Poetry offers the expression of feelings and ideas, organizing language with rhythm. It creates pictures in the form of ballads, flowing freely with its blank verse and haiku models. Outside of its complexity, there is a type of poetry that is seldom seen; religious poetry. This distinct form of poetry […]

With more than a half an hour before the curtain call, the newly renovated Charles Winter Wood Theatre in Tucker Hall, was just about filled with a mix of students, professors and members of the Tallahassee community. The audience was anxiously anticipating the premiere of Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s […]

Tom Brown Park was full of life and love on Wednesday Oct. 20 as people gathered at the annual Refuge House “Speak Out.” As the vigil began, everyone in their Refuge House t-shirts or wearing purple to honor the survivors, since purple is the national color for domestic violence month. […]

While Florida A&M’s campus has become more environmentally conscious of how its actions affect the environment, cleaning their apartment or dorm room could have a detrimental effect on the environment and their health if they use the wrong products. The level of indoor air pollutants can be dangerous if inhaled […]

Florida A&M is getting ready to kick off Homecoming 2010 on a healthy note. The 2010 Rattler 5K Urban Challenge and Wellness Expo takes place Saturday, Oct. 23. The FAMU recreational center, the Army ROTC, Navy ROTC and the Student Health Services have come together to organize the 5K-spiritrun. […]

Florida A&M has hosted a month-long celebration of two art exhibits at the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, on display since Oct. 11. On Friday, Oct. 29th, the gallery will be having a closing reception of two art exhibits. Diaspora: Cultural Insight Through the Leo P. Sam Art Collection, is held […]

I am an avid reader. However, getting lost in the labyrinth of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s mind in the novel “Let the Right One In” was a terrifying experience that I never want to relive. The world is rife with supernatural romance novels. Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series is proof that […]

He woke up every morning in a prison cell, fully aware that he was living on borrowed time. He wanted to beg, wanted to convince anyone of his innocence, but no one listened to criminals. No one listened to the condemned. It terrified him, but he knew it was […]

CAPE TOWN, South Africa —Longstreet in Cape Town greets visitors with a diverse, energetic atmosphere that unlike anywhere else in the world. Restaurants, electronics stores and clothing shops peddle their various wares, and soccer fans eager to support their teams roam the streets blowing loud vuvuzelas, a local instrument […]

Refuge House is a women and children shelter that has been providing services to survivors and victims of domestic and sexual violence for over twenty years. The shelter is having a candlelight vigil at Tom Brown Park Oct. 20th from 6-8 p.m.  “‘The Speak Out’ is to honor survivors […]