Mentor and entrepreneur Samantha Vance, hosted a community event Wednesday at Domi Station geared to women to help them build their networking and connecting skills. The hour long event was standing room only as local business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs learned key ways to build their skills in connecting with […]
Author: Sierra Lyons | Opinions editor
Rattlers remain perfect at home
The Florida A&M University men’s basketball team was able to remain undefeated at home as they pulled off a victory against South Carolina State University, 61-56. With this win, FAMU (12-14,10-5) will finish the season with a perfect 8-0 run at home for the first time since the 1988-1989 season. […]
This alumna has earned her credit
As she sits behind her desk on a Wednesday morning, not even the woman she was three years ago could imagine life playing out as it has. Aisha Thompkins believed she had it all figured out when she graduated from Florida A&M University in 2016. She had spent two of […]
President’s state of the university address: “FAMU is indeed rising”
Faculty and staff gathered in Lee Hall Auditorium as Florida A&M University President, Larry Robinson, gave his State of the University Address. The occasion celebrates growth and accomplishments made by the university, its students, and faculty. Robinson took no time to commend the hard work put in by his faculty […]
FAMU offers Flex Bucks opportunities
FAMU students have a chance to receive an additional $100 in Flex Bucks to be added to their accounts. The university has informed students via email and social media from Business and Auxiliary Services to sign up for a limited-time offer that ends March 30. To qualify students must adhere […]
Forum celebrates the life and work of Toni Morrison
The 12th annual Spring Literary Forum will take place on Thursday in the Efferson Multipurpose Center. The forum will be from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event has been held for the past 12 years to spread literary awareness. This year it will be for an entire day as the […]
Bostic makes debut at ‘A Night at Birdland’
The campus has yet to meet the lead vocalist of the FAMU Jazz Ensemble and that’s about to change. Rae’Kwan Bostic, a sophomore music industry student from Atlanta, transferred to Floria Agricultural and Mechanical University in the fall after starting at Tallahassee Community College. “I want to sing for the […]
Florida Senate moves to give judges more discretion
In Tuesday’s Senate Appropriation Committee meeting on criminal justice, senators moved to approve an expanded Second Look Act, or Senate Bill 1308, into a large criminal justice package for this year. The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the committee but faced opposition from the Florida Association of Sheriffs. Matt Dunagan, […]
County to continue funding COCA
Musicians, artists, actors, dancers, gardeners and many other creatives crammed the Leon County Commission meeting and two overflow rooms Tuesday to defend the Council on Culture and Arts (COCA). They were hoping that their efforts would motivate the commission to continue funding the non-profit organization for five more years, rather […]
Should a person’s racist past be forgiven?
It seems like every few months, a new celebrity or public figure is coming out and apologizing for past racist behavior. Our public figure this month is Michael Bloomberg, one of the current frontrunners in the Democratic presidential primary race, who is under fire for his comments in a 2015 […]