At time of publication, we are officially 14 days, 336 hours and 20, 160 minutes away from the moment we’ve all been waiting for: summer. It’s almost here, tantalizingly close and just within reach. After an entire year of tests, exams, homework, research papers, assignments, meetings, forums, there is a […]
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Students, Time to Get Aware is Now
The Board of Trustees’ vote for restructuring Florida A&M has come and gone. And now the school has to put the decisions into effect. Be that as it may. We shouldn’t let some of the decisions that the board voted on get us down. We knew from the very beginning […]
Anti-Abortion Display Daringly Distasteful
Throughout last week, students may have been alarmed by the Genocide Awareness Project exhibit that was set up in front of Tucker Hall. The project, laden with graphic images of aborted fetuses, sought to bring attention to abortion, which they believe is the mass murder of the unborn. As a […]
Lady Rattlers Win Last Home Tennis Game
Florida A&M Women’s Tennis team won its final home game this season against Fort Valley State University this past weekend. Earning the 7-0 victory over Ft. Valley State, FAMU improved to 2-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and gained a .500 record of 10-10. FAMU has played only two home […]
FAMU’s Track Powerhouse Doing It the ‘Wright’ Way
#8220;Latoya is pretty much the nucleus of the team,” said Darlene Moore, Head Women’s Track and Field Coach, of her star senior Latoya Wright. Wright, 22, is a criminal justice student who said she is determined to break records. “I plan on breaking the school record in the 400-meter-hurtles,” Wright […]
Board of Trustees Aftermath: Budget Cuts and Tuition Raises
Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees approved President James Ammons restructuring plan, cutting 24 programs and severing $18.7 million from the university’s budget, but that’s not all. Along with the various cuts, a 15 percent increase in tuition has been added. The plan, as announced at the meeting, will reduce the […]
FAMU Recognizes Student Artists with Exhibition
A plexiglass painting of a solemn women with leopard spots embedded in her skin titled “Strength” was the stand-out, first-place piece in the Foster Tanner student art competition. Foster Tanner held a graduating senior art show featuring Moloch Richardson and its fourth annual student art competition and exhibition Friday. The […]
Hi FI Keeps Tradition Alive
The Hi Fi Jazz Café continues the rich legacy of jazz inside of a historical landmark familiar to Florida A&M students and alumni. The Hi Fi Jazz Café is located on Adams Street across from Foote-Hilyer Administration Building and adjacent to the popular Olean’s Cafe. The building was founded in […]
Film Exposes Injustices
As people flocked to see hundreds of films during the Tallahassee Film Festival over the last five days, there was one in particular that created buzz throughout the city: “Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story.” Anderson, 14, was beaten to death by several officers while incarcerated at the Bay […]
Tallahassee Residents Discuss 2012 Budget
More than 150 residents voiced their opinions Wednesday night on the planned $726 million budget for Tallahassee’s 2012 fiscal year. Citizens from the Tallahassee community and city officials analyzed information and discussed how the money should be spent in a series of meetings. “Us (city officials) knowing what’s important to […]