The annual Florida National Guard Day showcased this week military equipment used for the state of Florida and nation during times of crisis. The Florida National Guard is part of the National Guard force of the U.S. It is made up of the Florida Air National Guard and the Army […]

Chief Justice Christopher Weaver resigned from the judicial branch of the Student Government Association Monday night. This marks the second justice to resign in the last two weeks both only weeks before elections, a time when the judicial branch is very busy. As chief justice of the Supreme Court, Weaver […]

Former student senator Marquise McMiller Wednesday pushed Florida A&M’s SGA to fund a late-night shuttle service to off-campus apartment complexes for students. McMiller,19, a second-year political science student from Gary, Ind., defended the merits of the “Rattler’s Venom Guard” before the crowded senate chambers, a feat, he said, showed the […]

Florida Inspector General Derry Harper has given Florida A&M two weeks to provide documents to the Board of Governors’ Office that outline the university’s anti-hazing plans. In a letter to BOT Chairman Solomon Badger Friday, Harper gave the university until Feb. 7 to deliver “any written, typed, printed, recorded or […]

Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday that the last month of 2011 saw another decrease in the unemployment rate in Florida.In December, 5,100 private sector jobs were created. The state logged an unemployment rate of 9.9 percent down from to a 12 percent unemployment rate in December 2010. It is the […]

The Florida Board of Governors has for the last 18 months been striving towards new initiatives to be considered for legislation. Various committees for the State University System met last week for a two-day Board of Governors meeting in efforts to become more of a supportive aid for colleges and […]

It’s not uncommon to see Florida A&M students wearing headphones on campus. But many students don’t know that loud music can cause lasting hearing damage. Another worrying trend, researchers says, is that playing loud music through headphones can increase a person’s risk of being hurt. According to the Archives of […]

Less than a week before the Florida Classic, band director Julian White warned university officials about a September hazing incident. Authorities have arrested another four Florida A&M students following an investigation of that incident. The students arrested include Denise Lashawn Bailey, Hakeem B. Birch, Anthony Mingo and Brandon X. Benson. […]

As attorney Dean Colson of Coral Gables presided over his first meeting Wednesday as chair of the Florida Board of Governors, outraged students protested tuition hikes proposed by the BOG Colson’s State of the University System remarks were geared towards issues he deemed important. He believes that the state of […]

Alongside the improved bus routes, StarMetro now offers an updated online trip-planning application that allows users to plan commutes and estimate the length of travel. The online travel service is similar to web service MapQuest: it include the routes to be taken, the time spent on each route, transfer locations […]