With COVID-19 ending all social gatherings larger than 10 people, Tallahassee students have had difficulty enjoying the full extent of the college experience. For FAMU, this meant the indefinite end of Set Friday, football season, Homecoming and all in-person club and organization events — to name a few. Extensive safety […]
Author: Delores Battle | Staff writer
Jonas builds a business as he closes in on a degree
Nick Jonas is a budding photographer and videographer. He is also a senior business administration major at Florida A&M University. Initially, Jonas was solely interested in videography, but his infatuation with tight images led him to photography. “Every time I see a clean image or a clean video after I’m […]
How COVID-19 is affecting the poorest ZIP code in Florida
The number of coronavirus cases in Tallahassee has been fluctuating at high numbers since late June. However, the 32304 Zip code has been affected the most. Zip code 32304 is known for being the poorest zone in Florida, so the fact that this ZIP code is being affected the most […]
Much-needed new law removes racist language from real estate deeds
A new law in Florida has finally been enacted to help target racially offensive covenants found in real estate documents. The Tallahassee-based initiative that started more than a year ago was officially made into a law when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the legislation on Sept. 4. The criminal defense […]
University offers more suicide prevention training
Silence onsuicides continues to grow louder each day on college campuses around the country. As it happens, September is Suicide Prevention Month, and FAMU decided to have asSuicide prevention training. Because of the pandemic, the suicide prevention training was available through Zoom for FAMU students, faculty and staff. The first […]
YouTube to remove accessibility feature
YouTube is under fire after the company made the decision to suspend the community contributions feature, effective Sept. 28. Community contributions allow users to submit their own edits to video title/description translations, subtitles and closed captions. After being reviewed by either the creator of the video or the community, the […]
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle in a battle of the classics
Two legendary singers graced the Verzuz battle Sunday evening, singing live to more than 60,000 viewers streaming the historic event. Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle began the battle reminiscing on their start in the music industry and how their friendship has developed, holding the strength of time. The two discussed […]
COVID-19 causes global hair shortage
If you’ve had recent trouble finding a wig for your next install, blame the novel coronavirus. Back in March, China increased its restrictions on imports making receiving the hair extensions a hassle for many. Vendors took to the app AliExpress to purchase hair extensions, lace products and virtually anything to […]
Black Archives to offer virtual tours
Virtual tours have become the hottest trend among museums all over the country as they cope with the effects of COVID-19. The Meek-Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum is no different, and it hopes to join the bandwagon with its latest venture-online museum tours. For the last six months, […]
Apartment complexes must be held accountable for risky pool parties
In the past two weeks, the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Leon County has been increasing. The aforementioned two weeks included Labor Day and Florida State University’s first home football game. On Labor Day weekend, images and a video went viral over the internet of local college-aged residents in […]