Author: Corbin Robinson

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Students use site to measure professors

Every semester, students play Russian Roulette when it comes to selecting courses. However, some students are turning to a new source to select their professors: ratemyprofessor.com. The interactive site allows students from all over the country to post their opinions about their professors. The opinions are summed up in a […]

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Rattlers ready for new season

The Rattler football team is entering into the season with a sense of optimism. After a summer of long workouts the team is confident it can compete in the MEAC Head coach Joseph Taylor said about 75 athletes stayed in Tallahassee for the summer. “They took classes,” Taylor said. “They […]

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Car accident takes the life of FAMU student

Florida A&M students are mourning the loss of 21-year-old student Nina Gilbert. Gilbert was involved in a fatal accident along with friends, Latoyia Barnes, Julie Ngyuen, and Camilla Griffin. Both Griffin and Barnes remain in Shan Hospital in Gainesville. Gilbert, a broadcast journalism student from Chicago , was driving back […]

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Kappa ruling overturned

After serving over a year of a two-year prison sentence, an appeals court has overturned the ruling that incarcerated two Florida A&M University students: Jason Harris and Michael Morton. The two were jailed over charges that related to a hazing incident involving Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated. Check back with […]

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FAMU builds bridges with Nigerian University

The University of Abuja and Florida A&M University signed a memorandum of agreement Friday morning to broaden and further expand cultural boundaries between the two university. At 9 a.m., a press conference was held on the fourth floor of Lee Hall to announce the relationship, which will allow FAMU students […]

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Roast and Toast

Marching ‘100’ band director, Julian White, Ph. D, teased and praised by family, friends and students alike at The 5th Annual Roast and Toast at the Civic Center Friday. The event was a fund raiser sponsored by the Leon County Chapter of the Florida A&M University National Alumni Association. About […]

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Guilty plea from former FAMU administrator

Former Florida A&M University administrator, Patricia Walker McGill plead guilty to stealing federal grant money from the university. McGill was said to have stole more than $100,000 in grant money from the U.S. Education Department for personal use. Yesterday afternoon McGill officially withdrew her not guilty plea after two days […]

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FAMU’s Deltas win ‘Big Give’ competition

After weeks of fund raising efforts, it was announced Monday that the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. defeated the Kappa Sigma Chapter at Florida State University in a charity competition in hopes to gain a spot on “Oprah’s Big Give.” The Deltas raised a total of […]

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Law school grade change scandal results in firings and dimissals

Three employees of the College of Law have been fired and two students have been dismissed in result of a grade change scandal. An internal investigation by the Audit and Compliance, launched in February resulted in the firings and dismissals. The law school’s acting registrar Deborah Swain, program assistant Carol […]

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Judge grants extension for Kappa civil suit

A civil court judge sided with defense attorneys Wednesday in their motion to dismiss a complaint in civil suit filed against their clients, the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. and five members of the fraternity who were charged in the hazing of a Florida A&M University student in 2006.The judge […]