Florida A&M University boards of trustees met on call Friday to discuss the next steps for the athletic department. The board of trustees Special Committee on Athletics Meeting’s established their goal is to provide strategic direction and help to develop a longer-term division for the athletic department, to ensure the […]
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Artists Bring Talent to Black On Black Rhyme
Talent is always present at Black on Black Rhyme. The poetry event, located at Nefertari’s Fine Cuisine in Tallahassee, Fla., brings musicians, poets and other artists together to enjoy the power of words. Keith Rodgers founded Black on Black Rhyme in his living room in 1998. Since then, it has […]
Journalism Students Host Election Night Special
The Florida A&M University School of Journalism & Graphic Communication students produced and hosted the Election Night Special. Election Day, held Nov. 4, is a day when Americans can cast their votes for their desired candidates and the final winners were announced. Professor Kenneth Jones started the Election Night Special […]
Eat More Chikin at Chick-Fil-A’s Ceremony
Florida A&M University is eating more chicken since Chick-Fil-A unveiled a month ago. Tomorrow, Rattlers can eat more chicken at the ribbon cutting ceremony in the Orange Room to welcome the restaurant to FAMU. The ribbon will be cut in front of the Orange Room at 10:40 a.m. Students present […]
Professor Changes Student Expectations
Florida A&M University professor Janet L. DeCosmo changes student expectations as she, a white woman, teaches, researches and publishes material based on the Caribbean and other regions part of the African Diaspora. In a spacious room with large, black televisions showing the official music video to Bob Marley’s 1983 hit […]
Tallahassee Police and community should work together for a better relationship
The Tallahassee Police Department and its community have not been on the best of terms lately. Harassment, racial profiling and lack of respect has put a strain between TPD and the community. Captured on video, the tasing of a 61-year-old great-grandmother Viola Young by a TPD officer sparked a national […]
FSU and FAMU Inform Prospective Law Students
Florida State University’s Black Law Students Association & Florida A&M University’s Pre-Law Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta collaborated in Benjamin L. Perry for “Life as a Law Student” panel discussion. Anika Boyce, the coordinator of the panel discussion and member of BLSA’s e-board, said that her goal was to create […]
FSU Students March against Thrasher
Florida State University students rallied in a march from Westcott to the Capitol building to protest the corporatization of education. The outrage from students began through the appointment of incoming university president, Sen. John Thrasher. FSU Board of Trustees voted 11-2 in September to select Thrasher as the next university […]
Defending Our Dreams
As an African American student attending Florida A&M University, we originate from African cultures. Our ancestors had fight many battles. Should you be worried as an African American for going to the store for a simple snack, playing music in your car or just innocently walking the streets at night? […]
FSU Students Challenge Administration
Florida State University students left a list of demands for incoming President John Thrasher in attempt to fight against the university’s agreement with the Charles Koch Foundation. The Charles Koch Foundation agreed to donate $1.6 million to FSU’s Department of Economics in exchange for influence over faculty hire, graduate assistant […]