Florida drivers may be forced to pay more attention to the road and less to their inboxes. The texting-while-driving ban was approved by the Florida Budget Committee on Feb. 21. Florida is one of 15 states without a ban on texting while driving. Senate bill 416 makes texting, email and […]

Florida A&M’s Supreme Court, will begin court proceedings, Monday at 4 p.m. in the Student Senate Chambers, in regards to the disqualification of both McCorvey/Williams and Sider SGA Presidential tickets. Both tickets have appealed the Electoral Commission’s decision to disqualify them from the 2012-2013 Student Election race. They allege that […]

A healthy competition among aspiring student leaders turned sour as an anonymous YouTube user posted two controversial videos geared to “expose” the Florida A&M student elections. The postings, titled “FAMU Elections EXPOSED,” went viral this past weekend and caused uproar among the university community. The video referenced discrepancies within the […]

The deaths of Shannon Washington and Robert Champion have given new voice to the Florida A&M lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. “A climate of hostility has grown unchecked for too long,” said FAMU student Ciara Taylor, who lobbied at the Feb. 9 Board of Trustees meeting to add “sexual […]

Supporters of a legislative ethics bill argue that Florida lawmakers should not be allowed to work at public universities. Florida legislators last week voted down the bill that would have prevented what many consider the unethical situation of lawmakers controlling the money that pays them. After the bill failed, questions […]

Lawmakers will unveil Florida’s Civil Rights Hall of Fame with an inaugural ceremony on Feb. 29 at the Capitol rotunda. Out of 10 finalists, Gov. Rick Scott narrowed it down to three inductees: Mary McLeod Bethune, a civil rights and education activist, Rev. C.K. Steele, a civil rights leader, and […]

With FAMU Day approaching, students, faculty and alumni are preparing to flood the Capitol with orange and green. The Feb. 29 event is sponsored by FAMU’s National Alumni Association and will include a reception by James H. Ammons, the university’s president, recognizing legislators and friends. FAMU Day has become a […]

Florida A&M students were outraged at the recent defacement of the university’s marquee at the corner of FAMU and Wahnish ways. It has been a week since unidentified vandals spray-painted the words “War Music” on the marquee. Students called the vandalism “disrespectful” and “unnecessary.” Two other locations on campus were […]

The John G. Riley Center and Museum of African-American History and Culture, “Riley House” is celebrating black History Month by honoring African-American mid wives from the 19th and mid 20th century. The eighth Annual Cufflinks and Pearls Applause for the Pioneers Gala is scheduled for Friday Feb. 24 from 8 […]

A bill created to eliminate the theft of valuable metals is moving fast through legislation because legislators do not want to lose more businesses or lives. The bill sponsored by Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, increases penalties for copper theft that damages or interrupts utilities or communication services. If Gov. Rick […]