Sunday night President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party prevailed in their 13-month battle for healthcare reform. The House of Representatives passed the Affordable Healthcare for America Act,more commonly known as the health care bill, with a vote of 219-212.   Over the past year, the House of Representatives and […]

Susan Taylor, editor-in-chief emeritus of Essence magazine, will be the keynote speakerat the Florida A&M Student Summit on March 28 at 6 p.m. in Gaither Gymnasium. Panelist for the summit will include author and professor Cornell West, three-timepresidential candidate Ralph Nader, Frank Brogan, chancellor for the State UniversitySystem of Florida, […]

No one in Florida A&M’s Grand Ballroom will have ‘swagger’ like the academic adviserscome April 1-2.FAMU’s Recruitment and Retention Center will be hosting a change of major and academicadvisement fair and will implement a new initiative called S.W.A.A.G.Director of Retention William Hudson, Jr. said S.W.A.G.G. stands for Students Who AreAdvised […]

After months of congressional debates and speeches, President Barack Obama signs the health care bill into legislation Tuesday. Before the signing president Obama said the following: “We are not a nation that scales back its aspirations. We are not a nation that falls prey to doubt or mistrust. We don’t […]

Florida State University offi cials are encouraging other universities to join them in make healthcare insurance mandatory and affordable for uninsured college students. “We insure our cars because it’s mandatory,” said Lesley Sacher, director of FSU’s Healthcare Department. “Why not look at our bodies the same way?” FSU has been […]

Veterinary students have a better way to prepare them for their animalscience careers. Two racehorses have found a new home at the Animal Complex and Facility at the university’s Research and Development Center in Quincy, Fla. New York stallion, Smooth Jazz, and Florida stallion, Alysweep, were donated to the FAMU […]

Last week was full of sunshine, minus the weatherman. This past week was nationally recognized as Sunshine Week. According to sunshineweek.org, Sunshine Week is a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Led by the American Society of News Editors, Sunshine […]

Driving to Florida A&M’s campus could be much different by the year 2013. The FAMU Way road extension project would invest in the south side community, with both residents and students possibly benefi ting. The project is currently in the planning phase. The City of Tallahassee is busy giving tours […]

Plans are underway to increase participation in the 2010 Census. On Saturday, Census Ambassadors visited “Hard-to-Count” neighborhoods surrounding Florida A&M’s campus with help from the student body. These neighborhoods house mostly minority families who tend to leave these important census documents to catch dust on the countertops. Some people don’t […]

Florida A & M President James Ammons awarded nearly $3.6 million in scholarships to potential students during the third annual “Up Close and Personal” tour. Jacksonville, Orlando, Tallahassee and Tampa, Fla., and Thomasville, Ga., were the five cities Ammons on this year’s tour. Ammons travels across Florida and parts of […]