The Rattler Wellness program will celebrate its first anniversary Tuesday with a free party for students inside the recreation center from 6-8 p.m. Florida A&Ms Student Health Services aims to teach students how to maintain healthy lifestyles with its Rattler Wellness program. We focus on physical, emotional, intellectual, environmental, social […]
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Students hold vigil in memory of Timbrina Thomas
Students shed tears and held one anotheras they remembered Timbrina Thomas, a “Marching 100” member who died in a car accident yesterday. Her fellow band mates, members of student government and others from the Florida A&M community participated in a vigil held in the band rehearsal hall in Foster Tanner. […]
University mourns fallen Rattler
The Famuan is investigating an accident involving Florida A&Mstudents, which led to the death of a “Marching 100” member.According to University officials, one of the victims, identified as Timbrina Thomas, died Sunday. Thomas,20, was a Miami Gardens, Fla. native and graduate of Miami Norland Senior High. According to her blog,timbrinathomas.wordpress.com,Thomas, […]
FAMU to host roller derby bouts in recreation center
Tallahassee’s roller derby team will skate inside Florida A&M’s recreation center this season. Capital Punishment opened its seventh season of competition against the Acadiana Roller Girls on March 9 inside the Hansel E. Tookes Sr. Recreation Center. Last season, Capital Punishment competed in Skate Inn. Brendan Diamond, the head referee, […]
Money over everything
A week after Lil’ Wayne released his verse in the remix of “Karate Chop,” which included a controversial reference to Emmitt Till, Till’s family penned an open letter to the Grammy award-winning artist that was received exclusively by Vibe magazine. Till’s family accused Wayne of degrading Till’s memory, disrespecting […]
A sweet treat to battle bulge after spring break
Spring break has brought out the workout and health enthusiast in all of us as we try to get our beach bodies ready in time to show it off wherever we may be going. I am no different. Not long ago, the lifestyles editor and I decided to start our […]
Beyond the music
Its a brisk Saturday morning in Tallahassee, and Royce Lovett is preparing for his evening performance at the Winter Festival concert downtown on the stage at Ponce de Len Park near Monroe Street. Lovett, 24, is loading his guitar stand and retro green suitcase into a portable storage unit reserved […]
FAMU DRS striving to repair academic standing
Faculty members of Florida A&Ms Developmental Research School and FAMUs College of Education are teaming up to improve the history of FAMU DRSs school grade. We dont like it that this school is a D school, said Patricia Green-Powell, interim dean of the College of Education. So weve got to […]
Florida Legislature to debate amendment to Clean Indoor Air Act
A state senator recently introduced an amendment to the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act. Sen. Rob Bradley proposed amendment CS/SB 258 to the act, which was originally approved in 2002. The addition to the bill authorizes municipalities and counties to restrict smoking on properties such as beaches, playgrounds, public parks, […]
The right to choose – Who lives and who dies?
Fourty years after the inception of Roe v. Wade, a U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing a woman’s choice to have an abortion, a new wrinkle in the abortion debate has risen. A woman hired to be a surrogate mother refused $10,000 to have an abortion after tests showed the […]