Past and present FAMU students and staff were honored at Tallahassee Community College’s fifth annual Black History Month celebration Monday at Turner Auditorium. For the past five years, TCC has published a calendar sponsored by local businesses in Leon County. The calendar is composed of blacks who have made an […]

Students in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will have the option of pursuing a Doctor of Public Health degree starting this semester. Cynthia M. Harris, director of the Institute of Public Health, said the Board of Governors approved the program in Sarasota on Oct. 21. FAMU is the […]

The third floor of the Foote-Hilyer Administrative Center now includes a historical gallery that takes students and visitors on a trip through FAMU’s history. The newly opened Leedell W. Neyland FAMU Gallery, consisting of 28 photos, shows enlarged photos of FAMU students and various events. Originally named the State Normal […]

As soon as you walk into the Samsara Boutique, you automatically feel warmer. You step off the cold street to find yourself in a warm, colorful, laid-back shopping environment greeted by the accommodating owner, Coretta Hutson With its green and yellow painted walls and hangers drizzled with fluorescent paint, you […]

The men’s basketball team will face the No. 3 school in the MEAC, Delaware State University, Saturday. Delaware is a slow-paced team filled with enormous athletic abilities. “Delaware is a very methodical, athletic team. They really try to keep the tempo of the game to a crawl,” Head Coach Mike […]

Hype. It’s often given and seldom deserved. For every LeBron James, there’s a Kwame Brown or a Michael Olowokandi. Who? Precisely my point. So when a rapper who just began rapping a year and half ago is expected to resurrect an entire coast with his debut album, even the shorties […]

Two weeks ago, then-fifth ranked North Carolina went on the road to play then-third ranked Wake Forest. Wake Forest defeated North Carolina 95-82. That victory, though impressive, brought much debate because North Carolina wouldn’t have the chance to play Wake Forest on its own home court this season. Analysts and […]

They’ve performed at the Champs-Elysee in Paris, made back-to-back visits to former President Bill Clinton’s inaugurations and thrilled homecoming fans lining the streets of Tallahassee. And now, Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 is headed to the Super Bowl XXXIX pre-game show Feb. 6 in Jacksonville. Who cares that the performance […]

A small crowd gathered on South Adams Street at 8:30 a.m. Monday to watch the demolition of Baker’s Pharmacy. The brick building stood empty, collecting gazes one last time. Opened in 1958 during segregation, the pharmacy was the only one of its kind that provided blacks with their prescriptions. “We […]

FAMU means Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, it does not mean Felons, Abusers, Misdemeanor-having and Undervalued University. This University was established to educate black students. In 1887, Famcee encouraged a race of people who were so deprived to soar for a better education and future. This historically black college/university implemented […]