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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Roadway work began Monday on Phase II of the Gaines Street Project. According to the City of Tallahassee website, work will take place from Macomb Street to Stone Valley Way, moving west from the 500 block, and is expected to continue until October. The changes will include replacement of the […]

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 […]

With Election Day approaching, Florida A&M is working to give its students a head start by registering to vote on “The Set” on Fridays. The Leon County Supervisor of Elections office volunteers and the Leon County Democratic Black Caucus are encouraging students to either register or complete change of address […]

#8220;Welcome home.” Many Americans in Tallahassee and across the United States are saying those words to loved ones who have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and are back in the country. Returning veterans are home after the long, nine-year campaigns. More than 40,000 soldiers are facing one of […]