Author: Ralph Cantave | Staff Reporter

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What Gillum’s run meant to FAMU

Photo Courtesy of Ralph Cantave. On the eve of a history making announcement, Florida A&M University stood at the center of statewide and national attention, when the first black governor of Florida could have been elected to office. This feat would have turned a decade’s long Republican state into a […]

Lifestyles

FAMU to host 2019 EnergyWaterFoodNexus

Photo Courtesy of EnergyWaterFoodNexus. Florida A&M will be hosting its third biannual EnergyWaterFoodNexus in November in the Lawson Center. The summit will bring together leading policy-makers, scientists and entrepreneurs who will explore the nexus approach, which is based on the idea that an action in one sector impacts others. In […]

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Is Apple past its prime?

Photo courtesy of CNBC.com Apple announced in November that it will no longer disclose the number of iPhones sold in its quarterly reports. After the company’s growth was analyzed at 0 percent by  CNBC, CEO Tim Cook made the decision to withhold earnings from all Apple products. The new policy […]

Lifestyles

Protecting women, girls in spotlight

Members of the CSWG committees. Photo Submitted by Oldens Lafortune. The topic of protection for women and girls seems to be an ongoing discussion in America, but in Tallahassee, a group of women aim to make this issue more than just a conversation. On Friday, advocates, leaders of organizations, and […]

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Hemp research pilot program in the works

Photo of hemp leaf. Photo courtesy of Ganesh R on flickr.com. Florida A&M University College of Agriculture and Food Science could potentially receive internship and scholarship opportunities for research on hemp. FAMU’s interim Vice President for Research Charles A. Weatherford has been spearheading the university’s Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program. […]

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Deputies, Farm Share distribute 15 tons of food

Lieutenant Pace and Captain Allen unload and sort boxes of bananas for food drive.  Photo Submitted by Myeisha Gibson.  The Leon County Sheriff’s Office partnered with Farm Share on Thursday for a community food drive. Cars lined up and wrapped the LCSO headquarters for several blocks as area residents hoped to […]

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Human trafficking increases in Florida

Photo Courtesy of Google Images. In 2018 alone, the National Human Trafficking Hotline received 14,000 calls and 5,147 cases were reported. Cases of sex and labor trafficking have been on the rise for the past decade in Florida. Human trafficking is defined as using people by way of force, fraud […]

Lifestyles

TCC getting ‘smarter’ classrooms

The Aegis Business Technology Classroom, named for the Tallahassee business that contributed $25,000 to the TCC Foundation for its complete renovation, in the College’s Academic Computing Center. This is one of the 20 classrooms that is fully renovated as part of TCC's "First Class Project." Picture Courtesy of Tallahassee Community […]

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Tallahassee saluted for solar power use

An aerial view of Tallahassee. Photo Submitted by Arieon Baker. Frontier Group and the Environment America Research & Policy Center recently named Tallahassee a “Solar Star” for its exceptional use of solar energy. Local residents are indeed becoming more knowledgeable and involved, converting their homes to sun powered utilities. Information […]