Saturday, May 18, 2024
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
FAMU senior guard Justin Ravenel going up for a tough layup against Norfolk State on Feb. 11. Sydne Vigille | The Famuan Despite the Florida A&M Rattlers losing in Monday night’s game 54-66 to the Norfolk State Spartans, senior guard Justin Ravenel managed to land player of the week yet again […]
An unidentified mother and child joined a protest march in the early 1960s. Photo Courtesy of Npr.org Fifty-five years ago, on Feb. 10, 1964, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This historic step took place during a time when the Civil Rights movement was […]
AMU Associate director of intercollegiate athletics Vaughn Wilson (left), athletic director John Eason (middle) and associate athletic director for academics and compliance services Kendra Greene (right) addressing the media about FAMU athletics APR sanctions. Robert Rimpson | The Famuan Late last month, Avery Jacobs of the Famuan reported that the Florida A&M men’s […]
Sophomore guard Kamron Reaves (left) and redshirt junior Ifeanyi Umezurike (right) after a dissapointing loss. Sydne Vigille | The Famuan The FAMU men’s basketball team lost its second straight game against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) leaders Norfolk State at home Monday. Since going on a five game win streak […]
The Hawthorn Bistro & Bakery is located on North Monroe Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Photo Submitted by Deja Mattis. A sophisticated Panera is how manager Pablo Gabes jokingly describes The Hawthorn, which opened late last month. The Hawthorn started out as a fine-dining restaurant that happened to bake […]
Darien Bolden preaches at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Oviedo at the West Coast Baptist Congress. Photo Courtesy of Renee Bolden. There is no doubt that preacher’s kids are everywhere on FAMU’s campus. Darien Bolden, Jr. is one of those kids. Born in Jacksonville, he is the son of Renee’ and […]
Atlanta native Summer Walker, 23 Photo courtesy of Summer Walker Neo-soul, a music genre to describe soul and contemporary R&B combined into one, has changed the sound of the music industry. According to nmaam.org, Kedar Massenburg, the music executive of Motown Records, coined the term to describe the artists Erykah […]