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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bryan Smith, assistant director of housing, announced that FAMU will be co-hosting the annual Florida Resident Assistant Seminar (FRAS) next February. Smith is only three months into his tenure at FAMU as assistant director of housing and is already making his mark by adding conference director of FRAS to […]

On Monday Nov. 1, Andre Bridges, an 18-year-old education student from D.C., began feeling sick and took on a disturbing cough. “I didn’t know where the cough was coming from,” said Bridges. He knew, however, some time before there was a leak in his Palmetto North bathroom, where the […]

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice to conduct an on-site recruitment event on campus Tuesday. “We’re partnering with colleges and universities in the state and surrounding areas,” said Richard Lozada, special projects manager for recruitment and screening section for the […]