My column’s absence was due to me being diagnosed with what doctor’s say 50 year olds usually get. While I considered myself very healthy—always being the overly active one at my overnight job at Wal-Mart by running and jumping—it scared me to see myself in a wheelchair for a short […]
Author: Matthew Richardson
Rattlers lost second game of tournament
The second game of the Cancun Challenge resulted in a loss for Florida A&M Rattlers men’s basketball team. FAMU played against the Stanford University Cardinals on Saturday in Palo Alto, Calif. The final score was 69-99, in a game where multiple players played significant minutes. Sophomore forward Yannick Crowder led […]
MTVU awards show helps upcoming college media journalists
MTV added a surprising twist to the line-up of nominees being recognized for their work in the music industry Wednesday, in New York City at the mtvU Woodie awards. The line-up included bands, individual artists, indie artists and surprisingly non-musicians as well. Jamie Tworkowski founded “To Write Love on Her […]
Texting plays a leading role in communication
Trey Songz’ single, “L.O.L. :-)” has proven what has taken over the lives of young people nationwide. Text messaging was invented to display short informative messages on alphanumeric pagers. But now that 82.4 percent of the U.S. population are cell phone subscribers, according to switched.com, this has advanced mostly to […]
Thanksgiving Holiday Traditions
Religious For the Thanksgiving holiday, families traditionally celebrate by gathering for a day of family dinner. Although my family celebrates Thanksgiving in this same traditional way, instead of gathering at home, we meet at church. Back home on St. Helena Island, S.C., I am a member of Bethesda Christian Fellowship. […]
Rattlers anxious for conference play
The Cancun Challenge began on Thursday for the Florida A&M men’s basketball team and the Rattlers lost to the Cleveland State University Vikings 64-78 in their first game of the tournament. The Cancun Challenge is a tournament with eight teams, each team plays two games in the U.S., and […]
Football team thrives with absence of two quarterbacks
In a surprising turn of events, red-shirted freshman Martin Ukpai played the quarterback position on Saturday in the Florida Classic. The starting quarterback, senior Curtis Pulley, and back-up quarterback, red-shirted junior Eddie Battle, were injured in last week’s game at Hampton. Due to these injuries, Ukpai was forced to start […]
Rattlers bounce back, roll over Wildcats
Injuries on the offensive end were not enough to stall the Florida A&M University Rattlers. The Rattlers put their defeat at the hands of the Hampton University Pirates behind them to show up strong at the 30th Annual Florida Classic in Orlando, and defeat the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats 42-6. With this […]
A “Classic” battle. Live Blog
Please refresh frequently, all updates will come with real time time-stamps. 1:30 On my way up here, I heard a ticket counter call this game the “Superbowl of black colleges.” Based off the atmosphere you’d think you were at the Superbowl. Or at least at a high-profile championship game. We are […]
Living on a budget beneficial to students
When is the last time you sat down and created a personal financial budget? Having a planned budget can help students keep track of their expenses and allow them to set financial goals. Jaren Jones, 19, a second-year business student from Indianapolis, Ind., learned the hard way that he needed […]