In a press meeting held at the Florida Press Club on Thursday afternoon, Interim President Castell V. Bryant gave an update on FAMU’s audit situation. On March 14, FAMU was given 30 days to respond to the auditor general’s “scaling report” of FAMU’s operational audit for the 2005-2006 fiscal year. […]

Wearing red T-shirts to symbolize solidarity, students surrounded the Eternal Flame Wednesday in protest of a Pappas Consulting Group report that protesters said threatens the graduate programs at FAMU. “It is an assault on FAMU and we need to be together,” said protest leader Amir Shabazz. He led nearly 70 […]

In an attempt to get a better understanding of a lifestyle I strongly disagree with, I spoke with a few fellow Rattlers who are homosexuals. One person said he struggled throughout high school with his sexuality. He tried sleeping with the opposite sex, but said it felt forced. Another person […]

The Marching 100 has landed another big gig. On April 15, FAMU’s renowned Marching 100 will “Ba-ROCK” with presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama in Tampa. The band was contacted a member of the Obama campaign team to perform at Obama’s Tampa rally in Ybor City, a fundraiser to for his […]

An e-mail sent Thursday by Rep. Don Brown, R-DeFunicak, to all House members and staff has stirred controversy among some state leaders and legislators. The e-mail showed a smiley face with a hand pointing downward to the message, “Don’t forget to pay your taxes…12 million illegal aliens are depending on […]

A fire alarm triggered in Coleman Library Thursday prompted firefighters to respond to what turned out to be an elevator mechanical problem. Students and administrators filtered out of the library at approximately 5 p.m. after the alarm’s activation and waited for an all clear signal to re-enter from emergency personnel. […]

What’s the difference between slim, skinny or slender? Or even big, hefty or large? Does each word hold the same meaning or is there a minute distinction that can vastly impact its definition? All of these words, despite similar root definitions, can be argued to have totally different meanings because […]

They began arriving soon after the sun came up over the piney woods: football greats, government figures and everyday people – all of them there to say goodbye to former Grambling football coach Eddie Robinson. “Most coaches are rated by the players they recruit,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson said as […]

Florida A&M University offers an array of collegiate sports for men and women, ranging from football to swimming. Despite the variety of sports the absence of a women’s golf team on campus is evident. In fact, there has never been a women’s golf team on ‘The Hill.’ “We need a […]

This semester students have shown their school pride in the amidst turmoil. We have come together and protested funding decisions affecting the engineering school, the delay of justice for the family of Martin Lee Anderson, the non-payment of University employees, the lack of summer classes, and the list goes on. […]