between the ages of 2 1/2 to 5 years old only have to pay $350 a month at FAMU’s New Beginnings Child Development Center and $175 if they are Pell Grant recipients. Director Reva Myers,  was inspired while working in Atlanta’s Fulton County school […]

The members of Seeking Sui are not looking to change the face of rock. They aren’t looking to revolutionize hip-hop. They aren’t the new gods of jazz or dons of swing. They don’t want to be defined. Seeking Sui is a three-man band just looking to play music in front […]

I guess I’ll have to take a medical redshirt this year. For the past four years, I’ve gone to Austin, Texas, in October to ride my bicycle up to 100 miles in an event called the LiveSTRONG Challenge to raise funds in the fight against cancer. I’ve gotten tremendous support […]

Keyshia Robinson, whose name is changed to protect her privacy, is looking forward to the end of December when she will be able to transition to a public high school. First, she has to complete her studies at the Practical Academic Cultural Education center, also known as PACE. Robinson, 15, […]

Florida A&M’s Campus Girl Scouts strive to leave a footprint of service in the Tallahassee community. Although fairly new, several FAMU students have started Girl Scout Troop 440 at the Smith-Williams Center. Campus Girl Scouts designed Troop 440 to mentor girls in kindergarten through 12th grade to develop […]

Nat Adderley Jr. gave a powerhouse performance in Lee Hall with Longineu Parsons as cornetist, Diron Holloway on the saxophone, Ricky Ravelo on bass and Von Barlow on drums. The quartet not only exposed listeners to jazz music but its history and culture. Young and old jazz lovers felt the […]

An empty classroom revealed the recent presence of students, chairs carelessly scattered around, as Branden Murphy, a third-year public relations student from Tucson, Ariz., walked inside, his hand comfortably holding the hand of his girlfriend. Despite the innocence of the looks shared between him and his girlfriend, Murphy is no […]

Occasionally, everyone has “one of those days,” when everything seems to go wrong and nothing can make it better. When a day turns into weeks and even months, however, this could be a sign of depression. Depression is a common but serious illness that no one should have to […]

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation. In 2004, the U.S. Department of State reported that approximately 600,000-800,000 people are bought and sold across international boarders each year. Florida A&M University’s students are part of the […]