Today and tomorrow mark the big two days when the Board of Trustees will meet in Florida A&M’s grand ballroom to discuss and decide what programs will stay and what will be terminated. But as the meeting approaches, more students are voicing their thoughts about the proposed plans. According to […]
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City: Utilities Bills to Decline by Year’s End
Tallahassee residents can expect lower utility bills by the end of the year, according to officials. Since 2008, utility rates have been on a steady decline. On April 1, utilities will continue to decrease. Customers can expect a reduction of 3.5 percent in their electric bills and over 11 percent […]
Crime Rises around FAMU Campus
Crime on and around Florida A&M’s campus is rising. For the past two weekends, robberies and gunfire have been reported and FAMU Department of Public Safety officials say that crooks are emerging as spring begins. “When it gets warmer, more people come out. The more people that come out, the […]
Students Hope Onwunli Will Bring Change to Registrar’s Office
Students welcome the new University Registrar Agatha Onwunli with hopes that her commitment to improve the registrar’s office comes to fruition. Their complaints are myriad – from difficulty in accessing transcripts to course registration. “My AP course never transferred onto my FAMU transcript. It took me visiting the Registrar’s Office […]
Baseball Coach Gives Team Motto to Live By: ‘Play Hard…Throw Strikes’
Interim head coach Brett Richardson has restructured the Rattler baseball team and its schedule to ensure a higher rate of success. Coach Richardson breaks coaching down into three specific categories that encompass his motto: play hard, make routine plays and pitchers throw strikes. “If the Rattlers can do these tasks, […]
Board of Trustees to Decide on Restructuring Plans this Thursday
As the countdown to decision day approaches, faculty, staff, and students await the final word from the Board of Trustees on what stays and what goes to battle the merciless budget cuts. President James Ammons announced last Monday at a campus forum focused on the restructuring that about 200 employees […]
Men Against Sexism Discuss Gender-Balance in Relationships
The annual National Organization of Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) conference held at Florida State University sought to help redefine traditional definitions of masculinity. Held in FSU’s Student Services Building, the three-day event was chartered to raise awareness and help breakdown the social biases of what gender roles should be in […]
Thousands Flock to ‘SpringTime’
The sounds from the band “Wiser Than Fools” blasted through stage speakers, one of a variety of bands performing at Tallahassee’s Springtime Downtown Get-down Friday evening. Children squealed and giggled at the Kids, Inc. of the Big Bend booth, where volunteers were helping students create bootblack, a pudding-like mixture made […]
Agatha Onwunli is New FAMU Registrar
Florida A&M University recently named long-time worker Agatha Onwunli the new university registrar, according to a press release from FAMU. Most of Onwunli’s 15 years of service to FAMU were at the university’s Registrar’s Office. She worked in different jobs – from front desk attendant to assistant registrar for records […]
Carla Willis Leaves for Familiar Territory
Carla Willis is leaving Florida A&M for familiar territory in Ohio. Willis, the vice president of student relations and the executive director of the FAMU Foundation Inc., is leaving on April 15. Willis has been with FAMU since February 2008. During her three years of employment at the university, she […]