The journalism students who attend Florida A&M University with aspirations to become entertainment correspondents may change their minds if they don’t like competition. Actress/model Melissa Ford cautioned students about the competition that comes with being in the entertainment business. “I see everybody when I go out for an acting role,” […]

  The phrase unity is defined by Merriam-Webster as a condition of harmony. Florida A&M University encourages organizations to promote unification on campus with the practice of unity within the community. Social and service Greek letter organizations at FAMU have set a standard for promoting ‘Greek Unity’; the expectations are […]

Students at Florida A&M aren’t taking advantage of the e2 campus emergency alert system. The system has been in place at FAMU since 2005, two years before the Virginia Tech massacre. Although the service is licensed for 10,000 users but fewer than 3,000 active users are registered for the system. […]

  Louise Reid Ritchie, former Famaun adviser and her husband, journalism professor, Joe Ritchie, are the latest victims of “tagging.” Joe Ritchie discovered their 2008 silver Beetle Volkswagen spray painted in black with the word “El Miggery.” Louise Ritchie said the tagging came as a surprise. She has chosen not […]

Florida A&M will host its annual honors convocation Thursday at 10:10 a.m. in Lee Hall Auditorium. Virgil Miller, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.), will serve as the keynote speaker. Miller is a native of West Palm Beach and a FAMU alumnus, where he received his […]

Florida A&M University held on Sunday its seventh annual Black Student Summit in the Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center. Panelists talked about relationships, love and sexuality at a student summit aimed at promoting black excellence. Panelists included Carmen Wong Ulrich, Arthur Wylie, Jacqueline Del Rosario, Marc Williams, Devin T. Robinson X, […]

  During last night’s State of the Black Student Summit hosted by FAMU’s Student Government Association, celebrity panelists focused on black excellence and the importance of supporting black owned businesses.   Talk show host and journalist Carmen Wong Ulrich expressed the meaning behind having a dream and believing in its […]

Florida A&M plans to implement a dress standard for students that would cover any clothing that could be considered “inappropriate,” including offensive messages on T-shirts, starting this fall. The new rules take aim at attire such as “pajamas, midriffs or halters, mesh…pants below the waistline revealing undergarments, do-rags and/or hoods […]

#8220;Justice for Trayvon!” echoed from the “highest of seven hills” for all of Tallahassee to hear, Monday morning. Students of Florida A&M organized a last minute rally after a protest in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin to Sanford, Fla. was canceled. A circle was formed on the Set around […]

  University of Florida’s chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Inc. has been suspended due to a recent hazing incident. Less than three months after Florida A&M University’s Marching “100” incident, UF police filed a hazing complaint on Feb. 4 against fraternity members and completed their investigation Feb. 27. UF’s […]