June 2011
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2011 Florida College Press Awards →
SPJ South Florida partnered with the Florida College Press Association to present the 2011 FCPA Awards, the “Student Division” of the Sunshine State awards. And the winners are…
Best College Magazine
• First Place: Journey Magazine, Journey Magazine
April 2011
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SPJ announces 2010 Region 3 Mark of Excellence... →
The Society of Professional Journalistsis pleased to announce the Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award winners for the 2010 calendar year. SPJ Region 3 includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. This year, the contest received almost 4,000 entries across SPJ’s 12 regions.
Best Student Magazine • First Place: Journey, Florida A&M University. • Second Place: SCAN, Savannah College of...
February 2011
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FAMU journalism and public relations students win... →
The SEJC competition included 331 entries from 33 schools in eight states—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. FAMU students won the following SEJC awards:
Journey Magazine
Second Place: Best College Magazine
Second Place: Best Magazine Page Layout Designer, Ashleigh Beverly of Tampa, Fla.
Third Place: Best Multimedia Journalist,...
January 2011
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Viva la Dominicana →
I was born in a small, country town in Southwest Florida, so small that people from that region of the world still don’t know it exists. And in that little corridor of American culture, cultural diversity wasn’t as commonplace as it is in other places; you were black, white or Mexican.
My mother, a black woman from Arcadia, Fla, and father, a Puerto Rican from Miami, birthed me on top of the...
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Journey Magazine - The Crisis At Home →
Open publication - Free publishing - More journeymag
October 2010
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Student beats all odds and prospers →
Violent flashbacks of loud screams and gunshots choke off his first words. As if reliving every flesh-piercing wound he withstood, the young man tightens his eyes from the horror that surrounded him on the night of Feb. 6. He had been a promoter for a talent showcase at Big Daddy’s Import Drafthouse on Tennessee Street for more than a year. But that night’s showcase was special. He had...
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Journey Magazine - Homecoming 2010 →
Open publication - Free publishing - More tallahassee
July 2010
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Election Special 2010 - Bill Montford III →
Election Special 2010
William J. Montford III worked to improve the quality of education for children in Florida for more than 40 years as a teacher, principal and superintendent. He has a middle school named in his honor. He is the chief executive officer for the Florida Association of District School Superintendents and has four grandchildren in Tallahassee to keep him active, but Montford is...
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Election Special 2010 - Curtis Richardson →
When the August 24 primary elections roll around, Curtis Richardson will have an opportunity to provide the political leadership that the legislature will be missing. Senator Al Lawson will be term-limited out of the legislature after 28 years of service, but Richardson professed that he will be an able candidate for the District 6 Senate seat.
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Person of the Week AWI's Inspector General driving... →
Sunday afternoon as the sun descended, James Mathews was laboring for a cause. Days earlier during a conversation with a close friend, Jerry Lewis, Mathews spilled the story of how he purchased two bicycles after his marriage and never rode them. Lewis, who is a distance runner, joked about the idea of bike riding with his friend.
“His wife was telling him a couple of years ago to get rid of...
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Pre-K students improve their reading skills in... →
WFSU began a five-day, “Super Why!” summer reading camp Thursday, June 17 at Bond Elementary School. WFSU, a Public Broadcasting Service KIDS “Raising Readers” station, collaborated with teachers and volunteers to introduce approximately 20 pre-kindergarten through first-grade students to the cartoon “Super Why,” in an attempt to excite the student’s interest in reading. The five-day program...
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Tallahassee's women's basketball team looks ahead... →
After its 104-86 thrashing of the Gulf Coast Tropics June 19, it is clear that there is a new, competitive team in Tallahassee looking to astonish and deliver for fans. The Tallahassee Lady Thunder semi-professional women’s basketball team began its first season in the Women’s Blue Chip Basketball League in May. Team Owner and General Manager Eboni Kirby started playing in the WBCBL in Tampa,...
June 2010
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Southside seafood market sales drop due to oil... →
The effects of the April 20 explosion of the offshore oil-drilling platform, Deepwater Horizon, have reached far beyond the coast of Louisiana. Tallahassee seafood businesses have witnessed a shift in consumer behavior with reports of oil tracings being discovered along the Gulf of Mexico shores and the limitations being placed upon fishermen. Phung Le has owned Ocean’s Seafood on Orange Avenue...
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FAMU-DRS students ease on down the road in "The... →
Parents, students and other members of the Tallahassee community gathered in Lee Hall auditorium, Thursday, May 28 to see Florida A&M University’s Developmental Research School students’ rendition of the Tony award-winning Broadway play “The Wiz.” After several months of preparation by the students and a massive fund-raising effort by the parents and staff, the students eased on down the road...
May 2010
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March 2010
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FAMU Student Journalists are Best of South →
Journalism students at Florida A&M University (FAMU) have received five “Best of South” awards at the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC) held in Hammond, La. The purpose of the conference is two-fold: to encourage greater interest in student journalism and to create closer ties among journalism schools in the southeast United States. FAMU represented the only HBCU out of 22 participating...
February 2010
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Floridians fight against death penalty →
Dwarfed by the lectern, Tallahassee resident Agnes Furey smiled as she stepped to the platform in the Leroy Collins Public Library. Furey, 73, gripped the back of the chair as she recounted circumstances surrounding a double-murder that brought her to speak at the “Don’t Kill in My Name” workshop.
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SEJC announces Best of the South Contest winners... →
126 students were ranked in 24 categories as being among the Best of the South in the SEJC’s annual journalism awards competition. The SEJC competition is open to the organization’s member schools from the states recognized in its constitution as eligible for entry. This year’s competition included 330 eligible entries from 32 member schools. Judges for the competition came from states outside the...
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FAMU forum promotes counseling of young men →
The Florida A&M University Office of Counseling Services will host an open forum for men in Gibbs Hall on Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. The forum is open to all students. Director of Counseling Service Yolanda Bogan and Dougla-Khan Stancil, coordinator of clinical programs, said they are holding the forum to help men in the FAMU community speak openly about common issues.
December 2009
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October 2009
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Journey Magazine →
Making The Grade
Florida A&M University has been a beacon of light for the underprivileged minorities. Now some people are questioning whether or not the university should raise its standard. Journey takes a look into the reasons behind the schools admissions policy.
September 2009
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Race for MEAC championship begins →
With the bitter taste of last years miss at a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship on their tongue, the Florida A&M University football team is ready to kickoff what many on the team believe will be a championship season.
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Cheerleaders ready to improve →
When the Florida A&M University cheerleaders take the field to hype the crowd for the kick-off of the 2009-10 football season, head Coach Brandi Tatum expects to bring out a more talented group to help spread rattler pride.
April 2009
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Protest over “J-School” professors pointless →
“What about the students?” read the sign of one student protestors that was pictured on the cover of last Wednesday’s Famuan newspaper. Students made signs to protest the recommendation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) that the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication release unqualified personnel.
March 2009
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Students Tackle Internships →
A review of Rattlers who are gearing up for summer internships.
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Runners on the mark for Invitational →
The Florida A&M University men and women’s track and field team will make the short trip across Gaines Avenue to compete in the Florida State Invitational on Saturday.
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Students should be more health conscious →
Last year I met my paternal grandfather for the first time. There were so many questions I wanted to ask him about my Puerto Rican heritage and about the family that I had never met. Our conversation was great until he told me in order to help his ailing heart, he had to have a triple bypass surgery the year before. To me the information didn’t seem relevant because I always thought as...
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Athlete jumps over competition →
The first meet of the outdoor track and field season may have been a warm-up for some, but for Florida A&M University athlete Brian “BT” Turner it was an opportunity to shine.
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DRS students D.A.R.E. to graduate →
A ceremony was held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in the honor of Florida A&M University’s Developmental Research School students who completed the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. D.A.R.E. is a drug awareness and prevention program geared to teaching elementary students alternatives to drug use.
February 2009
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Travel sets students apart and expands horizons →
Will a nearly perfect sashay boost the probability of strolling out of the career expo with a job offer? It may sound foolish, but the time and efforts many Florida A&M students devote to such activities while on the Hill would lead one to assume these activities increase the likeliness of employment. If that is the case then, by all means, have at it; otherwise, continue reading.
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Senator donates campaign material →
FAMU’s Black Archives home to inaugural memorabilia from Obama’s presidential run.
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson visited Florida A&M University’s Black Archives Research Center and Museum Wednesday to present memorabilia collected from President Barack Obama’s campaign team.
October 2008
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Message not lost in edited music →
For some reason, people believe that removing profanity from a song makes its messages healthy for public consumption. The preference of clean music over dirty music is absurd and the music’s alterations damage the quality of the music.
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MEAC race heating up →
After the nationally televised shut out over Winston-Salem State University (23-0), the Florida A&M University’s football team would seem to be the team to beat in the MEAC.