The way Morgan State moved the ball on the opening drive of Saturday’s game, it seemed like it would be a long night for FAMU. As it turned out, the Bears’ opening drive touchdown was the only time they reached the end zone, as the Rattlers (1-1, 1-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic […]

During the much-anticipated first home football game, of Florida A&M University against Morgan State, “The Marching 100,” was presented with a generous $1000 grant.The grant, presented to the band after their powerful half-time performance, is sponsored by the American Honda Motor Co., which features the Battle of the Bands tour.“We […]

Thanks to a group of FAMU students, inner city youth have the opportunity to explore the sciences and expand their thinking. Teaching Our Youth Sciences was established last year with the intent to teach younger generations the importance of science and math. Afraid that black children would not perform highly […]

#8220;Pay more, get less,” can be the outcome of the tuition increase that has taken place. FAMU students and their parents need to come to grips with an unfortunate fact of life: tuition is going up. Gov. Jeb Bush and the Legislature slashed $111.5 million in funding for universities and […]

Welcome back, Rattlers! With the coming and going of the first two weeks of classes, the 2003-2004 school year has officially begun. Whether you’re a new Rattler not yet initiated by a Homecoming game or a Kappa Luau weekend, or you’re an experienced fifth year senior awaiting the big “G” […]

Mary J. Blige and Sean “Puffy” Combs proved to be a killer duo in the early ’90s. The two returned to the studio last year to see if they’d lost any of the magic that made her first two records Hip-Hop classics. Hits like “Real Love,” “You Remind Me,” “My […]

The Nappy Roots sophomore album “wooden leather” serves up the same trademark sound found in their debut “Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz.” The Kentucky based group stuck to their country roots and creatively combined hard-hitting lyrics with dirty-south bass lines in. With songs like “Leave This Morning,” featuring Raphael Saadiq, and […]

Hoop-N-Splash, on Sept. 5, is the first of many events from the intramural department under Campus Recreation. This event, held at the FAMU Aquatic Complex, includes 3-on-3 basketball tournaments, wacky swim meets and a dive-in movie. “Come and play,” the slogan of this fourth of the Campus Recreation department, invites […]

Aside from financing the move to Division I-A, FAMU’s biggest challenge will be getting into a conference. “As of right now, we don’t know what conference we’re planning on going into,” said interim athletic director J.R.E. Lee III. “Conference USA and the Sun Belt very well could be two options […]

For more than 94 years the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has led the way in promoting initiatives targeted towards positively advancing the black community. In the spirit of this objective, the Florida A&M University Chapter of the NAACP kicked off a voter registration program, Promote the […]