The Florida Classic was near, and drum major Robert Champion said he wanted more respect from his peers. “I’m thinking about doing Bus C,” Champion told Melvina Hunter, a senior music student from Atlanta. Hunter sat in Florida A&M’s cafeteria, surprised at what Champion was saying. She respected him […]

  The Florida A&M community is reminded of the day that changed the lives of students and sparked a movement to transform the culture of the university. On Nov. 19, 2011, drum major Robert Champion died after being hazed by members of the Marching “100” at the Florida Classic in […]

  For the first time in more than fifty years, the Marching “100” did not perform during homecoming or the Florida Classic. The band is still under a standing suspension that will last until the end of the spring semester after the death of drum major Robert Champion in November […]

  Staff positions at Florida A&M have been subject to change after the death of drum major Robert Champion and the university’s need of new leadership.  Students were not allowed to join any organizations last semester and the Marching “100” is still suspended.  FAMU has seen many positions open and […]

  Ray Nelson II, a jazz band student at Florida A&M, reflected on spending between 45 minutes to two hours a day in a garage with no air conditioning, accumulating sweat and blood from blisters behind a drum set practicing. He uses self-made speed exercises with a metronome to practice […]

  VENICE, La. (AP) — An explosion and fire ripped through a Gulf oil platform Friday as workers used a cutting torch, sending four people to a hospital with burns and leaving two missing in waters off Louisiana. Coast Guard Capt. Ed Cubanski told a news conference in New Orleans […]

  Florida A&M students registered on Thursday to attend the Florida Blue Florida Classic this weekend. The student senate allocated funds on Nov. 5 to provide 204 students with lodging and transportation for the price of a $10.75 game ticket. Students were notified via social media, text and email with […]

  An adjunct history professor at Florida A&M who was taken to the hospital late last week appears to be okay. Danielle Buchanan, a public relations representative from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital said that there was no record of professor Jean Deese in the hospital’s patient system. “He could have come […]

  A new organization launched today in Tallahassee promotes economic success for minority business owners. The Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce is the first regional organization aimed at helping minorities and women. With more than 150 minority owned businesses in Tallahassee, some owners face many obstacles and are usually […]

  Many residents in Tallahassee are bringing the farm to the city by raising their own chickens at their own homes. It has become increasingly popular as more people are trying to live off their land for food and in turn, help the environment. People with coops in their yard […]