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Houses offer fright night to public

Haunted houses in Tallahassee have opened their doors for the season and owners are waiting to shake people up for Halloween. While people pay to be scared half to death, the entertainment may be well worth it. At the Terror of Tallahassee, located at 826 Gaines St., a multitude of […]

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Tricks or Treats

#8220;If you can see her butt cheeks when she stands up and you can see the outline of her nipples through her shirt, then she’s doing too much,” said Roger Collins, 19, a sophomore political science student from Atlanta, Ga. Collins said women who parade around in skimpy outfits eliminate […]

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Connerly’s visit sparks race debate

What could be called the most fruitful portion of Ward Connerly’s lecture Tuesday evening at Florida State University occurred after his speech ended. Sitting in a small circle in FSU’s State Ballroom, a FAMU student, two FSU students, all of whom are black, and a white Navy veteran in his […]

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Rally promotes drug free life

A Red Ribbon Rally was held Wednesday morning in Lee Hall Auditorium to promote a drug free lifestyle in Leon County School’s youth. Speakers at the rally included Florida’s First Lady, Columba Bush, President Fred Gainous, Rattler football player Demetrius Burkes and Jim McDonough, the Drug Czar of Florida. “Twenty […]

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Vehicle catches fire in garage

The Tallahassee Fire Department responded to a car fire Thursday morning on the top south side level of the university’s parking garage. Firefighters used Class A foam to put out the flames that demolished a black Cadillac Seville with an Orlando Magic license plate. As a precautionary measure, Officer J. […]

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Collins brings ‘fundraising leadership’

There’s a new man on campus with a huge task ahead of him. Love Collins III, vice president of development and executive director of FAMU Foundation Inc., said he is ready for the challenge of reaching the university’s $251 million Capital Campaign goals. “I really believe that if you do […]

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Group fosters global affairs

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, environmental and humanitarian issues, and the needs of 3rd world countries are topics that concern the international community. Concerns understood by the Model United Nations Association. MUNA is an organization that aims to promote international affairs through education, example and awareness. According to the co-founder of the […]

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Stand up for your property

When you buy something, it’s yours. Thanks to the 5th Amendment, the government, or anyone else, has no right to take that property away from you. The only way you can be relieved of your property is to have someone prove in a court of law that the property was […]

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Southside’s schools face examination

Parents, Leon County Public School officials and community leaders met Thursday to address the concerns of south side student’s education. Diane Cox, an adjunct professor in FAMU’s department of computer information systems and president of Rickards High School’s Parent-Teacher Organization, planned the Southside Comprehensive Education Planning Meeting. One of Cox’s […]