The Leon County Sheriff’s Office has identified the bodies of two people found dead in a home in Killearn Estates Thursday. They are 20-year-old Nefertiti Nicole Williams and 20-year-old Shundavian Marquis Brooks. They were both from the Bradenton area. Deputies were called to the house at 2829 Roscommon Drive after […]
Author: Sidney Wright
Gamers camp out for new game console
The long awaited and highly anticipated debut of PlayStation 3 finally occurred Nov. 17. If that wasn’t enough to get tech-jocks excited, the scarcity of Xbox 360s rival competitor was. With only 250,000 units currently available in the nation, Sony’s new gaming system sent the gaming community into a frenzy. […]
Volleyball team unites to take sixth consecutive conference title
When it comes to championships, the Florida A&M University Lady Rattlers volleyball team (20-6 overall, 10-0 MEAC) knows a thing or two about winning. FAMU won its sixth straight MEAC championship after defeating Morgan State University 3-0 Saturday at Hampton University. The Lady Rattlers have left many opponents winded and […]
Inside the Huddle with Albert Chester II
Last year, quarterback Albert Chester II waited until near the end of the contest to show Florida Classic fans what he could do. This year, the redshirt junior from Jacksonville showed more than 71,000 fans at the Citrus Bowl from the opening snap how dominant he could be. With 337 […]
Rattlers beat Wildcats in season finale
Redshirt junior quarterback Albert Chester II had been waiting all season for his breakout game to come. Chester got just that in the Florida A&M University Rattlers’ (7-4 overall, 5-3 MEAC) 35-21 triumph over the Bethune-Cookman College Wildcats (5-6 overall, 3-5 MEAC) at the Florida Classic in Orlando. Chester earned […]
Graduate students upset with psychology program
Students in the school and educational psychology graduate program in the Department of Psychology say they are not receiving the educational experience for which they signed up when they entered the program. “If you can’t offer an efficient experience, you shouldn’t have a program,” said Ernson Augustin, 24, a second-year […]
Criminology professors still seek answers
Top officials in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice in the College of Arts and Sciences remain silent about whether two professors will be allowed to continue teaching criminology courses at the university. Allegations began to surface in October that Narayan Persaud and Phyllis Gray-Ray would be removed from […]
University to implement booting to reduce towing
The Florida A&M University Department of Public Safety is implementing a new vehicle booting policy effective today to reduce the number of vehicles towed off campus. “This is a move to cut out three-fourths of all towing on campus,” said FAMU Police Chief Calvin Ross. Violations that caused a vehicle […]
Negative media portrayal harms perception of blacks
Life’s a funny thing. Every time I turn on the television people who look like me are dancing, running, jumping high or booty shaking. It seems as though the media is giving blacks a bad rap. The only time you see a black man on the news is after somebody […]
Center offers hands-on relief
Imagine going to a quiet and serene place where there is relaxing music playing, soft-scented candles lit and all troubles seem far away. If this tranquil place seems out of reach, it is not; this place is on the corner of Wahnish Way and Osceola Street in Florida A&M University’s […]