SGA President Breyon Love and Vice President Troy Harris took their official oath into office Friday in Lee Hall. Vice President of Student Affairs William Hudson said the event specifically targeted the student body to help them develop visuals of their elected officials. The annual inauguration took place in front […]
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Zoe Saldana Sizzles As Assassin in ‘Colombiana’ Thriller
With the constant interruptions of my favorite shows, I began to look forward to the movie commercials, the ones with a very dominant Zoe Saldana, in full gun-down gear. Colombiana stars Zoe Saldana with Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Lennie James and Jordi Molla. After witnessing her parents’ murder as a […]
FAMU Loses Women’s Basketball player
Florida A&M shooting guard Shannon Washington was killed early Sunday morning during an argument with her friend Starquineshia Palmer, according to the Tallassee Police Department. TPD officers arrived at 3025 Adams Street at approximately 2:05 a.m., after a stabbing had been reported. Upon arrival, they found Washington with a stab […]
Florida A&M Mourns Shannon Washington
Students filed by the hundreds into Lee Hall auditorium for the vigil ceremony of Shannon Washington, a Florida A&M student and women’s basketball shooting guard. Athletes donned their respective team jerseys, and the rest of the student body entered with heavy hearts for the fallen Rattler. The evening’s events provided […]
FAMU Loses Women’s Basketball player
Florida A&M shooting guard Shannon Washington was killed early Sunday morning during an argument with her friend Starquineshia Palmer, according to the Tallassee Police Department. TPD officers arrived at 3025 Adams Street at approximately 2:05 a.m., after a stabbing had been reported. Upon arrival, they found Washington with a stab […]
FAMU Inducts ‘Scintillating Six’ into Sports Hall of Fame
Florida A&M inducted some top, former football and baseball players and a track star into its sports Hall of Fame Friday. FAMU President James H. Ammons is also one of the “Scintillating Six,” the title for this year’s group of inductees. Inside: Event Video by Royal Shepherd (coming soon) and […]
FAMU Admonishes Hardee for Misuse of Time
Florida A&M President James Ammons recently ordered that Chief Financial Officer Teresa Hardee lose nearly one week in vacation time, approximately 34 hours, for her alleged misuse of work time to do graduate coursework. Ammons‘ August 5 decision followed an investigation by the university general counsel who recommended Hardee be punished […]
Hardee Under Investigation
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating Florida A&M Chief Financial Officer Teresa Hardee and two other university employees. Teresa Hardee has been the CFO since 2007, after holding the position of internal auditor at North Carolina Central University, under then-president and President of FAMU James Ammons. According to […]
Student Senate Launches Year
The 41st Student Senate held its first weekly meeting of the year at 6 p.m. in Multipurpose Room of the Student Union. Senate President Marissa West, a fourth-year pharmacy student from Chicago, presided over the meeting, which was moved to the Multipurpose Room, while the paneling is replaced in the […]
Orange or Green? Camp Scrimmage Live Blog
Please refresh constantly as updates will come throughout the game. 5:30 p.m. Looks like Austin Trainor will be leading the Green team today. Freshman Dane James will be the quarterback for the Orange squad. 6:24 p.m. SN: It is really hard to keep a consistent blog going when the wifi […]