Students in Tallahassee will come together Monday to support a cause that is near and dear to many of their hearts. Students from Florida A&M and Florida State will be meeting at 8:30 a.m. to march along Gaines Street to the Capitol in honor of Trayvon Martin. Monday is […]
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Richey and Emere Are A Blessing To The Men’s Track and Field Team
Niko Williams-Richey and Steve Emere joined the Florida A&M men’s track and field team last fall and have quickly become a “match made in heaven.” Both athletes joined the team during this season after transferring from South Plains Junior College in Levelland, Texas. It did not take long for […]
Miller touches on Champion, Martin at convocation
“Challenge your perspective.” That was the message that Virgil Miller, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-La) spread in Lee Hall Auditorium Thursday, at Florida A&M’s annual Honors Convocation. Honors Convocation is hosted once each semester to honor the academically outstanding students in each school […]
SACS to Come in April for ‘Special Visit’
A regional accrediting body is returning to Florida A&M next month to review financial aid, student records and general procedures. A special team from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools will conduct the “special visit” from April 12 to 15 according to Maurice Edington, director of the FAMU Quality […]
Melissa Ford tells Students: Entertainment Business is ‘Competitive’
The journalism students who attend Florida A&M University with aspirations to become entertainment correspondents may change their minds if they don’t like competition. Actress/model Melissa Ford cautioned students about the competition that comes with being in the entertainment business. “I see everybody when I go out for an acting role,” […]
Only Handful of Students Use E2 Alerts
Students at Florida A&M are not taking advantage of the E2 Campus emergency alert system. The system has been at FAMU since 2005, two years before the Virginia Tech massacre. Although the service is licensed for 10,000 users, fewer than 3,000 of the 13,000 enrolled students are active users are […]
ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’ to Feature Robert Champion Case
ESPN will air another installment of its investigative series “Outside the Lines” Sunday. The topic: Florida A&M and the death of Robert Champion. The program airs at 9 a.m. on ESPN and 10 a.m. on ESPN 2. After having worked on the project since January, ESPN Tuesday published an in-depth […]
Studying abroad is Vital for Success
#8220;Congratulations on your acceptance to The American University of Paris!” I have never been more excited by a sentence. After months of searching for the right university with the right program in the right city, I can finally see my dream of studying abroad coming together. I have long wanted […]
Talking about Crime Doesn’t Eliminate it from Our Society
In the midst of the Trayvon Martin madness, I believe it’s important to question the media’s misrepresentation of black youth. It frustrates me to turn on the television and see a black male behind bars or in the middle of fighting “baby mamas.” That’s not all there is. I was […]
Ammons Must Explain Changes to Us
Quicker than people could say FAMU, former Provost Cynthia Hughes Harris was on her way to the Allied Health and Sciences building. Last week, Harris was reassigned to her old position as dean of the School of Allied Health and Sciences. One can’t help but question where this decision came […]