Despite the disappointing efforts of the defense, the Florida A&M Lady Rattler flag football team, Simply Marvelous, won its game against FSU Foundation 24-12. The Lady Rattlers took the field at Messer Park with a different attitude than that of last week’s game. The warm up routine this week […]
Author: Keeshawn Smith
Common Lecture Postponed
Almost 1,000 ticket purchasers were disappointed when the Sept. 28 Lyceum book signing and lecture featuring rapper-actor and Florida A&M Alumnus Common was postponed last week. According to FAMU’s Director of Media Relations Pamela Tolson, the event was pushed back because of a time conflict that forces the artist to […]
Green Coalition Flash Mob Promotes Moving Planet Event
It’s a riot. It’s a party. It’s a flash mob? Members of Florida A&M Green Coalition took a different approach Tuesday by initiating its first flash mob around FAMU’s Eternal Flame. The event was designed to get students excited for the Moving Planet Day on Sept. 24th at Railroad Square. […]
Board of Trustees Discuss ‘Ongoing Litigation’ in Closed Call
Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees held a closed, call-in meeting on Sept. 19 to discuss ongoing litigation. Article 286.011 Chapter 8 of the Florida Statutes and Articles 5.11 and 5.12 of the Board of Trustees operating procedures grants FAMU’s Board of Trustees the right to hold closed meetings to strategize […]
Students Gather in Support of Troy Davis
Students solemnly joined members of Florida A&M’s chapter of NAACP to gather in prayer around the Eternal Flame, in to support Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis. Davis was scheduled for execution by lethal injection at 7 p.m. earlier that night in Georgia State Prison, but was delayed. The delay […]
Where Is The Justice?
#8220;Justice and equality for all” and “To protect and serve” are mottos emblazoned on police patrol cars across the country. Where was the justice and protection of everyday citizens in the case of Kelly Thomas, a mentally-disabled homeless man, was brutally beaten by two police officers, on July 5? Thomas […]
Wells-Fargo Drops Fees On Debit Card Holders
Wells Fargo, official bank of Florida A&M, has begun testing a $3 monthly fee for debit card holders. It is not just Wells Fargo that will be implementing monthly debit card fees. A Customer Stream news release lists Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Regions, SunTrust and BB&T as banks […]
Food Independence – The Way to Stay Full without Going Broke
I remember my first few times cooking. The meat was never seasoned, and the pasta/rice was usually overcooked. They were tragic – even with honey barbecue sauce. More importantly, though, I remember the joy of being responsible for my own (mal) nutrition and my first taste of independence. Some people […]
Don’t Settle for ‘Main’
Ladies, what makes us settle for those nicknames that are almost like the real thing but not quite? Maybe it’s the satisfaction of having a title at all or because some women don’t really care about what they are called. Whatever the case is what you answer to is what […]
Grand Theft Education is Back
At a meeting, a friend of Grand Theft Education said to us that black people have become “crisis people” and, according to her, ever since the Civil Rights Movement subsided into its post-modern complacency, blacks only take action when the situation becomes dire. Baffled by this new perspective of Black […]