Niki Kilgore and her husband Scott Kilgore simply knew one another as friends. They attended the same church, in fact, that is where they first met. “When we first met, she didn’t like me,” joked Mr. Kilgore. Now they have been happily married for 16 years. Mrs. Kilgore gave her […]
Author: Dominique Shaw
Health department speaks on HIV/AIDS
Earlier this month, Kenneth Johnson’s personality filled a classroom in the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication as he began to educate the journalism students about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and the affect it has on the black community. Johnson is the educational outreach coordinator for the state of Florida. […]
International week kicks off activities
The Florida A&M’s Office of International Education and Development is preparing to launch a campus wide International Education Week of activities the week of Nov. 15-20. The week was established in 2000 and is a joint initiative by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education to promote […]
Civil Rights activist addresses students
#8220;The black community has to be willing to set its own agenda and organize its own community.” Powerful words from civil rights leader, D’Army Bailey, who offered words of wisdom to a freshman history class Thursday in the B.L. Perry building at Florida A&M. A former judge, Bailey is the […]
New movie expands minds
Boarding passes are what you and your family will need to survive in the year 2012. Director Roland Emmerich takes special effects to a new level as he puts destruction and devastation at the forefront of his movie “2012.” According to the New York Times, “he [Emmerich] cracks the planet […]
Rattlers post perfect conference record
Early miscues were not enough to stop the Florida A&M University volleyball team from sweeping the Norfolk State Spartans 3-0 Sunday in the Al Lawson Center to go undefeated in the at home and in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Junior outside hitter Jovana Blazeski led the team with a game-high […]
Senior leader provides stability for team
While Deidra Jones came to FAMU in a recruiting class of five freshmen, she is the only senior playing on the team this year. She was red shirted her junior year of basketball due to injury. Jones broke a bone in her wrist early in the season in a game […]
Seating tests student tempers
I am used to hearing Rattler students chanting at football, basketball and lately the volleyball games. The roaring cheer of the students supporting the student athletes at the sideline is what encourages the players to play harder and earn a strong win. I consider myself a traditional Rattler in the […]
Technology hampered in classroom
Last Thursday, my professor asked me to put my laptop away. I didn’t. Was I disobedient? Yes. I didn’t intentionally try to be disrespectful, I just didn’t want to comply—I had my reason. As two students continued to share to the class what they read, she asked me a second […]
Trial on terror may be lost cause
How do you produce a trial for the accused terrorist of the Sept. 11 attacks that’s fair when most Americans want them dead? Furthermore, how fair is it to have a jury chosen just a few blocks away from the World Trade Center site? And to top it all off, […]