Wednesday, September 18, 2019
With one month left in Tallahassee’s e-scooter pilot program, residents have been taking their last few rides around the city to enjoy the popular motorized scooters. The new, innovative way of transportation was presented to the City of Tallahassee this summer, which led to the start of the three-month pilot […]
In 2016 and 2017, Florida A&M was ranked No. 1 among the nation’s public HBCUs by U.S. News & World Report. In 2018 it was toppled by North Carolina A&T State University in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2019 guidebook. Students at Florida A&M have been living […]
Every year the students at Florida A&M University complain about the lack of parking spaces on campus. With the student body growing, available parking is becoming extremely limited. However, FAMU’s parking services are addressing these complaints one lot at a time. The requests for more parking lots comes up every […]
It looks like it’s going to be a great year for the Rickards Raiders, as they have come close to completing a new sports complex after just about nine months of renovations. After deciding not to relocate Leon County Schools’ lone south-side high school, the district decided instead to construct […]
On Monday, the Student Government Association gathered alongside students in the Senate Chambers for their weekly meeting. The meeting kicked off with announcements of events taking place this week, homecoming updates and updates from student leaders on tasks dealing with their elected roles. At their previous meeting that took place […]
The undergraduate Student Success Center has added four new academic coaches for incoming freshmen. The role of the academic coaches is to serve as accountability partners for students, ultimately making sure that the transition to campus is smooth and that they are aware of all the resources that FAMU has […]
Florida A&M University (FAMU) maintains its ranking as the No.2 public Historically Black College and University (HBCU). FAMU was also ranked as No.7 of all public and private HBCUs, moving the university up two slots, keeping it among the top 10 HBCUs within the nation according to the 2020 U.S. […]
The fight continues for a base salary increase for all workers who are part of the University Support Personnel System at Florida A&M University. Representatives from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the union that represents all non-teaching staff, met with FAMU last week to negotiate. The […]
At the end of August, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued a disturbing health advisory on marijuana that does not align with a now very common perception of the “natural” drug. Adams summarized the advisory saying, “This ain’t your mother’s marijuana.” “I, Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adams, am emphasizing the […]
At 8:28 a.m. Sunday, a small house on the 200 block of Gaile Avenue, just east of South Adams Street, was in flames. The Tallahassee Fire Department responded immediately to the call. By 9:06 a.m., TFD tweeted a photo of smoke, hoses and two fire engines with the caption, “TFD […]