The Florida A&M football team (2-2 overall, 2-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) left the Georgia Dome Saturday night frustrated after a 29-18 loss to the Tennessee State University Tigers (2-2 overall, 1-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference) in the Atlanta Football Classic. The Tigers had previously lost to […]
Author: Cameron Daniels
Cross country athletes finish first, second
The cross country team traveled to Atlanta to the Morehouse Invitational on a weekend during which the city was filled with Rattlers. The men finished second place overall. Shuaib Winters won first place overall on the in the 8k run with a time of 28 minutes 10 seconds. The […]
More iRattler victims
The Florida A&M Department of Public Safety is still investigating a case in August where students had their private iRattler accounts hacked. Authorities will not disclose the number of students affected from this bank fraud. However, Shane Williams, a student at FAMU discovered he was not the only victim […]
Board of Trustees breaks down finances
President James Ammons deferred a bonus of more than $80,000 at the recent Board of Trustees meeting after accepting a bonus of more than $100,000 last year. The meeting began with the introduction of board members and distinguished guests. Among the guest was trustee and FAMU SGA President Gallop […]
FAMU gear hits No.1 in sales
Florida A&M University has been ranked No. 1, for the third year, when it comes to HBCU’s and the selling of its licensed merchandise. According to the Collegiate License Company, FAMU’s sales have increased by 25 percent in the last fiscal year. The profit from the licensed selling […]
FAMU students still prey to iRattler schemes
The Florida A&M Department of Public Safety is still investigating a case in August where students had their private iRattler accounts hacked. Authorities will not disclose the number of students affected from this bank fraud. However, Shane Williams, a student at FAMU discovered he was not the only victim in […]
Meek sets his sights on senate
Kendrick Meek has been politically involved throughout his entire life. “He came to me when he was running for president of Young Dems of Florida and said ‘I know you’re a Republican but I want you to help me write a speech,’ ” said Sharon Wooten, retired director of […]
Tyler Perry series comes to Tallahassee
Tyler Perry introduces his new play “Madea’s Big Happy Family” to Tallahassee. Perry first kicked off his show January 2010 in El Paso, Texas and now is in Tallahassee. This will be Perry twelfth stage play. The play was inspired by his own story and promises to bring music and […]
Racial hoaxes continue to plague minorites
Aug. 30, Bethany Storro’s face was doused with acid outside a Starbucks in Vancouver, Wash. Storro told The Columbian, a Vancouver newspaper, the assailant was “a black woman in her late 20s to early 30s with her hair pulled back into a ponytail.” But two weeks after the assault Storro […]
Grade inflation and the lowering of academic standards in Florida colleges
Grade inflation is an age-old problem gnawing away at the deteriorating quality of Florida’s public colleges. Broadly speaking, grade inflation occurs when grading patterns change so that a large percentage of an institution’s students receive higher grades for the same quality and quantity of work done by students in the […]