A fire was started August 22 in Paddyfote. Last week in Paddyfote girl’s dorm hall, a resident’s outlet caught on fire due to an illegal extension cord plugged into the socket. This issue arose due to a violation of the student housing contract. The contract states that residents are not […]

William Patrick Foster, the founder of Florida A&M University’s Marching “100,”one of the nation’s top collegiate bands, died Saturday in Tallahassee. He was 91.   Foster’s was born in 1919 in Kansas City, Kan. His interest in music first grew in high school when he bought his first instrument, a […]

Tucker Hall’s year-long renovation has finally come to an end. The newly restored building was opened to the public at the beginning of this fall semester. Tucker Hall has been a part of Florida A&M University’s history for over 60 years. Constructed in 1956, it was named after Thomas DeSaille […]

The graduation rate at Florida A&M has declined over the past decade, while retention rates have fluctuated, but only slightly. Nonetheless, William Hudson Jr., who serves jointly as the director of retention in the office of academic affairs, and interim vice president of student affairs, wants to change that. As […]

The first convocation of the school year marks a period of massive growth for Florida A&M. President James H. Ammons stated in his State of the University Address that Florida A&M has currently enrolled 13,089 students. 2700 of these students are freshmen, the largest incoming class in Florida A&M’s history. […]

Harold Dow, correspondent for CBS’ “48 hours,” died Saturday in New Jersey from an asthma attack. He was 62. “We are all still stunned here at CBS News,” said Kim Godwin, senior producer for CBS. “For those of us who came to FAMU last October, this is especially tough.” Dow […]

Summer is here and students in college towns have forgone their school books for booze and day time drink specials. Nine young adults, ages ranging from 19 to 24, stood outside Cumberland Cottages apartments last Thursday. “We’re headed to a friend’s BBQ to drink,” said Rachel Schneider, a communications student […]

A Florida A&M University employee and the head of the  FAMU Federal Credit Union are accused of conspiring to steal more than $130,000 in federal housing and urban development grant funds. Eugene Telfair, 57, president of the FAMU Federal Credit Union and Robert Nixon, 45, director of FAMU’s Institute on […]

Florida A&M University School of Allied Health Sciences discussed the possibility of making the university a campus wide tobacco-free zone last night during the health council meeting – an initiative that Florida State University is working to implement and University of Florida has already put into action. The two main […]

Florida A&M University professor Joe Ritchie and six journalism and graphic communication students has journeyed aside of students from Shantou University in Guangdong Province, China to Johannesburg, Africa covering the 2010 FIFA World Cup of Soccer. The students will produce daily multimedia stories, which will discuss the World Cup’s impact […]