Author: Marjorie Pierre

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Tallahassee Airport Receives Federal Grant to Improve Air Services

Resident and students that enjoy traveling can expect to see a new set of flights added in the Tallahassee International Airport (TLH). On Wednesday, the Federal Department of Transportation announced the Tallahassee International Airport as one of the 11 cities awarded with the Small Community Air Service Development grant. The […]

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Health Regulations for Food Establishments in Tallahassee

With school recently starting back for colleges in Tallahassee, students are the main customers when it comes to eating out. The problem stands that students aren’t satisfied with the sanitation of the facilities where they eat. Qadeera Allen, a fourth-year visual arts student from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and frequent diner, […]

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SGA President Targeted for Impeachment

61st Student Body President, Tonnette Graham. The student senate voted Monday to have Student Body President, Tonnette Graham, impeached. Graham is a Tallahassee native and was the youngest student senate president in FAMU's history. She is currently serving her second term. Monday at the student senate meeting, a speaker, in lobbying form, Kyle […]

Lifestyles

Taking Control of your Obesity

The obesity rates are growing higher each day, and traditional gyms are not helping people drop the excess pounds they’d like to lose, so they are joining boot camp style classes. In 2007, Susan Sloan, 53, weighed 350 pounds. Not seeing any results from working out in traditional gyms. She […]

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College Students, Politics And The 2016 Presidential Race

Photo: Marjorie Pierre   Voting poll numbers reveal that college students across the U.S. do not follow the presidential race. Political analysts say students that are not politically involved tend to vote for the more popular candidate, or just for an “I Voted” sticker. Tiandra Williams is a first-year nursing […]

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Artisan Marketplace hosts their grand opening

With three rooms full of one-of-a-kind crafts, the Artisan Marketplace celebrated their grand opening on Tuesday. Barbara Pace, owner of the hand-crafted shop, brought together artists in different fields to offer the Marketplace as a platform for them to sell their art. Pace worked trade shows for more than three […]

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Delta State University Shooter Kills Two and Takes His Own Life

Delta State shooter, Shannon Lamb. Photo: cnn Three people are now dead after a campus shooter opened fire on Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. Monday morning. History professor Ethan Schmidt, died from multiple gunshot wounds after Shannon Lamb, a geography and social science instructor at the university shot him […]

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FAMU TV News 20 Online

TV News 20 is an award-winning live student newscast that is produced by the Florida A&M University School of Journalism & Graphic Communication. The newscast, which first aired in 2007, brings the latest in news, sports, weather, and entertainment to more than 80,000 households in the North Florida and South […]

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BREAKING NEWS: FAMU Student Senate Votes to Impeach SGA President Graham

61st Student Body President, Tonnette Graham. The student senate voted 16-2 on Monday to impeach Student Body President, Tonnette Graham.  The last Florida A&M University (FAMU) student body president impeachment was Gallop Franklin II in 2009.  Graham is a Tallahassee native and was the youngest student senate president in FAMU's history. She […]

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FAMU Mourns after the Death of a Fallen Rattler

Moise Joseph, Director of Science Lab and First Year Experience Program. Photo: Tallahassee Democrat Florida A&M University Director of Science Lab and First Year Experience Program instructor, Moise Joseph, was shot and killed Sunday morning while protecting his girlfriend from her armed ex-husband. “The couple was returning from a night […]