A new plan to cut Florida’s budget may mean students will have to dig deeper into their pockets to attend college. It raises tuition prices as well as making Bright Futures Scholarships slightly dimmer with higher standards for acceptance and fewer dollars for tuition. According to the Higher Education Committee […]

The parents of Robert Champion announced Monday they have filed a lawsuit against the owner of the bus where he was killed in a hazing incident in November. Ray Land, owner of Fabulous Coach Lines, in a Jan. 10 interview said that his staff followed their standard procedures of transporting […]

Professor Yaw D. Yeboah has been appointed the dean of the Florida A&M and Florida State College of Engineering. Many students are impressed with his accomplishments and hope Yeboah’s arrival will bring change. FAMU students hope Yeboah will help them feel included instead of as outsiders. According to students from FAMU, […]

Employees in Jefferson County, Fla., can exhale for a moment as the 2012 legislative session continues. A plan to create the largest private prison system in the United States is facing stiff opposition in the legislature. Last week, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to move nearly $10 million around […]

Lieutenant General John Castellaw, United States Marine Corps Ret., Thursday urged the Florida Legislature to invest in renewable energy, energy conservation and efficiency. At a press conference at the Capitol building, Castellaw praised renewable energy as a cheaper way to power the state. “We want to have energy that is […]

John Due remembers his wife’s strong spirit and her refusal to submit. “She was as assertive with me as she was with the rest of the world,” said Due. From an early age, Patricia Stephens began to champion for integration in Florida. She was just 13 years old when she […]

Whitney Houston has died of unknown causes. The 48-year-old singer was reported dead by her publicist in a statement to AP Saturday. Houston was known for her soulful R&B music through the 90’s, along with appearances in films like “Waiting to Exhale.” Her turmultuous battles with drug abuse and an […]

Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees Thursday named a former federal judge to head an anti-hazing committee, which will propose suggestions to eradicate the underground practice of hazing at the university. Former United States Federal Judge Stephen Craig Robinson is one of seven committee members who will decide how FAMU proceeds […]

Students at Florida A&M University should be aware that the City of Tallahassee will be closing the intersection of Gaines Street and Railroad Avenue this weekend while working on a phase of construction for the Gaines Street Project. The closure will be in effect from 6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, […]