While scrolling through my Twitter timeline, I couldn’t help but notice the tweets of some disgruntled students regarding the “irresponsible” use of their A&S fees. But was the CASUCS Clay EP really an irresponsible use of funds? CASUCS (pronounced CA-SHUS) is an idea/ initiative and a platform for SGA to […]
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FAMU Shifts Licenses Plate Revenue
After the Florida A&M Foundation voted to change the allocation of money received from FAMU’s novelty license plates, the Board of Trustees voted to go forward with a Five Year Comprehensive Campaign that is on track months later. “The goal currently, as we stated, is a $50 million campaign,” said […]
Florida Officials Talk Security through Diversity
Florida’s mayors, state legislatures, community leaders and other elected officials met Thursday evening in the City Hall to discuss international development fostering a good national security policy. America’s security relies on the stability that only international development-sometimes called “foreign aid”-can provide. Around the country, on television, in print and online, […]
Parking garage condition closes top level
For almost a month Florida A&M’s 12-year-old, three-story parking garage has had the top level blocked off, causing students to alter their parking habits. “We are anticipating an inspection. There is a hole in the concrete which is probably the result of wear and deterioration,” said John Kirby, assistant […]
Dream Defenders to hold conference call
The Dream Defenders, the group that marched to Sanford over the Easter holiday in support of Trayvon Martin, is holding a conference call Wednesday at 9 p.m. The call-in number is (213) 493-0700 and the access number is 372129#. Check back with The Famuan for more on this story.
Innocence Found
Proving someone’s innocence is more than just saying, “I’m innocent” and a DNA test. The Innocence Project of Florida helps to unlock the truth. Thirteen men in Florida have served wrongful convictions ranging five months to 35 years. As of March 19, there were 289 exonerees throughout the United States. […]
In Run-Offs, West/Jefferson Claim Decisive Win for Top SGA Spots
Marissa West and Michael Jefferson are the student body president and vice president elects for the 2012-2013 school year. The West/Jefferson ticket defeated Justin McCorvey and Ariana Williams 729 – 610 in Tuesday’s run-off elections. Jefferson, 19, a third-year environmental science student from Indianapolis, Ind, celebrated with his running mate […]
Guru Adrianna Thomas Offers Advice to Women about Hair
Nowadays when girls are having a beauty emergency they turn to YouTube as their one-stop-shop, but who would’ve guessed that a YouTube hair guru walks the hills of this very campus? Adrianna Thomas, a third-year criminology and public administration student from Orlando, started her YouTube channel by what she […]
FAMU Students Take Adderall to Stay Up Long Nights
Across the nation, college students are becoming addicted to a popular prescription drug used to help them excel in school. Florida A&M and surrounding colleges are not exempt from this list as students have easy access to, and often misuse, Adderall, a drug designed to help individuals with Attention Deficit […]
On-campus Elections Frustrate the Democratic Will of FAMU Students
Florida A&M’s Student Government Association has yet to decide on a president and vice president for the upcoming school year, and a lot of speculating is hanging around February’s election. Allegations of votes being thrown out have also surfaced. Remember the 2000 U.S. presidential election? Remember the controversy? The only […]