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Homeless support group calls for volunteers

  The Tallahassee Homeless Speakers’ Bureau is looking to establish sustainability in the program with volunteers and interns.  THSB is a joint project of The Shelter and the National Coalition for the Homeless.  The project has been supported by AmeriCorps VISTA. A program of The Shelter, THSB hosts presentations about […]

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Florida Officials Talk Security through Diversity

Florida’s mayors, state legislatures, community leaders and other elected officials met Thursday evening in the City Hall to discuss international development fostering a good national security policy. America’s security relies on the stability that only international development-sometimes called “foreign aid”-can provide. Around the country, on television, in print and online, […]

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FAMU Shifts Licenses Plate Revenue

After the Florida A&M Foundation voted to change the allocation of money received from FAMU’s novelty license plates, the Board of Trustees voted to go forward with a Five Year Comprehensive Campaign that is on track months later. “The goal currently, as we stated, is a $50 million campaign,” said […]

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New FAMU standards tailored to improve lax dress

  Next time you plan to wear that do-rag, bead slippers or hot pants to class or a school function, you may be marked absent or not allowed to participate. The Board of Trustees recently applied a dress standard to promote professionalism; The Millennial FAMUan: Dress Standards. “At Florida A&M, […]

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Dream Defenders to hold conference call

  The Dream Defenders, the group that marched to Sanford over the Easter holiday in support of Trayvon Martin, is holding a conference call Wednesday at 9 p.m. The call-in number is (213) 493-0700 and the access number is 372129#.   Check back with The Famuan for more on this story.

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In Run-Offs, West/Jefferson Claim Decisive Win for Top SGA Spots

Marissa West and Michael Jefferson are the student body president and vice president elects for the 2012-2013 school year. The West/Jefferson ticket defeated Justin McCorvey and Ariana Williams 729 – 610 in Tuesday’s run-off elections. Jefferson, 19, a third-year environmental science student from Indianapolis, Ind, celebrated with his running mate […]

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Innocence Found

Proving someone’s innocence is more than just saying, “I’m innocent” and a DNA test. The Innocence Project of Florida helps to unlock the truth. Thirteen men in Florida have served wrongful convictions ranging five months to 35 years. As of March 19, there were 289 exonerees throughout the United States. […]

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FAMU Students Take Adderall to Stay Up Long Nights

Across the nation, college students are becoming addicted to a popular prescription drug used to help them excel in school. Florida A&M and surrounding colleges are not exempt from this list as students have easy access to, and often misuse, Adderall, a drug designed to help individuals with Attention Deficit […]

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Students to Foot Bill after Intense Round of Budget Cuts

Eleven public universities in Florida, including Florida A&M and Florida State University, are expected to lose $300 million for the upcoming year, leaving students to make up the difference. Universities owe more than $500 million to the State University System. Students have rallied to get petition signatures in an effort […]

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It’s Warming Up; Early Season Highs Send Students to Shade

Tallahassee has transitioned from an unusually warm winter to the second hottest spring on record. This March was the second in a row to start with higher than normal temperatures. This year’s temperatures are competing with last year’s highs and lows. Temperatures peaked in mid-March, reaching the upper 80s and […]