Before Clemon Johnson coached basketball at Florida A&M, he was a student athlete for the Rattlers. “Whenever I talk about my greatest time playing basketball, I always come back to when I was here at Florida A&M,” Johnson said. After leading FAMU High School to the state […]
Author: Blaise Gainey
Rattlers win first I-AA national championship
Florida A&M University’s football team won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship in 1978. The game was the inaugural championship for the division, which was the Rattlers’ only appearance. The Rattlers defeated the University of Massachusetts 35-28 in front of more than 13,000 fans at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, […]
FAMU Men’s tennis dominates at HBCU national championship
Florida A&M’s men’s tennis team successfully defended their title as HBCU National Champions on Saturday by defeating the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats this past weekend. The Rattlers worked hard and claimed the title by a single point. This win is FAMU’s men’s tennis team’s sixth consecutive HBCU Tennis […]
Fashion is the new passion for men
Many men are swapping their basketball shorts and t-shirts for khakis and bow ties in an attempt become more fashionable. Over the years, gay men have always been fashion conscious. However, in the past the average man hasn’t been as concerned with what he wears. That’s all […]
Students recognize poetry’s achievements
Saturday marked the global celebration of 100 Thousand Poets for Change, a worldwide event organized by Michael Rotenberg and Terri Carrion in March 2011. Kristen Snodgrass, an English professor at Florida A&M University, held a local event of poets reciting poetry in honor of the worldwide event at […]
Grey sizzles in the minds of women
He’s abusive, controlling and stubborn. He doesn’t allow others to touch him and requires a signed contract of consent from his lovers. He also happens to be the dream man for millions of women around the world. After the recent release of the third part of the trilogy, […]
Women’s breasts: “Our cups runneth over”
Since the 19th century, women have been wearing bras as undergarments to support their breasts. But is the average woman wearing the right size bra? According to TIME Magazine, 70 to 85 percent of women are wearing the wrong size bras. Is it because they can’t afford to […]
Social media spurs controversy
Networking – the practice of developing new relationships for later opportunities – has never been unfamiliar with FAMU, what with its career fairs, celebrity-attended events and numerous “social gatherings.” In networking there is a concept called “personal brand,” which has people develop an image to “package” to others as […]
Money is the motive
FAMU should make education the top priority and deal with hazing after classes finish. This school is named Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, not Florida Clubs and Organizations University. We all filled out our applications with intentions of graduating. Anti-hazing meetings are taking us away from our main […]
Humphries to keynote convocation
Former FAMU President Frederick Humphries will serve as this year’s keynote speaker for Founders Day Convocation. Humphries, who served as president from 1985 until 2001, is excited about his return to FAMU for its 125th anniversary. “It is very important that we never forget where we have come from,” […]