After a weekend of tailgating, Florida State University’s coronavirus cases rose to over 1, 200. Since Aug. 2, 2020, the university uses a Covid-19 dashboard to indicate the rise in cases each week. Within this past week, student cases rose from 839 to 1,230 and employee cases rose from […]
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Some apartment complexes seem to cater to only FSU students
Apartment complexes occupy nearly all of West Tennessee Street and are scattered across other parts of Tallahassee, as the city boasts three institutes of higher learning. A troubling issue, however, lies in the way some complexes target certain students differently or more often than they do others. This could be […]
How COVID-19 is affecting the poorest ZIP code in Florida
The number of coronavirus cases in Tallahassee has been fluctuating at high numbers since late June. However, the 32304 Zip code has been affected the most. Zip code 32304 is known for being the poorest zone in Florida, so the fact that this ZIP code is being affected the most […]
University offers more suicide prevention training
Silence onsuicides continues to grow louder each day on college campuses around the country. As it happens, September is Suicide Prevention Month, and FAMU decided to have asSuicide prevention training. Because of the pandemic, the suicide prevention training was available through Zoom for FAMU students, faculty and staff. The first […]
YouTube to remove accessibility feature
YouTube is under fire after the company made the decision to suspend the community contributions feature, effective Sept. 28. Community contributions allow users to submit their own edits to video title/description translations, subtitles and closed captions. After being reviewed by either the creator of the video or the community, the […]
Black Archives to offer virtual tours
Virtual tours have become the hottest trend among museums all over the country as they cope with the effects of COVID-19. The Meek-Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum is no different, and it hopes to join the bandwagon with its latest venture-online museum tours. For the last six months, […]
Alumna Marie Rattigan now a full-time activist
Florida A&M University has seen many important figures walk its campus. From Will Packer to Althea Gibson, the names of these impactful people still ring in the ears of the students who attend the university. Now, there is a new name making the students of FAMU talk: Marie Rattigan. Rattigan […]
2020 Census needs college students to participate
Every 10 years, Census questionnaires are mailed out for residents to complete. College students are generally uncertain as to whether they can fill out a census or whether the mailman made an error by dropping it in their mailbox. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, students’ priority is staying focused while […]
Is student housing worth it during a pandemic?
College is an exciting time. However, it’s a costly one as well. From tuition to books, going to college is expensive. And probably the greatest cost is living in a dormitory and off-campus housing. Room and board charges cost thousands of dollars per semester. Be that as it may, is it worth […]
Many jobs have been affected by COVID-19
COVID-19 has had a major impact on our nation in many different ways, but none more so than economically. It has left people nationwide without jobs or a source of income during this pandemic. When the first COVID-19 case was detected in January, the nation’s unemployment rate was 3.6%. Since […]