Friday, June 27, 2025
Once again, a spotlight has been placed on a Florida university due to allegations of rape. In 2013, Florida State University’s star quarterback Jameis Winston was accused of rape by a woman later named in a documentary as Erica Kinsman. Winston was never charged with sexual assault. However, earlier this […]
Photo Courtesy of Rashad Christie Florida A&M University’s homecoming has reached its halfway point, and the fun hasn’t even started yet. This week’s event lineup is a solid one, but it took a lot of penny pinching and number crunching from FAMU Student Government Association. The budget for homecoming was […]
Hall of Fame Inductees Florida A&M University’s renowned 1984 women’s 4×400 relay team, FAMU’s golf coach Marvin Green Jr., All-American distance runner Kevin Hicks, baseball ace Thomas Lomack, supporter of athletics Irene Nelson Holden and a trio of football greats were inducted into FAMU’s Sports Hall of Fame at […]
Photo Credit Aldernico Brioche Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, devastating much of its shores. The Category-4 hurricane, with winds estimated up to 230km/hr (145 mph), killed more than 1,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster to strike on a Caribbean country since the 2010 earthquake, which was also in Haiti. […]
Temperatures are dropping, leaves are beginning to fall and homecoming has arrived. Fall is here, and so are the new freshman student senate, president and attendant. The hopeful nominees hit the ground running vying to be the next elected student officials and members of the 2016-2017 royal court after a […]
Florida A&M University Lady Rattlers volleyball team has dominated the past few weeks in conference play. Maria Garcia won Player of the week in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), which is the second week a Lady Rattler has achieved this accomplishment. Maria Garcia is a freshman outside hitter […]
Photo Credit Aldernico Brioche Nostalgia could be heard in the voice of Amberly Williams as she reminisced about being a young girl that attended many homecomings, convocations and community events on Florida A&M University’s campus before being a student, and becoming the face of FAMU. Williams, the 110th Miss Florida […]
Dream Defenders Organization Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was shot dead by police. Alfred Olango, 30, was shot dead by police. Terence Crutcher, 40, was shot dead by police. These are only a few of the many that were killed within the last two months. According to a Washington […]
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Twenty years ago this month, I covered for this newspaper a campaign stop at Florida A&M University by the former first lady Hillary Clinton, making a final push in support of her husband's re-election. That event is on my mind a lot this homecoming, for obvious […]
Photo Credit Nallah Brown Florida A&M University’s The Marching 100 has lived by the same words for the last 70 years: “Highest quality of character, achievement in academics, attainment in leadership, perfection in musicianship, precision in marching, dedication to service.” These words go far beyond a motto; they serve to […]