Tallahassee Community College hosted their annual Black History Health Fair in their campus ballroom Friday. There were several health organizations and companies there to spread health awareness to students and residents. Organizations like American Red Cross, Anytime Fitness, Big Bend Hospice and Bond Community Health were all in attendance. Tallahassee […]
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Colleges Against Cancer prepare to host Relay for Life
Courtesy of Colleges Against Cancer Colleges Against Cancer hosted Painting With A Twist in the Florida A&M University Rattler’s Den last Wednesday to promote registration for Relay for Life. CAC is a new organization founded by Kirsten Demps, a fourth-year history student from Fort Pierce with a minor in African […]
FAMU’s Office of New Student Orientation Holds Annual Spring Preview
The Office of New Student Orientation (NSO) will be hosting the 2016 Spring Preview on Saturday for prospective Florida A&M University students and their families to learn about what FAMU has to offer and be able to experience life at FAMU for a day. According to Stephen Nance, NSO program […]
Work together, Build together, be Great together: The Kinsey Legacy
Shirley Kinsey, Khalil Kinsey and Bernard Kinsey Photos courtesy of Carlos Wilder A simple definition of a family is a group of people whom are related to one another – but with the Kinsey’s, it is much more than that. These historians have been accomplishing countless achievements with their […]
Car crashes through Mellow Mushroom
Courtesy of Adrienne Robinson A White Nissan Xterra truck crashes into the side of Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakery early Thursday morning around 1:20 a.m. Co-owner Scott Reese received a phone call around 1:30 a.m., saying that a truck had crashed straight through to the other side of the front of […]
Game Recap: Rattlers silence the Thunder in home opener
Pitcher Jojo Durden got the first win in the Rattlers Friday aftenoon home opener against Marshall. Photo courtesy of Nathaniel Price/The Famuan Florida A&M baseball (1-0) season has officially begun and the Friday afternoon opener was nothing less of exciting for the home crowd at Moore-Kittles Field. The reigning 2015 […]
Destiny Center hosts dialogue on race
Courtesy of Destiny Center Tallahassee The Destiny Center will be hosting its second annual Dialogue on Race Saturday at Tallahassee Community College Turner Auditorium, located at 444 Appleyard Drive, from 1-3 p.m. The panel was inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ideology on generating positivity within communities. The event […]
Florida Legislature introduces increase in minimum wage bill
Florida Sen. Dwight Bullard is one of 11 representatives sponsoring Senate Bill 6 which, if made effective, will increase state minimum wage. For the third year in a row, Bullard has participated in the Minimum Wage Challenge, in which officials attempt to live on the state’s rate of minimum wage. […]
Rivalry Weekend: FAMU Men’s Basketball Team is set for action against B-CU Wildcats
While the Bethune Cookman Wildcats have their eyes set on another win Saturday, the Florida A&M Rattlers look to bounce back from a 79-74 loss to the Eagles of North Carolina Central earlier this week. Both teams are ready to go toe-to-toe once again after the Rattlers failed to pick […]
Local high school student urges FAMU students to donate water
Courtesy of My Plastic Free Life Robyn Seniors, president of the senior class at Lawton Chiles High School in Tallahassee and co-chair of the Clean Water for Flint youth committee, spoke at the Third Thursday Lecture Series hosted by Florida A&M University’s Sociology and Criminal Justice Club. Seniors was prompted […]