As the Florida A&M bowling team prepares for a new season, they keep one goal in mind: The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship. Graduate student and team captain Lauren Mathews said the team’s state of mind will lead it to the championship. “In preparation for the season, we are doing things […]
Author: Montrell Fain
FAMU Professor Enters Kenyan Politics
Barack Otieno Abonyo Ph.D isn’t your average professor at Florida A & M – he is running for governor of Kisumu County, Kenya. The Kenyan native of the Nyando District, Abonyo has an extensive résumé, with attributes ranging from being a published author to an award-winning physiologist. After earning a […]
FAMU Students Raise Thousands for Haiti Relief
On Jan. 12, 2010, Port-au-Prince was rocked by a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed thousands. Members of the Florida A&M community came together to send relief to the millions of people affected by the quake. President James Ammons helped form the committee by appointing Henry Kirby, dean […]
Upward Bound’s Epic Magazine Brings Success
Florida A&M’s Upward Bound students established U.B. Epic Magazine, a multi-media web publication. Michelle Hayes, a media advisor and publicist for U.B. Epic, said the magazine was founded by students this summer. “The magazine began its process late June as a media project and evolved into a really dynamic web […]
Hall of Fame Belongs to Real Athletes
President James Ammons is now a proud member of the Florida A&M sports Hall of Fame. His lengthy list of credentials, which placed him among the all-time great athletes of this university, include… well, nothing. As always, I have to put in my disclaimer on the topic prior to people […]
Baseball Coach Hopes to Take MEAC
With just a few months under his belt, the newly acquired Florida A&M baseball coach, Willie Brown, is ready to get his team on track and bring the Rattler nation a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title. “I am just excited. Yesterday was my first day of really getting to teach, and […]
My Religion, My Savior, My Love
Many ask why I am so picky when it comes to relationships. Well, I am not like most girls. I don’t have a laundry list of physical attributes or materialistic sentiments. I usually pick nice, good guys whom I can take home to my parents. However, I am often criticized […]
Seeking Therapy Isn’t That Bad
College life can be overwhelming to many students here at Florida A&M. The thought of leaving friends and family behind, the stress of handling a 16-credit course load, your 20-page English paper due in two days, can eventually make any Rattler want to strike out or much worse. Students can […]
Key Word to Success is Preparation
The Florida A&M football team (1-1, 0-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) looks to rebound after a disappointing loss in conference play, as it matches up against the No. 20 University of South Florida (2-0, 0-0 in the Big East) on Saturday. Alignment, assignment and execution were the words that […]
Ammons’ Handling of CFO Troubling
Last week, the university’s general counsel completed its investigation of Chief Financial Officer Teresa Hardee. The investigation was born from an anonymous complaint. It dealt with her apparent misuse of university time and discrepancies in her annual leave while she took courses toward an executive doctorate degree from the University […]