Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Kendrick Meek told students, local business owners and campaign supporters Thursday his vision for Florida’s economy during a campaign rally at Florida State University. Meek, a Florida A&M graduate, rallied throughout the state last week and spoke about North Florida’s needs on issues such as […]
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After a troubled first round, second round results are now final
Joseph Agboola and Kindall “Sunshine” Johnson was announced Mr. and Miss FAMU-Elect Thursday night around 10:30 p.m. Agboola and Johnson, along with Brittany Clark-Electoral Commissioner-elect received the most votes for the entire spring election. “I want to thank the campus for their prayers, kind words and positive energy that kept […]
The agony of those who still have no answers about their beloved Haitian relatives
The public tunes into the news, goes online, or reads an article about the earthquake everyday. But how many actually think about who the victims are and what they mean to their families? More than a month after the Haiti earthquake, Dave Pierre-Louis has yet to learn the fate of […]
Man steals airplane and crashes it into an IRS building in Austin, Texas
An IRS building with 199 employees burst in flames after a man intentiolnally stole and crash the small single-engine into the building in northwest Austin, Texas at 10 a.m. Firefighters said that they have made several rescues, but they do not have the amount of unaccounted victims of this incident. […]
Eight of the ten American missionaries that were arrested for kidnapping children in Haiti are back
Eight of the ten American missionaries were caught on Jan 29. trying to take the children from Haiti without adoption certificates were released today. The Associated Press reported the group took at least 20 children after their parents consent with the Baptist’s promises of educating their kids in the U.S […]
Dean Kirby overturns spring election disqualifications
Tuesday night Electoral Commissioner Aylse Taylor announced that one Mr. FAMU, one senior attendant and all of the Ms. FAMU candidates had been disqualified from the spring 2010 elections. Wednesday morning the dean of student affairs, Henry Kirby, overturned the commission’s decision. More than 3,200 students voted in the spring […]
Renovations on Tucker Hall on schedule for fall opening
Tucker Hall renovations are on schedule and the building is expected to be complete in time for classes. Currently, the building’s windows remain covered in plastic as construction workers in white hard hats spread straw over the foundation. The project seems to be moving along as planned. “It will be […]
Young adult fighting is pure immaturity
Everyone knows about the fight at the basketball game featured on ESPNU two weeks ago. We either we saw it or we heard about it. Talk about embarrassing. Of course fights are not exclusive to our campus, not even close. Nevertheless, the whole situation was either a spectacle to some […]
Who wants to be a millionaire workshop educates young adult on economic empowerment
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) and Florida A&M are co-hosting an economic empowerment workshop entitled ” WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE,” at Perry Paige Auditorium from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. Gina Kinchlow, the event coordinator for the wealth-building workshop applauded the committee’s ability to team several FAMU entities with the FDIC, Black Enterprise, […]
FAMU leads in state license plate sales
Florida A&M is ranked as one of the top sellers of specialty license plates in the state for 2009. FAMU’s sales greatly outnumbered a series of other Florida schools, including Bethune-Cookman University and the University of North Florida, for overall number sold in the state. FAMU’s specialty license plate program […]