Forget the green and gold – the FAMU Lady Rattlers want you in the Gaither Gym stands wearing pink this Saturday. The team will kick off its annual “Pink-Out for Breast Cancer” – a series of home basketball games designed to raise awareness and money to support the efforts in […]
Author: Joy Williams
Hard knocks inspire athlete to pen book
This semester is going to be pretty busy for Brashaad Mayweather, a senior 22-year-old business administration student from Baltimore. Between a new position on arena football team the Corpus Christi Sharks, and the promotion and release of his new book, “Control or be Controlled,” he has a lot on his […]
Track teams heighten momentum for MEAC
The FAMU men’s and women’s track teams are preparing themselves for the upcoming MEAC Indoor Championships. Although the women’s season has not gone as well as they expected it to, they said the indoor championships are a way to get back on track for the rest of the year. Coach […]
Living at home saves money, limits independence
Is it better to get a costly off-campus apartment or live at home with parents where the rent is free? Collegeboard.com states that 95 percent of first-year students that attend FAMU live in college housing and 75 percent of all FAMU undergraduates live in college housing. Erica Starke, 19, a […]
Q&A with R&B sensation Sammy
Famuan: What brings you to FAMU? Sammie: “Today I’m here for the music forum, to answer questions about I guess anything pertaining to my career or even the music industry. “ Famuan: What are you currently working on? Sammie: “I’m working on my third album, which will drop in the […]
Driver hits and runs
On the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Osceola Street, an unknown driver allegedly hit a female Tallahassee Community College student on Monday at 3 p.m. The victim, whose name has not been released, is hospitalized at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. As of Tuesday evening, her condition is unknown. Chief […]
CESTA gets new dean
The new dean and director of land-grant programs of the FAMU College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture was welcomed with high praises. Makola M. Abdullah took charge of his new position Jan. 7. Abdullah has a storied employment history at FAMU. He joined the FAMU faculty in 1996 as […]
New organization heads to campus
It has taken nearly 93 years, but one of the country’s oldest leadership societies, Omicron Delta Kappa, has made its way to Florida A&M University. The society was founded Dec. 3, 1914 at Washington and Lee University. ODK stresses leadership in scholarship, athletics, creative and performing arts, journalism and social […]
‘Shop til you drop’ becomes real
Violence today is soaring to new heights. Shopping is no longer safe, and the mall is no longer a haven. The shopping center is a place where the young and old at heart meet under one roof. For many it is a place for exercise, shopping, window-shopping or leisure. According […]
Union facelift on ballot
During the fourth session of the 37th Student Senate held Monday evening in the Senate Chambers, senators discussed the possibility of revamping the student union building. In other business, prospects for a new garage were discussed, vacant Senate positions were filled and a donation was made to the Coleman Library. […]