CHARLOTTE, NC.- Wednesday, the Florida Democratic Party and  Florida’s 300 delegates gathered to discuss ways to gain more Democratic voters in the upcoming November election.  In attendance were a few Tallahassee delegates. “I’m really excited. This is my third convention, but my first as a delegate,” said Tallahassee delegate, […]

The search for Florida A&M’s next band director officially began Thursday afternoon. The Search Committee for Director of Marching and Pep Bands announced that it is aiming to find a replacement for former director, Julian White, by the end of November.  The meeting was headed by Interim Provost Rodner Wright, […]

Coming on the heels of the Labor Day weekend, Charlotte showed no signs of rest as this year’s host city of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Yesterday was the official kick off of the convention, but crowding the queen city’s streets were some angry protesters.  “They’ve barricaded the street up […]

On Aug. 23, four days before the start of the new school year, Interim President Larry Robinson announced that Dean of Education Genniver C. Bell was out and Patricia Green-Powell was in. Green-Powell’s appointment marks the sixth interim dean in place across the university. In addition to six interim deans […]

Mud puddles dotted the grassy field. It had rained earlier that day, and “The Patch” was still showing signs of the recent downpour. But Florida A&M’s Marching “100” still practiced. The band’s formations took crooked, meandering turns around the 30-year-old practice field – all under the gaze of then-band Director […]

  Students often worry about being late for class and the hassle of finding parking. But a new parking service may get rid of the headaches for good. No Time Wasted (NTW) is a valet company serving Florida A&M students, faculty and visitors between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday […]

Florida A&M University supporters gathered to see the FAMU football team off as it heads to its first game of the 2012 season against Tennessee State University.

  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in “The Green Mile” and such other box office hits as “Armageddon,” ”Planet of the Apes” and “Kung Fu Panda,” is dead at age […]

Chris Lightly died of an apparent gunshot wound on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 at his home in the Bronx borough of New York.

Florida A&M Universities Director of university Events, Tammy Hamlet, faces eight counts of fraudulent per diem and travel expenses. She turned herself into the Leon County Jail Monday after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement discovered discrepancies in her submissions for reimbursement of travel vouchers between July 2010 and June […]