Florida A&M’s Student Health Services received a $5,000 check from Publix on Tuesday to go toward the food pantry on campus. The food pantry, available to students and employees, has been around for about 13 years. It’s open Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to […]
Author: ZaKiah Miller-McFadden | Staff writer
Royal Court turns to Zoom to recruit for FAMU
Florida A&M University’s Royal Court would have been completing its fall reign this semester, along with walking the football stadium during games, recruiting interested Rattlers and hosting events for the FAMU community. The Royal Court is composed of positions such as Miss FAMU, Mr. FAMU, King and Queen of Orange […]
Students voice disappointment following cancellation of football
Florida A&M University’s athletic department earlier this month announced that there will be no football season along with volleyball and women’s cross country. Football season is normally a fall sport, but due to COVID-19 the season was delayed by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and rescheduled for the spring semester. FAMU […]
LCS Superintendent Hanna easily wins second term
Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna easily won his bid for a second term on Tuesday. Hanna ran against Pam Hightower, a woman of color. Hanna received 93,062 votes while Hightower received 62,425, according to the Leon County Supervisor of Elections office. Hanna stressed “keeping the children safe and giving […]
Memorable activities for autumn: Student edition
Don’t you feel the temperature changing? Yes, it’s officially fall. Grab your favorite sweater, mugs, blankets and boots. The hot chocolate, pumpkin spice lattes and s’mores have finally arrived. But do you want to know what your peers are doing to celebrate? Pumpkin-themed projects and movie-thons are taking over. DIY […]
The time is right for ‘Hubie Halloween’
Mixed emotions, all in one sitting. When most people think of Halloween they think about scary movies. But Steven Brill thought of a Halloween comedy, “Hubie Halloween,” starring Adam Sandler, Noah Schnapp, Julie Bowen, Karan Brar and China Anne McClain. Pranks and flirtation are just some of the things you […]
More Leon County students select in-person learning
More than 3,000 Leon County Schools students are moving back into classrooms in early November. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic schools all around the world shut down and switched to remote instruction. This forced parents to step in as teachers if they wanted their children to continue on to the next […]
Bridges brings a passion for fashion
Alexis Bridges, former Miss Junior 2019-2020 and a senior healthcare management student, has moved over to the business world. Bridges has had an eye for fashion since she was a young child. “Ever since Alexis was a little girl, she adored fashion,” her mother Angela Bridges said. “She would […]
Behind the hype with the iPhone iOS 14
Many of you may know that Apple has a good reputation for keeping its users up to date with software updates. iOS14 for iPhones has displays and many updates in different departments such as the App library, compact calls, Picture in Picture, pinned conversations in Messages, maps, translate and widgets […]
Disney still sets the standard
ORLANDO — Disney World is what every theme park should strive to be. It is the superior theme park, bar none. I believe Disney has the most popular entertainment parks in the state of Florida, maybe even the world. It is, after all, an international company. Between Magic Kingdom, Animal […]