Being six time defending champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, the Lady Rattlers volleyball team knows every time they step on the volleyball court they are targets. FAMU defeated Mercer University 3-1 in its first home game on Wednesday. The Lady Rattlers dropped the first set to Mercer University 29-31. […]
Author: Ray Jenifer
Cross country team carries high hopes
Through the woods, and traps, to the burning tracks, the FAMU women cross-country team has overcome many obstacles. With the 2007 season well under way, the Lady Rattlers are promising a winning season. “The season is going to be great, there are a lot of freshmen who are stepping up […]
No ‘get out of jail free’ card
O.J. Simpson is back in the national spotlight. The latest O.J. story headlined all over the nation is that the former football star has been charged with 10 felonies that stemmed from an alleged armed robbery. Simpson allegedly stole some sports memorabilia last Tuesday from a Las Vegas Casino. The […]
Walking the straight and narrow
Here at the Famuan our top priority is to cover the campus of Florida A&M University. Whether the news is good, bad, or ugly, we will report. It is our duty to make sure students, faculty, staff and administrators are informed about what is happening on and around our campus. […]
Promote safety on campus streets
Using the crosswalks on campus is dangerous. I told my friend last week that I almost got in a fight with a car. She asked me, “How can someone get in a fight with a car?” I told her that had a car hit me as I crossed Wahnish Way, […]
THE FIGHT FOR JENA 6
Students began to gather around 9:30 a.m. Thursday for the Jena 6 press conference held by Andrew Collins, president of Florida A&M University’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The press conference was intended to show the Tallahassee community that FAMU and Florida State University students supported the […]
Organizers release 2007 homecoming concert lineup
Tickets for Florida A&M University’s Homecoming Concert will be available Monday at the student union building in the old recreation center box office. The price will be $25.00 for floor seats and $20.00 for general seating, with a $1-2 convenience fee. Students who are currently enrolled, with a new Rattlercard […]
Be wary of off campus residences
Booth Properties recently decided it was tired of being burnt by what it classified as finacially unstable FAMU students. As a business in America you have the right to close, open and move whenever and wherever you so please. Even if Booth is not legally in the wrong this is […]
Free speech shocked into silence
During a forum Monday at the University of Florida a student was subdued with a Taser when he refused to leave after asking Sen. John Kerry “trouble-seeking” questions. Is the government hiding something? For those who have not yet seen the video on CNN, the student was asking Kerry about […]
Love of self is important
Black people need to learn to love who they are. Lately I have been paying a lot of attention to the blacks I come in contact with, those born and raised in America, and something is always said that makes me question if these people truly know who they are, […]