Author: Nailah Harris | Staff writer

Sports

MEAC round-up

As the 150th season of college football starts to dwindle, the race for postseason positioning is now taking shape. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is once again reminding the college football world that every team in this conference must be taken seriously. The Florida A&M University Rattlers (FAMU) are now […]

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Tennis offers route to free education

  Women all across the nation are using tennis as a way to pay for a college education that has risen in cost by 55 percent in just the last decade.  Tennis is traditionally a country club sport that is played for leisure. Although, the sport provides exponential opportunity for […]

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Democratic presidential candidates talk Trump, justice reform

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In the wake of President Trump’s controversial visit to Benedict College on Friday, nine Democratic presidential hopefuls shared their thoughts on criminal justice reform at the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum, co-hosted by Benedict and the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center. Most candidates echoed the same points, […]

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FAMU, FSU partner on ‘1619’ project

A collaboration between the Florida A&M University Black Archives Exhibition Research Center and Museum and the Florida State University Civil Rights Institute produced the “Remembrance of Slavery in America and Contributions of African Americans 100 Years Prior to 1619” program. Held in the Old Union Bank at the corner of […]

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Trump’s first visit to an HBCU stirs controversy

COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Donald Trump gave a keynote speech Friday on bipartisan criminal justice reform to a handpicked crowd at Benedict College, while protesters and MAGA-fans alike gathered outside the historically black institution’s gates. “The more people I spoke with, the more clear it became that the system could […]

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A pressing issue arises at county school board meeting

Members in the Leon County community gathered in the Aquilina Howell Building this past Tuesday for the monthly Leon County School Board meeting.  The Leon County school board is comprised of elected officials who are residents of the school district, including the Superintendent of Leon County Schools. They make important […]