Friday, July 4, 2025
Before you plan on getting COVID-19 tested, grab a snack, some water and something to keep you busy for a few hours. With coronavirus cases sky-rocketing in Florida, Tallahassee residents are frantically trying to get tested. However, most testing sites have restrictions. At the CVS testing locations, patients have to […]
Devin Myrick, a graduate of Florida A&M University, recently enlisted in the Army. Myrick knew when he was in high school that he waned to attend FAMU’s ROTC program. He said it was a challenge but it was an important step in his journey. “Joining the FAMU ROTC program opened […]
Florida A&M’s Bragg Memorial Stadium could face severe damage from Formosan termites. A student research club is credited with discovering the termites and its efforts may prevent further damage to the aging stadium. The club is part of Teaching Our Youths Science, an outreach organization on campus. It began four years […]
Brianne Pate held a grand opening for her salon, Spoiled Salon Suites, on Saturday. In less than a year in business the FAMU alumna has proven that hard work, consistency, and discipline pay off. “After I graduated in spring 2019 with a bachelor’s in health science, I went home to […]
The Sunshine State has a new moniker — Epicenter of the Coronavirus. Last week, Florida broke the country’s record for new daily coronavirus cases, surpassing New York. As of Wednesday, there have been more than 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Florida, with more than 10,000 cases added that day. This […]
Ralph Russell, an Atlanta native, is a rising senior music industry major at Florida A&M University who has been part of the Marching 100. He is a Black music producer and has blossomed into one of the most profound disc jockeys atFAMU. Russell acquired an interest in becoming a DJ […]
The city of Tallahassee has a new attraction — and it’s generating a lot of buzz. Last week,a Black Lives Mattermural was painted on the pavement at the intersection of Gaines Street and Railroad Avenue. It is an intersection between two cultures, FAMU and FSU. The mural was installed in […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA — After being shuttered for nearly four months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the magical amusement park Disney World has recently fully reopened with new safety protocols in place. The reopening took place during the same week that Florida set the United States’ coronavirus record for the […]
Many Black celebrities in the past two weeks have made political statements that have sent a shockwave of second-hand embarrassment into the Black community. From Chance the Rapper endorsing Kanye West for president to Nick Cannon making anti-semitic statements to drive home his point on Black liberation, it has been […]
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida continues to increase, Florida A&M University announced that it will be launching the “Protect the FAMUly” campaign as a way to share safety and reopening information with faculty, staff, students, parents, alumni and other stakeholders. News of the campaign came as the […]