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ULTA Beauty brings variety to Governors Marketplace

ULTA Beauty, one of the largest national beauty chains, will open a store in Tallahassee on Friday at Governors Marketplace. Customers will get to test and sample more than 20,000 beauty products. Kai Butler, a senior occupational wellness student from Jacksonville, Fla., is anticipating the stores opening. Im so excited […]

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Tattoos: Yay or nay in the workforce?

Tat-tat-tatted up. The Alliance, featuring Fabo from the rap group D4L, released the song Tattoo in 2007. For some, tattoos on ones back, chest, arms and legs dont seem unusual. But nowadays, people even have tattoos on their faces. But while the urge to tattoo the body is acceptable in […]

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Poetry group celebrates Black History Month

Voices, a spoken word organization at Florida A&M, gathered Wednesday for an evening of lyrical recitals. As guests filled the Rattlers Den, the New Renaissance band played jazz music with a twist of hip-hop to entertain guests before the event began. When the lights dimmed, the room became silent and […]

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FAMU employee began pursuit of higher education at 44

Frances McMillon, program assistant of the Department of Honors Program at Florida A&M, began her higher education journey in 1996 when she was 44. After serving 35 years in clerical positions for high-profile companies, McMillon decided to move back to Tallahassee from Hartford, Conn. She initially worked for FAMUs NASA […]

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FAMU competes for funding among HBCUs

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 […]

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Girl Talk allows students to discuss personal issues

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 […]

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Oasis hosts screening and discussion for black women

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 […]

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Fresh food becomes staple of local restaurant

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 […]

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Food trucks drive business in Tallahassee

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 […]