Author: Lauryn McDaniels | Staff writer

News

No major surprises at virtual town hall

It’s a new semester with the same pandemic looming over our every waking moment at Florida A&M University. As FAMU prepares to begin hyflex classes — or FAMU fFlex — President Larry Robinson and the senior leadership team held a virtual town hall on Thursday to address how the spring […]

News Sports

Rudy Hubbard makes history — again

Rudy Hubbard earlier this week become only the fourth Rattler coach to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Hubbard had his most successful seasons as a Rattler in 1977-79. He accumulated a record of 83-48-3 in his career at FAMU. Hubbard grew up in a small town […]

Lifestyles

SJGC grad lands lead role in Tyler Perry movie

FAMU’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication produces creatives of all trades like journalists, graphic designers, public relation specialists–– and in this case, actresses. Ahmarie Holmes, a fall 2015 graduate of SJGC, recently landed a lead role in Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne.” Holmes’ time and experience in SJGC helped […]

Opinions

How safe will spring semester be?

Higher education was not spared from the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. Last fall Florida A&M University transitioned to full online instruction due to COVID-19. In the midst of the pandemic, a number of colleges were forced to shut down their on-campus housing and change in-person classes to online courses. […]

News

Search for new SJGC dean continues

A brief check-in meeting was held Tuesday to help narrow down the candidates for the new dean of the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication. All candidates, who are being identified by numbers instead of names, started their process back in November. The initial search for a dean began with […]

Lifestyles

Midtown Reader is a dream come true

Sally Bradshaw, a small-town girl from Greenville, Miss., became a business owner when she and her husband decided to open her childhood dream — a bookstore — in November 2016. “Growing up there were probably toys I wanted that I couldn’t get but my parents never refused us a book,” […]