Author: Lakeecia Russell | Staff writer

Lifestyles

Community re-free-gerator helps, gives back

Tallahassee resident Tonya Williams has partnered up with Faith Deliverance Pentecostal Anointed House of Prayer to open a community refrigerator for Tallahassee residents. Located at 1139 Kissimmee St. in Tallahassee, the refrigerator is open 24 hours, seven days a week and is restocked every morning. There are no restrictions on […]

Lifestyles

Orange is the new, well, everything

Everyone knows that FAMU students are self-starters, but this Rattler takes the cake. Danielle Orange is a third-year health science student with two thriving businesses, and a part-time job as a unit secretary for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Orange’s first business is called daniyoootheconchplug. Her mission for her business […]

Lifestyles

Gurlie’s Lemonade is a family affair

When life gave these two brothers –  Marquis Williams and Demetrius Murray – lemons, they made lemonade. Gurlie’s Lemonade Stand, to be exact. Located at 1105 W. Tharpe St., near Old Bainbridge Road, it is a thriving business. This May, Williams and Murray were thinking of different ways they could […]

Lifestyles

Bfaast Fitness: More than a gym

Bfaast Fitness, located two blocks from Florida A&M’s campus at 1517 S. Adams St, aims to be much more than just a fitness center. The owner, Patrick Nelson, graduated from Liberty University with a masters in counseling. Bfaast is an abbreviation for Building Fundamentals for Academic Athletic Success Training. It […]

News

FSU’s freshman class makes history

On Monday, Aug. 26, Florida State University’s class of 2023 made university history when it was named the largest freshman class in school history. The university expected over 6,520 freshmen to be enrolled this academic year. More than 35,000 students applied, 17,000 were accepted, and well over 6,500 enrolled. […]