Civil Rights activist Patricia Stephens Due died of cancer in Atlanta Tuesday. She was 72. Born in Quincy, Fla. on Dec. 9, 1939, to Lottie Mae Powell Stephens and Horace Walter Stephens, Patricia Stephens would later lead students in the nation’s first jail-in. Patricia Stephens was a student at Florida […]

The keynote speaker for Florida A&M’s Black History Convocation scheduled for Feb. 17 is bound to turn some heads this year. Headlining the event at Al Lawson Center is Florida’s eighteenth Lieutenant Governor, Jennifer Carroll. Carroll, a Trinidadian native who immigrated to the United States as a child, is the […]

Two student senators have partnered to renovate Florida A&M’s grand ballroom. Their plans would make the grand ballroom into a smart room and make more “accessible and convenient.” Twin brothers, Anthony Siders II and Sean Siders, are trying to get the bill passed through the senate that would add projector screens, […]

What police say was a possible drug deal gone wrong left one dead, others injured and the deceased’s cousin charged with homicide. On Sunday afternoon, officers from the Tallahassee Police Department responded to an incident at Shaker Heights apartment complex on Wahnish Way where at least one person had been […]

The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting at Shaker Heights Apartment involving at least four victims. “I was across the street praying when I heard a door being kicked down; I looked up and saw a boy kicking the door, went in and I heard shots fired,” […]

The 2008 presidential election showed the biggest turnout in young and minority voters America had ever seen. Few remained involved and engaged politically say black elected officials. In 2011, more than a dozen states passed new voting restriction laws hindering minority participation at the polls. In an effort to unite […]

Florida State University officials unveiled a new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) car in an effort to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. “The unveiling of the Compressed Natural Gas car shows that Florida State is pushing for something better for the economy,” said Corey Shirley, a senior business management and […]

It’s a big decision week for President James H. Ammons and the Florida A&M Board of Trustees as they face Ammons’ evaluation and requests for key information. Tuesday is the deadline that has been set Board of Governors Inspector General Derry Harper to submit all documents to the Board of […]

United States Vice President Joe Biden will be coming to Florida State today with Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter to discuss tackling rising college tuition costs. In correlation with President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, Biden will be touching on the reforms Obama challenged Congress to explore. […]

A bill on human trafficking passed a second committee as state senators and representatives were back among each other for another grueling day of session. Legislation sponsored by Sen. Arthenia L. Joyner, D-Tampa, increasing protection for victims of human trafficking, passed unanimously through the second committee of the senate during […]