For almost two decades, residents of Tallahassee have wondered whether passenger trains would ever return to Florida’s capital city. The train station that sits between FAMU and FSU hasn’t had a train roll through it in almost 18 years. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which wiped out […]

The Marching “100” is one of the main attractions at FAMU, but it isn’t the only worthwhile musical ensemble on campus. On Feb. 16, FAMU’S Wind Symphony got the opportunity to perform at the 2023 College Band Directors National Association Conference on the campus of the University of Georgia in […]

Friends and family of Alexander Boyd gathered together as they paid their respects to a fallen Rattler. Alexander Boyd, a 20-year-old Florida A&M University sophomore, passed away on Feb. 25, 2023, after drowning at Miramar Beach. A beautiful night of candlelight vigil service occurred at Southern Scholarship Foundation (SSF) Hansen […]

Unlicensed barbers in Florida will be allowed to perform restricted services under the supervision of a licensed barber, if a Senate bill become law. Senate Bill 1148, proposed by Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral, will allow practicing barbers to enhance their craft while they are supervised. The bill will allow […]

The club should be a place of entertainment, not combat. Students in Tallahassee have directly experienced an uptick in gun violence at nighttime events. According to the Tallahassee Democrats data database, 117 shootings have taken place since 2022. There have been fatal shootings outside and inside clubs, leaving students frustrated […]

Alexander Boyd, a sophomore at Florida A&M University and Tallahassee native, drowned on Saturday at Miramar Beach while on an annual trip with his scholarship housemates.  The 20-year-old was an architecture major who graduated from Rickards High School in the spring of 2021. Gabrielle Jackson, a former English teacher of […]

Male attendant elections at FAMU may be closer than you think. At least that’s what senators Jaylin Hankerson-Strappy, Isaiah Clayborn, Kole Fortson, Isaiah Lysse and Jasmine Daniels are proposing. The five senators announced this evening during the Speaking and Lobbying forum that they were working on a “big bill” to […]

Famu men’s basketball team lost shockingly to Southern University 60-58 at Al-Lawson. Dimingus Stevens led the team in points with 16. Noah Meren tacked six points, and Jordan Tillmon finished the contest with eight.  Jaylon Bates started the game off with an electrifying dunk! Bates’s dunk brought energy early for […]

Residents of Tallahassee’s south side will have to find another pharmacy for their medical needs. The CVS on South Monroe Street will be closing its doors on March 16, according to a CVS employee. There are 20 CVS locations in Florida’s capital city, but only two of those are on […]