Florida A&M’s board of trustees held a full body meeting at 8:30 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom on Thursday. Topics of discussion varied from anti-hazing policies to the approval of a multi-year contract for new football coach Earl Holmes, who will earn a yearly salary of $200,000. “It is […]

  The Florida A&M baseball team will play its season-opener next week against Troy University in Troy, Ala. The Rattlers ended last season with a 7-45 record, and head coach Willie Brown was notified that he would be fired in January due to alleged misconduct. David Duncan, a senior pitcher […]

  Studying abroad is a wonderful experience, although it is expensive. Meeting people from all walks of life is one of the best aspects of a study abroad trip. In Paris, I met people from across the country, and the world, while studying at the American University of Paris. According […]

  Nearly 30 percent of college students faced depression in 2009, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). NIMH categorizes depression into five subcategories: major depression, dysthymia, minor depression, psychotic depression and seasonal affective disorder. Even on Florida A&M’s campus four years later, some students continue to battle […]

  Within the past few weeks, the airways of mass media have been saturated with gun control. And its controversy seems to have the American opinion split. The horrific mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., during the premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises” stirred up the long-time stagnant conversation of gun […]

The Tallahassee Chapter of The Dream Defenders will host a town hall meeting on the school-to-prison pipeline at a local church Thursday. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at Life Without Limits International Church at 7 p.m. The Florida Chapter of the National Association for […]

Every day I pick up the newspaper, I read about a shooting that has taken place in this country. Not just any shooting, usually a mass shooting where several people were either injured or killed. So, it amazed me when I picked up USA Today and read on the front […]

  The Florida Gun Shows of Florida will host the Tallahassee Florida Gun Show this weekend. The gun show will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Admission is $7 and parking is free. The show will include events and […]

  The time has come for me to break silence, at least for the moment, to address a few issues that have surfaced concerning The Famuan. The time has come to correct erroneous reports and tell our story without the possibility of being filtered. I purchased this space. The back […]