Thursday, July 3, 2025
The Florida Senate Committee on Appropriations met Tuesday morning at the Capitol. Chris Spencer, director of the governor’s Office of Policy and Budget, started off the meeting with a presentation giving an update on federal assistance related to COVID-19. “Florida is the direct recipient of $8.1 billion for programs administered […]
Daryl Moore is the second and final dean candidate for Florida A&M University’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication. Moore met Monday with the university’s search committee, FAMU President Larry Robinson, SJGC faculty, staff, students, alumni and the board of visitors, in hopes of earning the open position. Moore’s background […]
As this week’s senate meeting commemorated the first day of Black History Month, Senate President Shanel Brown and acting Senate Pro-Tempore William Walter kicked off the meeting with Black History trivia. The senate heard five bills this Monday during its weekly meeting. The Internal Development Select Committee and the Elections […]
Many individuals and families are dependent on the strength of nonprofit organizations, especially during a pandemic. Nonprofits specialize in taking proceeds and sharing them with the community or people in need. In addition, nonprofits help shape the betterment of society in that they help facilitate camaraderie, food, shelter and education […]
In honor of Black History Month, it’s time to decolonize your bookshelf and add some books with perspectives from Black authors. Books written by these queer Black authors and Black women are extremely necessary to diversify your point-of-view. Literary clubs like Well Read Black Girl, Noname’s Book Club, or Reese’s […]
It is always a great day when a Rattler returns to the “Hill,” and that’s happened last week when Florida A&M University appointed Marcy Muldrow Sanders, aFAMU alumna, to be the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) program director. Sanders represents NSIN’s first position at a Historically Black College or University […]
The year 2020 went off track in a hurry. The bad tune produced by the pandemic has carried into 2021. COVID negatively impacted all of us, but struck the music industry extremely hard. According to the World Economic Forum, the music industry has been hit hard by coronavirus with live […]
Florida A&M University and Tallahassee Community College financial aid officials continue to put student degrees in jeopardy, due to an increase of unanswered phone calls. As we continue to progress through these unprecedented times, in person contact has become extremely minimal. To ensure Centers for Disease Control guidelines are followed, […]
Since the beginning of time, women have rejected men who they have not been interested in. In modern times this rejection has caused too many women to endure physical and mental abuse from men who do not take rejection well. On January 18, a 31-year old woman was attacked and […]
Not only has COVID-19 changed the way we interact in our daily lives, it also has changed the entertainment we rely on for escape. With the pandemic showing little sign of slowing down, TV and movies have in part shifted their focus onto something that has affected everyone worldwide. It […]