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 […]

Students who have been attending a Florida college for the past two years will see another tuition increase during the 2010-2011 school year. Following the 2010 Florida Legislative session, Gov. Charlie Crist signed the bill. Tuition will increase by 8 percent for undergraduates, along with a 7 percent tuition differential […]

Florida A&M University (FAMU) Student Government Association President Gallop Franklin II attains another presidential position, shortly after winning his second consecutive term as SGA president. Franklin was recently elected as Florida Student Association president, a positions that allows him to sit on the Florida Board of Governors. The FSA Board […]

The Boys and Girls Club of the Big Bend is struggling to make ends meet because of the poor economy. The organization was recently told that it had one month to close or face severe cutbacks. Samuel “Buddy” Streit, president and CEO, chose the latter. “There’s not enough to keep […]

Oil spills from an underground tank have placed Florida A&M’s central manufacturing plant on the list of non-compliance facilities. The plant, located at 2400 Wahnish Way, is on the watch list because of an out of regulation petroleum underground storage tank or UST’s  usually large tanks used to store petroleum […]

University officials are considering alternative plans for next year’s Cram Jam celebration after violence erupted at the event late Sunday night. The Office of Student Activities and Florida A&M’s Facility Request and Event Approval committee are both exploring the source of this year’s disturbance and brainstorming answers to the recurring […]