Thursday, May 2, 2024
One year ago, customers were able to shop in stores on Thanksgiving Day for Black Friday sales. Now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly all stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day as merchants take the precautions needed to have a safe Black Friday. So-called essential stores in Tallahassee such […]
With all the stress and commotion going on around the world, especially with election day upon us, many people were not pleased to hear that Walmart has decided to put guns and ammunition back on display at its stores in the United States. A few days after making the decision […]
Last week, actress Jennifer Anniston posted on her instagram urging her fans to vote, and said it is “not funny” to vote for Kanye West. I found his response priceless as he clap-backed, “Friends wasn’t funny either.” The hip-hop icon officially announced he was running for president on Independence Dar. […]
Florida A&M University’s Student Senate filled another position during its weekly Zoom meeting Monday evening. After getting through the standard committee reports and announcements, the candidate for the FAMU College of Law associate circuit court justice, Maya Hendry, was confirmed. The candidate was provided a two-minute opening and closing period for […]
Voter intimidation has existed in America since minorities were granted the right to vote. When you hear the phrases “poll taxes,” “gerrymandering” and “violence at the polls,” you might be inclined to think back to the Jim Crow era. Yet, as Election Day is tomorrow, those are all issues we’ve […]
Joining the Army National Guard as a 17-year-old junior in high school shifted my focus and my drive early on. My grandfather served in WWII, and my father followed in his footsteps with my brother following soon after. I never thought that I would join and continue with the family’s […]
Growing up in her grandfather’s Pentecostal church, Charrise Lane has always lived a Christian life. From first grade to her senior year of high school, the west Orlando native attended a predominantly Black private school, Victor Christian Academy. Lane has said she gave her heart to God in the first […]
With the presidential election coming to an end in two days, Jill Biden stopped by the capital city on the last day of early voting in Florida for a “Souls to the Polls” event. “Souls to the Polls” is an early voting initiative in which the Sunday before Election Day, […]
There is sure to be a familiar name on the ballot for FAMU students. The namesake of FAMU’s Multipurpose Center, Congressman Alfred Lawson Jr., is a name familiar to anyone who has stepped foot on FAMU’s campus. Lawson left FAMU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree. Following a long and […]