State employees will have to face random drug testing after Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill passed during session into law. HB1205 allows, but does not require, state agencies to randomly test state workers for drugs in the workplace. Heads of state agencies will randomly test 10 percent of […]

  The investigation of the death of Robert Champion changed hands on Monday.   The State Attorney’s Office will join the investigation of the drum major’s death alongside the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.   The State Attorney’s Office will make a “determination of […]

  What seemed like a typical house party turned violent Sunday morning when shots were fired. Tallahassee Police Department responded to a call in reference to a shooting at 2024 Broad Street. Initial investigation revealed the shooting stemmed from a verbal argument that worsened at a house party. The shooting […]

Two Florida A&M faculty members were involved in a spring 2010 hazing ritual involving the Kappa Kappa Psi fraternity. Anthony Simons and Diron Holloway, both professors in the FAMU music department, “actively participated” in hazing rituals that occurred off campus, according to a March 20 report from the Tallahassee Police […]

Florida A&M’s Office of Financial Aid urged students to apply early and learn the rules for federal financial aid to simplify the process. Only 16 students attended Wednesday’s “Financial Aid Empowerment Forum” at Perry-Paige Auditorium. “We have to look for ways to get more students out,” said Emmanuel Agboola, the […]

ST. GEORGE ISLAND- Zach Thompson, a third-generation oysterman, slips his boat into the warm, glassy water of Apalachicola Bay. He starts his outboard engine and hums away into the orange of the rising sun in search of the staple of his livelihood. Some days are better than others, but when […]

Two years after the BP oil spill hit the Gulf of Mexico, environmental students and faculty at Florida A&M continue to research the coast. Diana Johnson, a second-year graduate student at the Environmental Sciences Institute, is writing her thesis on the effects of oil compounds on almost 500 species of […]

Trayvon Martin, 17, cried for help before his attacker, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, shot him in the chest. Zimmerman said he acted out of self-defense on that February night. He has not been arrested or charged. Trayvon, who loved playing sports, had dreams of working in aviation. Trayvon’s older brother, Jahvaris Fulton, […]

Florida A&M students planned to rally for Trayvon Martin last week but were unable to acquire buses to travel from the university to Sanford, Fla. Martin, 17, was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman on Feb. 26. Martin was unarmed, and a month later, Zimmerman still has not been […]

  “Challenge your perspective.” That was the message that Virgil Miller, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-La) spread in Lee Hall Auditorium Thursday, at Florida A&M’s annual Honors Convocation.   Honors Convocation is hosted once each semester to honor the academically outstanding students in each school […]