Florida A&M students and alumni flooded the Capitol Wednesday to hear what state representatives and senators would say about their school and a new legislative budget that has been proposed. With more than one-third of the students on campus majoring in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or health related disciplines, FAMU […]

Students of Florida A&M’s journalism school blogged about their experiences at the Capitol Wednesday for the annual FAMU Day at the Capitol. Read some of the thoughts of these School of Journalism & Graphic Communication in the attached articles.

Students rallied downtown Thursday for National Student Day of Action for Education with the Florida Alliance for Student Action in an effort to raise awareness of the dangers the university may face in the future. Students marched from the Kleman Plaza to the Capitol with Florida A&M student government members […]

When asked what they know about Florida A&M’s founding, students’ most common answer is “I represent Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, Oct. 3, 1887, WHAAAT!” However, the events that led to this historic date are not common knowledge around campus. Although the Black Archives offers extensive history about FAMU, many […]

President James H. Ammons said at a recent Faculty Senate meeting that bills in the Florida House and Senate aim at cutting millions of dollars in funding from Florida’s state universities. A proposed House bill would cut $140 million from all state universities, with $5 million from FAMU alone. The […]

Florida A&M’s Supreme Court has decided to hear a case on Thursday from candidates who appealed the results of last week’s Student Government Association president and vice president election. The trial is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Student Senate Chambers. If the Supreme Court decides to invalidate the election, […]

Florida drivers may be forced to pay more attention to the road and less to their inboxes. The texting-while-driving ban was approved by the Florida Budget Committee on Feb. 21. Florida is one of 15 states without a ban on texting while driving. Senate bill 416 makes texting, email and […]

Florida A&M’s Supreme Court, will begin court proceedings, Monday at 4 p.m. in the Student Senate Chambers, in regards to the disqualification of both McCorvey/Williams and Sider SGA Presidential tickets. Both tickets have appealed the Electoral Commission’s decision to disqualify them from the 2012-2013 Student Election race. They allege that […]

A healthy competition among aspiring student leaders turned sour as an anonymous YouTube user posted two controversial videos geared to “expose” the Florida A&M student elections. The postings, titled “FAMU Elections EXPOSED,” went viral this past weekend and caused uproar among the university community. The video referenced discrepancies within the […]

The deaths of Shannon Washington and Robert Champion have given new voice to the Florida A&M lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. “A climate of hostility has grown unchecked for too long,” said FAMU student Ciara Taylor, who lobbied at the Feb. 9 Board of Trustees meeting to add “sexual […]