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FAMU community raises awareness about sexual assault

  After incidents such as the Steubenville rape case and Rick Ross’ infamously offensive lyrics in the song “U.E.O.N.O,” sexual assault has been a big topic of discussion. April is known nationally as Sexual Assault Awareness month, and in recent years, Florida A&M has held events during April to show […]

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Men of Strength mini-conference addressed violence against women

  The Florida A&M Men of Strength held its second annual mini-conference in the School of Architecture’s atrium Thursday. The mini-conference brought many issues to light, such as feelings and thoughts that accompany rape. MOST also focused on the sexual violence that occurs on campus and used an interactive panel […]

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FAMU’s tobacco-free policies help students to breathe easy

  Many people say it’s disgusting to see a tobacco-free commercial of a woman who has no teeth and a hole in her throat as she battles with oral and throat cancer. These commercials aren’t just meant to be alarming, they are meant to bring awareness to the immediate damage […]

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FAMU alumni seek students’ musical talents for mixtape

  Two Florida A&M alumni are giving students a musical opportunity to be heard around the world through their mixtape that will be released later this month. Jonathan Presha and Peter McCurdy, two School of Business and Industry graduates, created a project that would give unsigned singers, rappers and songwriters […]

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Technology: A social interaction or distraction?

  Tweets, texts, blogs, posts and status updates have become a part of students’ daily lives, but for some it may be an obsession. Many Florida A&M students use smartphones and other devices to access social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. But the abundance of these gadgets […]

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Life is a fair fight

  So it’s true, cliché but true: There is no time quite like the present. While studying for my last few exams of the semester, the strongest brunt of an epiphany just lodged into my thinking. It was the strangest, most random thing. One moment I’m studying public relations and […]

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Dropping the weight

Vitamins, extracts and drops. Oh what some college students would not do to shed those excess pounds quickly without stepping foot inside a gym. Many popular ways to lose weight include taking dietary supplements or using liquid weight-loss drops. Some students use raspberry ketones drops and supplements, green tea extract […]

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Dropping the wait

Vitamins, extracts and drops. Oh what some college students would not do to shed those excess pounds quickly without stepping foot inside a gym. Many popular ways to lose weight include taking dietary supplements or using liquid weight-loss drops. Some students use raspberry ketones drops and supplements, green tea extract […]

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Volunteers seek to get people on bikes

Krank It Up, a local, volunteer-run bicycle shop tucked away in Railroad Square Art Park, is offering a space for community members to reassemble bicycles. “We just want to help people learn how to work on their bikes and have sustainable transportation and just get as many people on bikes […]

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The KAR Dining Experience

  Kyra Pierre’s journey for Florida A&M’s Queen of Orange and Green didn’t end in a crown and sash. Instead, the campaign resulted in her first business venture: KAR Dining Experience. Pierre, a first-year doctorate of pharmacy candidate from Miami, partnered with her hometown friends Amber Manker, a senior social […]