Senators in the SGA’s legislative branch have to deal with everything from writing bills to balancing the student activities budget. “Many senators are political science and business majors, but that is not a requirement to work with the senate,” said Erin Barnes, 21, chairwoman of the senate’s Elections and Appropriations […]

The executive branch of SGA does more than students may realize. SGA president Andre Hammel and vice president Tisa Holley oversee with the executive branch’s nine departments to ensure that students’ needs are met. Holley said she encourages anyone who has any complaints about campus issues such as housing or […]

She can be seen walking gracefully with the Royal Court at football games. She can be heard speaking at convocations. She is Miss FAMU. “Miss FAMU is the chief ambassador for the university,” said Miss FAMU candidate Angie Green, 21, a senior newspaper journalism student from Gainesville. “Not only does […]

Appealing parking tickets, hearing election cases and interpreting the student government constitution are all part of a day’s work for the judicial branch of the student government. The judicial branch is divided into two parts, traffic court and the student supreme court. Justice Rick Hamilton, said the court mostly hears […]

Ayinde Madzimoyo and Jehiel Oliver, candidates for SGA president and vice president, said they “overstand” the issues that concern students and minorities. “Overstand rather than understand,” said Madzimoyo, 20, a junior black psychology student from Atlanta. “We’re trying to overcome the issues that plague us as students and black people.” […]

When junior broadcast journalism student Larry O. Rivers was elected as a member of the Ocklocknee River Soil and Water Conservation District Boardof Supervisors, many people thought he was in over his head. Now he’s running for SGA president. He, along with Virgil Miller, a senior biology pre-medicine student from […]

This time of year, most high school seniors are thinking about prom-who they’ll take and what they’ll wear- and graduation after parties. Unfortunately, senior year celebrations are the last thing on some students’ minds. They can’t think about capping off four years of high school because they’re still trying to […]

Gov. Jeb Bush’s proposed budget cuts for the 2003-2004 school year will have President Fred Gainous searching out money to fund ongoing projects, Gainous told faculty Tuesday. Though Bush’s proposed budget will slice $6 million out of FAMU’s budget, Gainous told those in attendance at the President’s Faculty Meeting Tuesday […]

#8220;If all 13,000 members of our incomparable student body decide one night that they all want to exercise their three minutes to speak, they would be empowered to do so.” The aforementioned is a portion of a new bill passed by the student senate to remove the cap on the […]

Local attorney John Marks cruised into his first term as the second leadership Mayor of Tallahassee, commanding 67 percent of the votes compared to 33 percent by his challenger, City Commissioner John Paul Bailey. His win makes him Tallahassee’s first black leadership Mayor. “I’m euphoric right now,” Marks said. “We […]