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 […]
Author: Lakeecia Russell | Staff writer
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 […]
Review: ’Joker’ tells the villain’s story
“Joker” is a brutally honest origin story about a real-world character, Author Fleck. He was a struggling comedian with a mental illness who turned the pain of his life into a movement through darkness. “Joker” is one of the best movies I have seen in a while, a fictional story […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]