Many Florida A&M students returned from the winter break surprised by the unusually cold weather that hit the city during the holidays. According to the weather.com, since Jan. 3, the city has experienced a severe low of 22 degrees and a maximum high of 43 degrees.  Temperatures reached as low […]

The city of Tallahassee announced a $54 million project to extend FAMU Way. This project is being completed to ease traffic congestion but will force nine residents to move from their homes. The details of the construction were discussed at a breakfast held at Smith-Williams Community Center, in light of […]

Florida A&M students gathered Friday night to mourn the death of fellow student, Antonio Burke. A candlelight vigil was held in honor of the former baseball player Friday night. Family members could  not be reached for details regarding his death.  A cause of death has not been officially released. Burke, […]

It has been nearly three months since members of the student Senate impeached Gallop Franklin but he still remains SGA President. The 39th student Senate cited nonfeasance of duties, in particular his failure to select a chief justice for the student Supreme Court in the allotted time. This action stemmed […]

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) announced that Florida A&M‘s accreditation has been reaffirmed. FAMU was accredited by the SACSCOC in 1935 as the first historically black college or university to become a member of the SACSCOC. It was announced that FAMU would be placed […]

Yolanda Turner, 21, lost her father on Jan. 20, 2009-the day Barack Obama became president.  Her sister called around 5:30 a.m. and told her that their father died of pelvic cancer. Turner’s father started with prostate cancer that led to pelvic cancer.  He lived with cancer for six years. “I […]

The Florida A&M Board of Trustees met Thursday, and the reports were less than positive for both Florida A&M and the state of Florida. The Budgeting and Finance Committee reported a 23 percent decrease in general revenue funding from the 2006-2007 fiscal school year, which is a loss of about […]

On Dec. 11, 692 Florida A&M students, mark the end of one journey and the begin another.According to Sharon Saunders, chief communications officer from the Office of Public Affairs, the commencement ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Dec. 11, in the Alfred Lawson, Jr. Multipurpose Center Teaching Gymnasium. Doors […]

On Dec. 1, President Barack Obama announced a 30,000-troop surge in Afghanistan beginning next year.  On Jan. 1, I will be boarding a plane to the combat zone.  Our president doesn’t waste any time.   While many graduates will be celebrating their graduation weekend attending parties or going out with friends […]

New locations, friends and a better education are just a few things students look forward to when coming to college. But there are some things they do not look forward to, dorm fines. Rose Jean, resident assistant of the Paddyfote Complex dormitory, said dorm rules and fines are enforced to […]