Thousands of Tallahassee residents met at Tom Brown Park in an effort to make strides towards healthier hearts. The Big Bend Heart Walk is an annual event that raises money for America’s No. 1 and No. 4 killers – heart disease and stroke. The goal this year was to raise […]
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Paws In The Pool
On Sunday, the Trousdell Aquatics Center hosted the second day of its ninth annual Puppies in the Pool event. From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., dogs over 40 pounds splashed around in the pool fetching tennis balls and swimming with their other canine friends. Dogs […]
Danger Lurks, FAMU Tries to Make Campus Safer
The sun was still up on a Tuesday evening in September when a Florida A&M University senior, Ursual Ible, was walking to her car that was parked in a campus parking lot at the end of a long day of classes as she always does. When Ible sat down in […]
FAMU Student Provides Late Night Transportation
Most students find it difficult to navigate around the city of Tallahassee, whether it’s walking or waiting 45 minutes to catch your StarMetro bus. One Florida A&M University student has a cheap alternative solution to help those without transportation. Marquise McMiller is a fourth-year political science major from Gary, Ind. […]
FAMU Way Construction
The FAMU Way project has been under construction since April 2014, and now there are updates that first phase of the project will be completed by 2016. The overall project will have three phases in total; featuring a five acre storm water pond, bike lanes, sidewalks on each side of […]
Law Students Exceed Expectations
For the second time within two years, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law received the best overall average for the Florida Bar Exam. The school achieved a about 73 percent passing rate on the July 2014 Florida Bar Exam. FAMU’s passage rate was higher than the state’s overall […]
Rattlers Pullout First Victory Against Savannah State
The Florida A&M Rattlers (1-5, 1-1 MEAC) earned their first win of the season and first conference win against the winless the Tigers of Savannah State University (0-6, 0-3 MEAC) 24-14. Rattlers head coach Earl Holmes reflected on the teams win. “Overall I thought the guys started fast and I […]
St. Louis Activists Host Ferguson October
Thousands of protesters from different states in the country converged in Ferguson on October 10 and will be there until October 13 to show their solidarity with the people of St. Louis. St. Louis activists organized four days of activities. This weekend event has been named Ferguson October. Many of the events that […]
Lady Rattlers Sweep BCU, Remain Perfect in MEAC
The Florida A&M Lady Rattlers volleyball team remained undefeated in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference as they swept rival Bethune-Cookman University (25-14, 25-20, 25-18). Head coach Tanio “Tony” Trifonov spoke about the teams unbeaten streak in the MEAC. “It was our goal to have all three wins in the first half of […]
Florida Public Health
The Florida Capitol Museum Exhibit is celebrating 125 years of Florida public health and it tells the story of the evolution of Florida's state public health agency and its impact on the daily lives of Floridians. According to www.flhistoriccapitol.gov, public health touches all aspects of a person's life starting with a […]