In recent years, society has seen a push for Black businesses to combat racial injustices and cultivate wealth in the Black community. This year, small Black-owned businesses that may have just begun their journey to success experienced the economic shock from the pandemic. This economic crisis caused some shops to […]

Florida A&M University’s Royal Court would have been completing its fall reign this semester, along with walking the football stadium during games, recruiting interested Rattlers and hosting events for the FAMU community. The Royal Court is composed of positions such as Miss FAMU, Mr. FAMU, King and Queen of Orange […]

The year 2020 has been a hectic rollercoaster, to say the least. Many went into the year with an eager and determined attitude, ambitious to complete their 2020 goals. Each year people strive to transform themselves into their higher purpose and challenge themselves to exceed new heights. While this year […]

“Every leader should have a way to serve people.” That’s the quote that inspired Roosevelt Blye, a senior general health science student from Biloxi, Mississippi, to create his own podcast. During quarantine in May, Blye discovered that the COVID-19 pandemic caused 40% of Black businesses to go bankrupt. That motivated […]

Plant parenting is the act of nurturing plants from the comfort of one’s home. Most plants that a plant parent nurtures are considered house plants and are suitable for that specific environment.  Plant parenting has become extremely trendy on social media and popular on the internet. Many people have begun […]

The fall semester at Florida A&M University consisted of remote learning for most students. For some seniors this was their last semester and they have been forced to have a virtual graduation ceremony. Senior pre-physical therapy student Najah Harvey used one word to describe her last semester: stressful. “Graduating is […]

If your year has gone anything like mine, you might currently find yourself free falling down a bottomless pit of college burnout — no end in sight, just plummeting through a tunnel of indifference and lack of motivation with a lingering sense of urgency to complete your eight overdue assignments.  […]

Jordan Spells is a junior history education major at Florida A&M University. He is also the owner of The Spells Company. The Spells Company is a business that offers many services including creating websites, logos, flyers and T-shirts for clients. Spells believes that owning this business allows him to tap […]

Television networks start playing their collection of Christmas movies for hours on end the day after Halloween. November is commonly known as the kick-off of the holiday season and people wait eagerly for the 25-day Christmas countdowns on Dec. 1. Here are the top five classic Christmas movies guaranteed to […]

Many families have been negatively impacted during this long, unprecedented year, especially in terms of finances, due to the pandemic. According to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the unemployment rate in Leon County has increased from 2.8% in October 2019 to 5.1% in October 2020, which leaves more individuals […]