Sunday, April 28, 2024
FAMU Universal has given students another opportunity to attend a free pre-screening of a movie starring black protagonists. In late October, FAMU Universal originated on Twitter and began hinting towards an event for students dedicated to the drama/thriller Queen and Slim. The event was a private screening that occurred at […]
Take a second and remember where you were at or what you were doing on the date of January 26, 2020. Unfortunately on this day the basketball community along with the world, lost Kobe Bean Bryant, Gianna Bryant, along with seven other lives in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, […]
Florida A&M University’s Student Senate met this Monday to discuss new events set for this month, allocation of certain funds for organizations that faced traction, and the coronation of new members. Kayla Braggs, the 49th Senate Student Relations community chairwoman, announced “Black-Out Week,” a week commemorating Black History Month from […]
DJ Jam and DJ Loosekid have been in Tallahassee for years, since they attended and got their degrees at FAMU. The South Florida natives started off DJing separately, but once Jam came to FAMU they decided to team up in August of 2015. “I love bringing a feeling of happiness […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced last month that the Florida Prepaid College Board would lower its college-prepaid prices by $1.3 billion, with remaining plans having lower monthly payments. Florida Prepaid calls itself the “largest running and most successful prepaid plan,” assisting with the high cost of college before students actually […]
Florida A&M University students honor their black heritage year-round, but February is special – it is Black. History Month, four weeks in which black achievements and culture are celebrated. A significant change took place in 1976, when it went from Negro History Week to an entire month nationally designated to […]
Ten committee members met at FAMU’s New Pharmacy building Tuesday to start the search for a new dean for the School of Nursing. Eight members gathered around the table while two others joined the meeting via Zoom conference call. Although the meeting was delayed due to the late arrival of […]
Growing up, my parents had a rule, I wasn’t allowed to wear color nail polish. During that time, I just thought my parents were being strict. How could something that all my friends were doing could be so bad? When I asked parents about it, they said one thing “it […]
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University alumnus, LaDray Gilbert, has been awarded the 2020 Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award. To receive the award, you must be an outstanding attorney for one of the state’s 20 judicial circuits. The award was started in 1982. Gilbert had to be nominated. “I […]
Cascade Park is becoming more aesthetically pleasing for the city of Tallahassee with a brand new state of the art developments. An AC Hotel by Marriott is set to debut late 2020 or 2021. Hotels are essential to college life during 4 main seasons: Move-in Day, Homecoming, Move-Out day, and […]