The Hispanic population is the fastest growing minority group according to the 2010 Census. From 2000 – 2010, the Hispanic population grew from 35.3 million to 50.5 million, a 43 percent increase. The 25.2 million-person increase in the Hispanic community helped to account for the 27.3 million-person increase in the […]
Author: Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez
Tis the season for greenways and trails
The month of October doesn’t have to be associated with just Halloween anymore for Florida citizens. On Sept. 22, Gov. Rick Scott announced October as Florida’s Greenways and Trails Month. During the month, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service, Office of Greenways and Trails, will host a variety […]
Differences Celebrated with SGA’s ‘DiversiTEA’
Florida A&M Student Government Association’s Department of Diversity’s goal is to reach out to students on campus who are considered unnoticed. The department focuses on students who are: non-black, non-Christian, non-traditional, disabled and LGBTQ students (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer). On Tuesday night, the Department of Diversity collaborated with […]
Fund started in honor of fallen Rattler
The Florida A&M women’s basketball team is forming a scholarship in honor of Shannon Washington, a former member of the team who was killed in early September. Head coach LeDawn Gibson said the scholarship is to pay homage to the fallen Rattler. “She’s a Rattler,” Gibson said. “When she signed […]
Forum Gives Sneak Peek at Entertainment Industry
In a country that boasts the highest unemployment rates for college graduates since the 1970s, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics, many students are grabbling towards anything that will allow them to have a leg up against the competition. “It’s hard out there trying to find a job,” said Tim […]
Litter of Participants Clean Up Campus
Homecoming festivities left quite a mess on Florida A&M’s campus. Several dozen students gathered together and rolled up their sleeves to discard the debris from homecoming. Different student-based organizations were represented in the 2011 Rattler Fever. The clean up is held the Sunday following every homecoming game. Despite a light […]
Search Begins for New SJGC Dean
Earlier in the semester during a quarterly colloquium, James Hawkins, dean of School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, said that, in approximately a year, he plans “to be on the golf course in San Diego.” A search committee has been formed and is in the process of searching for a […]
Life Sentence Too Harsh for Twelve-Year-Old
Crazy is the prosecutor trying a 12-year-old boy as an adult for the murder of his sibling. Cristian Fernandez, a resident of Jacksonville, hit his two-year-old brother so hard that he died. Of course, no child should resort to violence no matter the situation. But did a crime really occur? […]
Winters Makes FAMU History
Walt Disney World is where dreams come true. As of Saturday, it is also where the Florida A&M men’s cross country team became champions. Shuaib Winters made history during the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic in Orlando, becoming FAMU’s first-ever individual champion. With a time of 25:10.18, Winters led […]
Young Alums Give Back
Growing up in the upper middle class, Arian Reed says she never really knew what it felt to “not have” or to struggle. Following graduation in 2003, she ended up homeless and living out of her car. Reed began to turn to Rattlers for support until her big break. Now Reed, entrepreneur, […]