Author: Gabriela Holmes | Staff writer

Lifestyles

New eatery pops into Tallahassee

Hard PoP Cafe, a new gourmet popcorn shop is now open at 1316 South Adams St. It offers several different sweet and savory flavors of gourmet popcorn. Hard PoP is owned and operated by two FAMU alumni who requested that their names be left out of this article. Jaden Vilvert […]

Opinions

Black on Black crime is a myth

Earlier this week I read an opinion piece in the Tallahassee Democrat by Donna Brown, a retired police sergeant. In this piece, she wrote: “People are demanding the ‘good cops’ stand up and speak out against ‘bad cops.’ I support that, but why are they not demanding that members of […]

Opinions

No Set Friday, now what?

Many students were excited to either begin or continue their collegiate career on campus after what seemed to be the longest running spring break in history. However, the eagerness for social functions, homecoming and the infamous Set Friday would soon be diminished due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Florida Agricultural […]

Opinions

The Republican Party is more united than the Democratic Party

The Republican National Convention kicked off Aug 24, centered around the theme “Land of Promise,” following the formal nomination of President Donald Trump in Charlotte, North Carolina. Throughout the four day convention, prominent Republican leaders as well as President Trump’s family, supporters and advocates shared testimonials, efforts and facts […]

News

City’s housing market ‘on fire’

The summer of the COVID-19 pandemic shows buyers and sellers in the Tallahassee housing market are burning up. The demand for homes in Florida’scapital city is so high that a lack of inventory is causing bidders to go to war on new listings. Without the stress of heavy home insurance […]

Lifestyles

These FAMU students embrace sustainability

When talking about sustainability, you may only think of the saying, “reduce, reuse and recycle.” But some FAMU students have taken it to the next level. Linney Osias and Simone Sadler, co-founders of Plaid n Polka Dots, have created an environmentally ethical source for shopping fashionably. Many synthetic materials such […]