Residents gathered Tuesday night at the Challenger Learning Center Planetarium as city leaders launched the Tallahassee Town and Gown (TAG) relations project. The informational meeting was the first of a series of forums the organization will host as part of its goal of “turning Tallahassee into an even better place […]
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Official: Bing Energy will Benefit Tallahassee
Gov. Rick Scott and Florida State president Eric Barron announced on Feb. 10 that Bing Energy would relocate its headquarters to Tallahassee in collaboration with the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. “Tallahassee should be a significant big business center with the FAMU-FSU COE and Bing Energy,” Scott said at the press […]
Student continues voter Comedy Jam
It’s not easy to get full participation from the student body when it comes to school elections. However, Ashley Gray, a fourth-year English education student, has devoted countless hours to encouraging students to vote, by single-handedly coordinating last nights’ 5000 Voters Strike/Comedy Jam. Gray began organized the Comedy Jam, which, […]
Committee Searches for New Head of Information Technology
The search committee is conducting a national and international search to find the best candidate to fill the Chief of Information Technology position. The deadline for applications is March 14. Former CIO Robert T. Seniors was removed from the position at the start of the Spring semester and was demoted […]
Election Results Are In
See the results of the Spring 2011 Student Government Association elections from Tuesday, February 22. Click the links for full stories.
More Ammunition Arrives for Fight ‘Pill Mills’
The state of Florida may be receiving some more aid in its battle against pill mills and their effect on the community. Pain clinics, or “pill-mills” as they are often called, are not your average pharmacy. Although these are pain-management clinics allow customers to book appointments and receive prescription drugs, […]
Tally Hosts First Annual LGBT Business Expo this Weekend
Tallahassee will welcome its first annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Business Expo on Saturday. The LGBT Business Partners, a group within the Family Tree Community Center, is hosting the Expo. Local business owners, managers, sales people and non-profit organizations, along with the city’s LGBT community and its supporters will […]
Obama’s Budget Cuts College-Student Grants
President Barack Obama unveiled his proposed budget for the year, and some of his ideas to cut down the national budget may affect college students. One of the proposed ideas is to make cuts to the Federal Pell Grant Program, a program that provides need-based grant money to college students. […]
‘Race Matters’ Reveals Students’ Struggles with Identity
While the majority of FAMU students are black, there is still a wide diversity of culture on campus. A forum event called “Race Matters” was held on Monday in Gaither Gym and involved a group of students, as panelists, from different cultural backgrounds to discuss what it means to be […]
Tallahassee: A City Divided
The Fair Housing Act was adopted 42 years ago to combat racial segregation. However, analysis of new five-year data from the American Community Survey, an entity within the U.S. Census Bureau, suggests that residential segregation is alive and well, especially in Tallahassee neighborhoods. On Jan. 18, Remapping Debate, a public […]