Sunday, March 29, 2020
Many students in FAMU’s School of Journalism & Graphic Communication were stunned by the sudden announcement Friday that SJGC’s dean, Michelle Ferrier, had been replaced by Associate Professor Bettye Grable, who will serve as acting dean. Students and alumni did not take this news lightly. “It really just makes me […]
Florida A&M athletic director Kortne Gosha told members of the Board of Trustees on Wednesday that he is confident that the department’s budget will be balanced by the end of the fiscal year. Gosha also talked about wanting to make renovations to Bragg Memorial Stadium, which has not had any […]
Florida A&M University’s Student Government Associationheld their weekly meeting in the senate chambers on Monday for confirmations and to discuss special allocations. The SGA jumped right into the evening’s first confirmation. Denied in the last meeting, second year law student, Natalie Alfonso, was finally appointed the position of associate circuit […]
Florida A&M University recently introduced multiple reflective crosswalk signs around campus. These signs are placed where traffic is prominent. This past fall semester these signs appeared at every crosswalk on FAMU’s main roads. The signs are placed to improve campus safety by lowering the risk of students and visitors being […]
Florida A&M University’s student government association threw an event highlighting current and former rattler business endeavors. SGA Vice President Alexys Lynn put together the event. Lynn’s goals were to help these entrepreneurs grow their businesses and to encourage entrepreneurship. “I wanted to brand student ambassadors, students who have their own […]
Research done by two social work PhD candidates at Washington university at St. Louis, points to some disturbing trends. Robert Motley and Andrae Banks examined barriers and facilitators to professional mental health service use for Black male trauma survivors ages 18 and older. Their research involving trauma and mental health […]
To be Black in America is to live in two worlds at once. In one world you’re told if you work hard and do the right thing, you can grow up and have anything you want. In another world you witness that dream being snatched out of the hands of […]
Democratic lawmakers in South Florida are pushing for an Urban Core Gun Violence task force. Two bills aimed at reducing Florida’s gun violence issues are currently working through the Legislature, which will conclude its 2020 session in a little more than a week. The proposal would create a 10 member […]
The wail of a mother’s cry is capable of breaking the hearts of millions. To lose a son, a daughter, or simply even a loved one is heart-wrenching. Sadly, in some cities dressing up in all black to commemorate the life of someone is more common than others. There is […]
Friends and family of Jamee Johnson want the world to know him as reserved, kind-hearted, and most of all a man of his word. On the night of Dec. 14, the four shots that were fired on East 20th Street at Buckman Street in Jacksonville, Florida claimed the life of […]