February 14 marked the one-year anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting, also known as the Valentine’s Day massacre. What started out as a normal day resulted in a devastating loss for family and friends. After an hour the shooting occurred police arrested Cruz and since then he has […]
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Second Harvest fighting hunger in Tallahassee
Second Harvest of the Big Bend is food bank that supplies 11 counties in Tallahassee. Photo Submitted by Sherneka Streater. Second Harvest of the Big Bend supplies more than 55,000 people in the Tallahassee area with food every month. Food insecurity is a big problem in America and an increasing […]
Student Health Services targets Valentine’s Day
Students having a a good time, playing games and learning about safe sex just before Valentine’s Day. Photo Submitted by Tanzania Ralph. Students Health Services at FAMU offers a program every year to get students ready for Valentine's Day. It has been holding this event for the past 10 years. […]
FAMU dismisses coach LeDawn Gibson
FAMU Athletics introducing Kevin Lynum as the interim women's basketball coach following the release of coach LeDawn Gibson. Robert Rimpson I The Famuan With the Florida A&M women’s basketball team currently on a six-game losing skid and sitting at last place within the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), FAMU Athletics has […]
What did we do with Wakanda?
Photo courtesy of Ralph Cantave. All of black America was on a high because of the release of the Marvel blockbuster, “Black Panther,” this time last year. The film was lauded as a breakthrough moment in modern entertainment because it consisted of a predominantly black cast, and was directed and […]
Student couple discusses journey toward relationship
Denver Smith and Jordan Sealey (pictured L-R) described themselves as a team, they see each other as equal and see their future together blossoming into something more than they could have imagined. Photo Submitted by Denver Smith. Many friends meet on the campus of Florida A&M University, and those relationships […]
FAMU women losing streak lingers
The Rattler bench getting excited during a game against NC A&T. Sydne Vigille | The Famuan The Florida A&M wome’s basketball team dropped the ball on Monday night, failing drastically against conference opponent Norfolk State 69-45; their sixth loss in a row. “We don’t like losing, and we don’t always expect […]
SGA celebrates black history with Black Out Week
Photo Submitted by D’Shai Wilkerson. This week is the annual Black Out Week hosted by Student Government Association. Student relations committee chair Taylor Young ssid that Black Out Week is an initiative inovlving Black History Month put on by the student relations committee. The purpose is to bring appreciation and awareness […]
FAMU student crowned Miss Tallahassee
Alelee Figueroa is also the former Miss ROTC at FAMU. Photo Submitted by Alelee Figueroa. As she glided down the royal red carpet sprawled across the floor of Tallahassee’s American Legion Hall, Alelee Figueroa took her time displaying her pageant-ready walk as she received her crown Saturday as 2019 Miss […]
Diversity powers FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Ebony Luster (second from right) and her black female collogues are helping the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering stand out with the nation's highest black female population in engineering graduate programs. Photo Submitted by Ebony Luster. The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is the only joint graduate engineering program between and HBCU and a […]