Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odingasu signed a cooperation agreement with Florida A&M University Thursday to allow joint training and research projects, particularly in engineering and health sciences. Kenya’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology is interested in implementing training systems in these areas based on university models. The agreement, […]
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‘Be Out Day’ Back In
After initially voting against the “Be out Day” bill and denying funding for the event, the student senate later voted to pass the bill, offering $13,000 in support. Freshman student senator Cecil Spears because students wanted the event. “There were more senators present at the meeting last Wednesday than when […]
New App Helps Residents Navigate Tally
For many residents and out-of-towners, it may appear that there is not much to do in Tallahassee. But now, there is a new app designed to help people find out about current events, activities and more going on throughout the city. Tallylife, which is also a website, was started by […]
Forty from FAMU Journey to Washington
More than 40 Florida A&M students will represent the university at the Energy Action Coalition’s Power Shift Conference in the nation’s capital this weekend. According to the Power Shift website, the coalition convened the first national youth climate summit at Power Shift 2007. More than 6,000 young people from all […]
Music Stores Survive despite Technology
Rows of CDs fill store inventory racks, the bright colors and loud speakers are supposed to attract patrons, but many music stores are dead silent in 2011. Experts have predicted that the age of iTunes and other digital music portals will usher in the demise of the audio CD as […]
Tampa Bay Activist Files Ethics Complaint against Gov. Scott
A Tampa Bay man has filed an ethics complaint against Gov. Rick Scott for his reported dealings with walk-in clinic chain Solantic Corp. Clearwater resident and activist David Plyer made the complaint on the grounds that the governor’s drug testing policies, making Medicaid patients switch to private HMO’s, and downsizing […]
Students Voice Anger in Town Hall Session
What began as a half empty room of swivel chairs and scattered conversations became a heated debate between students Monday night at the Town Hall Meeting in B.L. Perry Rm. 100. Steven Pargett, a fourth-year public relations student and organizer of the event, said the purpose of the meeting was […]
Robbery Rampant at Florida A&M
A Florida A&M freshman was almost robbed on his way to All Saints Café Monday night. The young man, who chose to remain anonymous, was on his way to study and practice on his guitar, when a hooded man who stuck a gun to the left side of his torso […]
Poll: Gov. Scott Remains Unpopular in Capital City
The results of a local public survey echo the disdain many Floridians have for their embattled governor. Kerr and Downs, a Tallahassee-based market research firm, released a survey earlier this month on Tallahasseevoices.com, in which 523 city residents responded. On the whole, the results of the survey revealed Tallahasseans are […]
Hi FI Keeps Tradition Alive
The Hi Fi Jazz Café continues the rich legacy of jazz inside of a historical landmark familiar to Florida A&M students and alumni. The Hi Fi Jazz Café is located on Adams Street across from Foote-Hilyer Administration Building and adjacent to the popular Olean’s Cafe. The building was founded in […]