The men’s basketball team will take on Howard Saturday at the Al Lawson Center. The game will be played at 6 pm. This is the first of back to back home games for the Rattlers. They play Hampton on Monday. The team is coming off back to […]
Author: Frank Peterman III
As gas prices rise…our money decreases
One year ago, drivers in the U.S. were experiencing an emotional setback, including myself, because of the rising gas prices. I found myself riding the bus and carpooling in order to avoid the obvious confrontation of filling up my gas tank. What normally took only $15 to fill; it […]
Accident or not, where were the adults?
A 4-year-old child died Jan. 15 in Crawfordville, after a large piece of wooden furniture fell on top of him. The child, Landon Greene, was at the home of his grandparents, Charles and Lavonne Green, when they heard a loud noise from a bedroom. The victim was playing with a […]
Where are the sidewalks?
#8220;Oh crap I have dirt on my new shoes, here we go again!” These are the thoughts of college students as they hike through muddy lawns in order to reach their destinations around campus. There need to be more pathways. Where are the sidewalks? Sure there are pathways and sidewalks […]
Looks worth more than education?
The national graduation rate for African-Americans is 43 percent, according to statistics. Meanwhile, the rate at Florida A&M is 35 percent, which is a significant decline from the 44 percent rate in 1996. Many people have one question: Why? For such a prominent university that purports to breed many successful […]
Orchesis seeks new dance genres
The rhythmic sounds of hard-bottomed shoes echoed in the hallway of the Gaither Gym Complex as one of Florida A&M University’s oldest dance organizations opened its doors to hip-hop dance and step teams in an effort to add flare to its spring concert. “Step and hip-hop teams are becoming more […]
Mental health its more important than you might think
On Saturday Jan. 8, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was the target of an assassination attemptwhile giving a speech in front of a Tucson, Ariz. grocery store. Six people were killed and Giffords remains incritical condition from a gunshot wound to the head. The gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, 22, was immediately […]
Here we go again…
The infamous YouTube sensation, Antoine Dodson, has done it again. His new Christmas video “Chimney Intruder” song first premiered last month on Lopez Tonight,the nighttime talk show hosted by George Lopez. It‘s a short, sweet and ridiculous jingle about Santa Claus “climbing in yo’ windows and snatching yo’ people up. […]
NBA: The best season ever
Coming into the 2010-2011 season, NBA commissioner David Stern said this NBA season would be one of the best seasons ever. But this good? Who would have thought? Week after Week so-called “elite” teams find themselves playing sub par games against sub .500 ball clubs. Early in the season […]
Traffic safety program in full swing
The city of Tallahassee has launched an aggressive attack on speeding by installing more traffic light cameras. The city of Tallahassee began its Red Light Safety Program in the summer of 2010 and the first camera was activated at the intersection of Tennessee and North Monroe Streets on July […]