College students make up more than seven percent of adults suffering from anxiety, according to the National Mental Health Association website. Over the last five decades, statistics have revealed that there has been an increase in students struggling with anxiety, but only half of the 19 million Americans struggling with […]

On a campus that boasts stellar social organizations and community service groups that benefit our people, there are a number of co-ed business fraternities that put another spin on it all. The Epsilon Psi Chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon showed just this, last weekend at their South/West Regional Conference in […]

Looking at someone’s face, you may never be able to tell if he or she has a disability. Disabilities are not just physical. From dyslexia to legal blindness, the Center for Disability Access and Resources (CeDAR) serves them all. CeDAR provides support, accommodations and empowerment to disabled Florida A&M students. […]

Both music and visual art can play a major role in reducing pain and decreasing physical symptoms of illness. They both allow patients a way to release stress and process trauma. Research shows that musical therapy is used to improve physical health and improves motor skills in premature infants. Tallahassee […]

Daughter of Nobel Prize winner and former Archbishop of South Africa Desmond Tutu called on students at Tallahassee Community College to seek common ground. Nontombi Naomi Tutu spoke Monday night in honor of International Education Week.  About 300 faculty members  and students greeted Tutu with a round of applause as […]

Many teenagers and young adults in their twenties are becoming more involved in the “texting-while-driving” trend. According to the law firm of Edgar Snyder & Associate’s website, more than one-third of all young drivers, ages 24 and under, are texting on the road. This trend has consequences that can result […]

This weekend, thousands of college students and young adults will flock to Orlando for the Florida Classic. For many, this means partying, drinking and sex. More than 70 percent of the HIV prevention contacts are geared toward racial ethnic minorities, according to the Florida Department of Health website. These concerns […]

After years of anticipation, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Cancer Center is under way. The new center will be located at One Healing Place, a new road to be built off of Surgeon’s Drive off the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital location. “I’m glad to see that the new cancer center is about […]

Rosemarie Oldhoff, a senior political science student at Florida State and former Florida A&M student, passed away Thursday night, according to the Tallahassee Police Department. She was 22. “She was an amazing person,” said Tiffany Womack, 23, a senior health science student from Palm Beach. Womack is a member of […]

A jury found Eugene Telfair and Robert Nixon guilty on all counts in a federal embezzlement case Friday, Nov. 12. Telfair, 57, former president of FAMU’s Federal Credit Union and Nixon, 45, former head of FAMU’s Institute on Urban Policy and Commerce, were indicted on July 7. The three-count […]