Starting in the fall of 2023, Florida high school students must pass a financial literacy class in order to graduate. Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill requiring high school students to complete a financial literacy course before they can graduate. The bill titled ‘Dorothy L. Hukill Literacy Act’ […]
Author: Kelly Pusey | Staff Writer
Local school district faces $11.5 million deficit
Leon County has seen an increase in the number of grade school students taking advantage of new state laws to transfer from local public schools to charter and private schools. This trend will result in an $11.5 million deficit in funding for Leon County Schools. The district announced its net […]
TOTH: Episode 2
For episode 2, our hosts discuss mental health and its manifestations in media. TOTH is a weekly podcast brought to you by The Famuan.
Netflix is ‘pushing P’ – again
The gig is up! Netflix knows we’ve been sharing our passwords. The award-winning streaming service recently announced its plan to begin clamping down on password sharing among its nearly 222-million subscribers. According to a statement, the company says there’s been some confusion regarding how their hugely popular platform can be […]
College students should be more engaged with the news
Over the years, there has been a great amount of controversy surrounding college students and their engagement to socioeconomic events across the world. Many argue that social and economic issues affect college students, however many college students are not engaged with their community outside of their academics. According to NPR, […]
No ticket, no graduation
The end of the semester is getting closer and closer. Most seniors are looking forward to this day to celebrate their accomplishments at school with their loved ones. What they’re not looking forward to is scrambling for graduation tickets. At Florida A&M University, students are given eight tickets and those […]
Florida House denies bill to decriminalize fentanyl strips
On March 14, 2022, the Florida House of Representatives denied House Bill 6101, to remove testing equipment from drug paraphernalia. The bipartisan bill aimed to decriminalize fentanyl test strips in Florida to reduce the amount of overdose deaths. According to the DEA, fentanyl is a form of a synthetic opioid […]
A great day to ‘Be Out’
Florida A&M University (FAMU) held its annual Be Out Day and had a large turnout with people coming in from all over to unite in rattler pride. Be Out Day was held in the field across from Bragg Stadium beginning at 12:30p.m. Families, prospective students, current students, alumni and the […]
Climate change a reality in Florida
Global warming and climate change are prominent, ongoing issues that have a detrimental effect on people, flora, fauna and our infrastructure. Florida is highlighted as one of the primary states to experience such drastic changes in weather patterns. During the past week, it was recorded by the U.S. Department of […]
Florida lawmakers OK bill to police elections
A voting law package pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis was passed by the Florida Senate, creating a police unit dedicated to election crimes. In 2021, DeSantis proposed the need for the election of a police force after citing forms of unspecified allegations of election fraud following former President Donald Trump. […]