Florida A&M’s Campus Recreation Center and Student Government Association are co-sponsoring a Black College Spring Break Cruise. The cruise is called Carnival Freedom, and will be leaving Fort Lauderdale, Fla. March 6. The cruise will travel to Key West, Grand Cayman Islands and Jamaica. The cost is $575, which includes […]
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Cops Arrest Suspect in Lasaki Killing
A young man remains in custody Wednesday after Tallahassee police arrested him in connection with the death of a Florida A & M student last week. Brandon Wells was held during a traffic stop about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday after “he failed to stop for a stop sign,” according to a […]
Kirby: Parking is No Problem
Enrollment is at an all-time high at Florida A&M and some students claim there is insufficient parking on campus. However, Assistant Director of Parking Administrative Services John Kirby said there is not a parking issue. “Students that are having trouble finding parking should try parking at the Eugenia Street lot […]
Court to Sentence Embezzling FAMU Officials
Former Florida A & M University officials Eugene Telfair and Robert Nixon are scheduled for sentencing in federal court in Tallahassee on Thursday for embezzling from the FAMU Credit Union. Telfair, former president of FAMU’s Federal Credit Union, and Nixon, former head of FAMU’s Institute on Urban Policy and Commerce, were indicted on July 7 and […]
Farewell, Dr. Williams
Dr. Willie T. Williams was honored at her Retirement Celebration. Willie T. Williams greeted friends, colleagues and former students in a bright red two-piece suit and boutonniere at her retirement party Sun. evening at the Doubletree Hotel. A keyboard player to the right of the honoree table kept the mood […]
Maya Angelou to speak at Florida A & M
Maya Angelou is one of the most influential voices of our time. She will appear at the Al Lawson Center for the 2010-2011 Lyceum series today at 7:30pm. A global renaissance woman, Angelou has been honored with several degrees, and her most popular works include poem “Phenomenal Women,” and the […]
Rasheed Remembered
Dozens of family, friends and teachers remembered Rasheed Lasaki during a candlelight vigil/memorial service Tuesday. In honor of Lasaki, a candlelight vigil service was given at Perry-Paige Auditorium Tuesday at 11 a.m. The program opened with a prayer from the Florida A&M Student National Alumni Association President Alger Studstill, Jr. […]
Beating the Best
FAMU’s Men’s basketball team won a 62-58 upset victory over the Hampton Pirates Monday. The Pirates are at the top of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Florida A & M’s men’s basketball team can now add a win over the MEAC top-ranked Hampton Pirates to its season’s resume. The Ratters […]
Family death inspires non-profit Organization
After watching her grandmother die, a fourth-year social work student from Miami, Janay White, helped formed a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with her aunt, Sereda White. “We just knew at that point my granny would have, if it was anyone else in the family, definitely been an advocate for pancreatic cancer,” […]
The debate over health care continues
As many Americans turn on their TVs to their local news channels, and pull up home pages on their computers, and read their daily newspapers, it is very hard too miss the debate on the health care reform. Everyone seems to be tuned into politics lately. Whether it’s expanding […]