Run-off elections for the Marissa West/ Michael Jefferson ticket and the Justin McCorvey/ Ariana Williams ticket will take place April 10. It has been 39 days since the spring 2012 elections occurred and the Florida A&M administration has not conferred a 2012-2013 student body president and vice president. The McCorvey/Williams […]
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Broadway Show Comes to FAMU
Broadway is coming to the Charles Winter Wood Theatre on April 4. “Smokey Joe’s Café,” a “songbook musical” made famous after more than 2,000 performances on Broadway, will feature players from Florida A&M’s Essential Theatre. “Smokey Joe’s Café” functions as a jukebox. Multiple storylines develop throughout the course of each […]
David Duncan: Recovering Hero of FAMU’s Baseball Team
A severe arm injury can devastate a pitcher’s career. David Duncan, however, is one of the few who have rebounded to maximum form. Duncan, a junior pitcher for the baseball team and a freshman walk-on, has risen in the ranks to become one of the team’s most valuable players. But […]
Golf Team Hopeful for MEAC Win
Head coach Marvin Green and the Rattlers golf team are optimistic as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship nears. The championship will begin on April 15 and last until April 17 in Savannah, Ga. This will be the golf team’s first dose of action since March 13 when it competed in […]
Drought Seizes Florida Weather
It is mid-afternoon in Tallahassee and the clear blue sky suddenly unleashes a furious rainfall. Minutes later, the storm clears and once again the sun beats down on the perpetually soggy city. Florida weather has long been called sporadic. Some residents joke that if you don’t like the weather in […]
Country Needs Boosts in Education
As we enter a generation where education is the key to the future, “No child should be left behind.” In January 2002, President Bush signed the, “No Child Left Behind Act.” It reauthorized the existing elementary and secondary education act. NCLB made the most knowledgeable changes in federal law regarding […]
The ‘Real’ China
I’ve been studying at Shantou University in Shantou, Guangdong, China, for a month, and I’m still discovering the “real” China. It’s unnerving to walk to class and have people openly staring, pointing and saying “Wà iguó rén,” which means “foreigner” in Mandarin Chinese. The fact that I’m 5’8″ (which, by Chinese […]
Sleep Routines Affect Student Health
The staff of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital’s Sleep Center said waking up and going to sleep at the same time seven days a week provides the correct amount of healthy sleep. “Individuals between the ages of eight to mid-20s need at least 8 to 10 hours of sleep to actually develop […]
FAMU Suspends Professors after Hazing Investigations
The suspension of two Florida A&M professors last week for their alleged involvement in a hazing incident came after one faculty member felt Band Director Julian White was being treated unfairly. Associate music professor Longiuneu Parsons told Tallahassee Police Department investigators he felt White, who is on administrative leave, was […]
Campus Rec TV Helps Students Bond
The campus recreational TV channel has been operational for the last three months at the Hansel E. Tookes Sr. Student Recreation Center on the corner of Wahnish Way and Osceola Street. Campus Rec TV, as it called, offers Florida A&M students an opportunity to learn how to record and produce […]