Courtesy of LaDaniel Brinson Ahmad “Champagne Rivi” Rivera has been developing a series of paintings in honor of the late Jean-Michel Basquiat since July 2015. Rivi’s unique combination of extravagant and eye-opening colors earned mass visibility in Tallahassee this year. “Ode to Basquiat” is a series of 12 paintings […]
Author: LaDaniel Brinson
Key West’s blatant problem
Every year students travel to some of Florida’s most beautiful and talked about beaches for their spring break destination: Panama City Beach, Miami Beach and Key West. A properly planned trip made for laughter and fun, quickly made a turn for the worst after arriving at the Hyatt Windward Pointe […]
Music in the Cascades Park
Word of South hosted their second annual festival with a mixture of literature and music at Cascades Park. The festival began on Friday with a musical performance by Dawes, an American folk-rock band from Los Angeles and ended this Sunday. Mark Mustian, the founder of Word of South, wants patrons […]
Gov. Rick Scott vetoes controversial alimony law
Gov. Rick Scott finally made a decision on Senate Bill 668 Friday. For the second time in three years Scott decided to veto a controversial alimony proposal. Scott attributed this year’s decision to an even more controversial proposition, one involving custody sharing in divorce cases. The bill in question would […]
‘Restored Me’ screening will show on FAMU’s campus
One of the groundbreaking gospel films of 2016, "Restored Me" will be appearing at Florida A&M University’s Lee Hall auditorium Thursday from 7-10 p.m. for its last stop on their college tour. Hosted by FAMU’s School of Journalism & Graphic Communications (SJGC), the screening is open to the general public. […]
Miss FAMU Caribbean Student Association wins Statewide Competition
Miss FAMU CSA, Shatanya Clarke, was crowned Miss Florida Caribbean Student Association at the 2016 FCSA Conference in Tampa. The conference was held April 7-10th. Clarke, a third-year broadcast journalism major from Ocho Rios, Jamaica., was looking to win as soon as she got on stage. "I feel like I […]
FAMU Alumni Niiamar Felder Inspires with Fashion Film
Niiamar Felder Florida A&M University Alumni Niiamar Felder, returned to The Foster Tanner Fine-Arts Gallery on Thursday for the screening of his fashion film, “It is What it is” for the Artists in Bloom Festival. Felder graduated from the visual arts program in 2007 and later moved to New York to […]
FAMU challenges healthy eating, one hour at a time
Future Public Health Professionals held their first Healthy Happy Hour in Florida A&M University’s Science Research Building Tuesday afternoon. The purpose was to emphasize the importance of healthy eating, which in turn promotes a healthy lifestyle. President of Future Public Health Professionals Cortlyn Starr, a recent FAMU graduate with a […]
FAMU Student Athletes Strike for Community Service
FAMU student-athletes actively participating in delivering meals. Every Tuesday, FAMU’s Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) has participated in “Meals on Wheels,” a community service program in Tallahassee. Meals on Wheels is a program that delivers food to elderly citizens in the community. The Nationwide campaign seeks to address […]
Game Day in Tallahassee
Main Characters Mark and Charles, played by Chris Mathis and Mickey Clayton. Michael “Mickey” Clayton is producing his first film called “Game Day.” It is currently being filmed in Tallahassee and will be the first production for the retired, Florida A&M University (FAMU) basketball coach. A majority of the […]