After two years of finding success in Tallahassee, Bite of Brown has expanded to Washington D.C. What began as a seven-day long restaurant week is now a festival taking place Sept. 3 in the nation’s capital. Caleb Ross, co-founder of Dream Marketing Group and a 2015 graduate of Florida A&M […]
Lifestyles
Empire Fitness up and running
Empire Fitness held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday for the grand opening of the new fitness center. Many people in the community came out to support this event as there was food, activities for kids and, most importantly, free classes available to the public. Empire Fitness owner Labarron Smith and […]
Fagbamiye’s fashion line making waves
You do not have to look hard on Florida A&M’s campus to find unique brands and businesses that have been created by students. Moni Fagbamiye, a second-year pre-architecture major from Atlanta, is one of many young entrepreneurs on campus who have been making power moves and putting her brand on […]
Out-of-state students wary or airline issues
Homesickness, travel expenses and long travel days at the beginning and end of each semester are just a handful of the struggles that out-of-state college students face. Unfortunately, it seems like out-of-state students will be adding a few more problems to their list of travel headaches: flight cancellations and flight […]
Scholarship honors a Rattler killed in Iraq
On Jan. 17, 2004, Sgt. Edmond L. Randle, Jr. was killed in an explosion on a road near Taji, north of Baghdad, in Iraq. Sgt. Randle, an alum of Florida A&M University, was born on Jan. 24, 1977, in Miami. On Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, the Soulever Foundation Inc. hosted […]
SJGC alumna realizing her dream
It is not always about how the journey starts, but how the journey is made. Breanna Rittman made sure to make the best out of her journey in journalism. It wasn’t always easy, but she made sure to make the most out of each experience. Rittman, a Gadsden County native, […]
Students struggle with forced move to hotels
On Aug. 25 social media was abuzz with the news that residents of Palmetto Phase III were to be moved out by the next day due to a “pest infestation.” The university confirmed this rumor hours later sending residents scrambling to collect all valuables by the end of the day […]
Yes, the pandemic continues
It’s a new school year with an old pandemic, and everything is reverting to normal except for the pandemic. With everything opening back up to standard, students are returning to campus with optional masks and six feet of distance not being enforced. FAMU offered hybrid classes last year, where some […]
Annual AIDS walk set for Sept. 15
Supporters of HIV/AIDS will have an opportunity to walk for a cause on Thursday, Sept.15. The annual walk will take place along the Southwood Nature Trails as part of Big Bend Cares, in partnership with Neighborhood Medical Center and Bond Community Health Center. The theme of this year’s walk is […]
Coping with a disorder
Growing up in tiny Gretna, a half-hour west of Tallahassee with a population under 1,500, 21-year-old Mariah Porter struggled at a young age. In middle school, she wanted to grow like the other girls in her grade. She was small, and she would ask her mother to buy her push-up […]