Wednesday, July 30, 2025
As the school year begins, students must take precautions to safeguard themselves from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the monkeypox disease spreading across the country. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Leon County recorded its first case of monkeypox in July. William Hatfield, the Democrat’s editor, reported that cases remain relatively […]
Growing up in tiny Gretna, a half-hour west of Tallahassee with a population under 1,500, 21-year-old Mariah Porter struggled at a young age. In middle school, she wanted to grow like the other girls in her grade. She was small, and she would ask her mother to buy her push-up […]
As the fall semester dawns and students begin to settle into their classes, they may find that it’s more than just Florida A&M University professors welcoming them back with a smile. A new initiative by the Department of Campus Safety and Security has produced dozens of signs on campus in […]
Nyla Brown is a culinary arts student who attends Keiser University. Brown, a Jacksonville native, comes from a family of seven. She is the eldest sister. She concluded that cooking is her niche and that it would be her moneymaker. She originally came to Tallahassee to attend Florida A&M University, […]
The importance of deciding where to go to college is certainly not new, but we’ve seen ongoing discourse about the importance of attending an HBCU across social media platforms. At the same time we’re witnessing increased efforts by companies specifically seeking to hire HBCU graduates. HBCUs were founded to give […]
Unfair, entitled and disappointing are all words used by Florida A&M University students to capture reactions to the stance taken by FAMU’s football team. On Friday, social media was taken by storm when multiple sources reported 20 football players were ineligible to play against the North Carolina Tar Heels, leaving […]
Gierra Williams, a fourth-year business administration student at Florida A&M University, was forced to move back on campus because of the condition of her apartment. Williams is an out-of-state student from Atlanta. Her journey to finding housing initially began at FAMU when she was assigned to a double-unit at Palmetto […]
The United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, undoing the 1973 decision that gave women the constitutional right to have an abortion. Since then, abortion bans have gone into effect in 12 states. While Florida didn’t fully ban abortion, the window to have one has decreased […]
Undoubtedly, one of the most common and frustrating issues on university campuses around the country is a shortage of parking. The dilemma at Florida A&M parking services has not gone ignored. The quantity of suitable parking spots has not been able to keep up with the increase in the university’s […]
On August 25, 2022, all students residing in Phase 3 apartments were informed that they would have to temporarily move out of their dorms and into hotels so that Florida A&M University (FAMU) could treat an issue with pests. The university instructed students to pack all essential items, and to […]