Monday night’s 42nd student senate meeting got intense as senators discussed issues such as residence hall maintenance, Strikers’ special allocation request, homecoming and Royal Court male attendants.  While living on campus may be a dream for some students, others complain that the dorms are outdated badly maintained. Some students […]

All Three Coasts came together in Atlanta for the three-day hip-hop festival, A3C. A group of students from the FAMU Music Entertainment and Industries Student Association (M.E.I.S.A.) traveled to the event seeking to further their knowledge of the music industry as well as build their contacts via networking. Carissa Redmon, […]

  Lorrin Rucker is left with stitches, bruises and recollections of a drastic event she will never forget. What began as a college apartment party ended in turmoil for Rucker as she found herself acting quickly to protect her life. Saturday night, Rucker, along with approximately 100 other people, was […]

  Students, teachers and professionals gathered on Friday at the Southside Arts Complex for the first event in the weekend-long initiative termed “Community Healing Days.” About 60 people comprised the audience, and they arrived at the store-front building with a common goal: to confront the cultural misinformation that they believed […]

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The first of a dozen defendants to be sentenced in last year’s hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major avoided jail time when he received his punishment Monday, but he will spend more than two years under close supervision. Brian Jones was given six […]

  Brian Jones has been sentenced to two years probation and six months community service for his role in the hazing-related death of drum major Robert Champion. Judge Marc Lubet said that Jones’ role in the death was minimal and Jones did not hit or beat Champion. On Oct. 9 Jones entered […]

  Sonya and Chawlie Robinson were among the parents in town for the weekend’s festivities.  “We’ve looked forward to this visit since the beginning of the semester,” Sonya said. “It’s our oldest daughter’s first semester of college, and we’ve been looking forward [to] seeing what her experience is like here […]

  A night that began with a college house party ended in panic, pain and paramedics on the scene Saturday night. Approximately 100 people were packed inside a Seminole Grand apartment when the floor collapsed. “It was terrifying,” said second-year Florida A&M student AJ Nelson, describing the collapse.  After the […]

  Students and alumni of Florida A&M filled the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center to honor FAMU’s eighth president Frederick S. Humphries. Laughter and cheers echoed throughout the hall as friends, family, colleagues and students took to the podium and shared their experiences of Humphries, which overwhelmed him. “I didn’t imagine […]

  Florida’s minority graduating seniors topped the nation in SAT scores, according to a recent study released by the College Board. Scores improved in each subsection, which includes critical reading, mathematics and writing.  Florida’s Hispanics outperformed all other minorities nationwide. Average scores for Hispanic  students in critical reading are 29 […]