I come from a long line of Florida A&M graduates. My mom and almost her entire side of the family graduated from FAMU. Most went on to become grade school teachers and professors and of course all come back during homecoming to bask in the university’s greatness. I guess you […]
Author: Mattew Richardson
Staff Ed.: Changes Come and Go, Students’ Needs are Forever
The restructuring of anything is not an easy task. Go home and try to restructure a bedroom. Or a living room. It takes hours of planning, an appropriate amount of vision, people to help move and shape things and the finished product must, above all else, be head and shoulders […]
FAMU Green Routs Orange in Spring Football
Florida A&M’s Green football starters defended well to rout third and fourth-string Orange players in Saturday’s Spring football game. FAMU Green team scored 40 points in the first half, which came from the defense and an efficient running game. Running back of the green team, James Owens, racked up […]
Reggie Snowden: A Youthful Powerhouse for FAMU Wrestling
Twenty-four-year-old Florida A&M coach Reggie Snowden has improved the wrestling program in just his first season as a head coach, players say. “As a coach, he is phenomenal,” said freshman wrestler O’Dell Jones. “He has the tools to get us ready and where we need to be to compete at […]
Florida A&M to Interview Three for VP of Student Affairs
Candidates for the title of vice president of student affairs will be meeting Florida A&M officials this month as part of their interviews to secure the job. Starting Thursday, the first of three men who hope to succeed former VP Roland Gaines will talk in-person with members of the FAMU […]
FAMU Restructuring: Pros and Cons
With so much controversy surrounding Florida A&M’s impending restructuring, The FAMUAN Staff has put together this list that we think argues the good and bad about the university’s plan to cut programs and staff in the face of looming budget cuts. Pro: Restructuring would improve the training of new […]
‘Aint Misbehavin’ Draws Laughs and More
Excitement flowed onto the stage where nine performers, backed by an onstage, six-piece band, tapped and swung their way through nearly three dozen tunes celebrating the black musicians of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and ’30s. Directed and choreographed by Harry Bryce, the cast included FAMU students Chelsea Williams, […]
Our Unprepared, Under-qualified Editor Speaks
This is my first semester as an editor. I’ve made my fair share of mistakes and blunders. I have missed deadlines, forgot who I assigned stories to, given multiple people the same story and run a few wires. I even spelled “academic” wrong in my top headline. After taking […]
Bathroom Rant: Ladies, Do Better in the Toilets
Ladies, I, and I am sure many others, have a problem with some of you who strut around campus. What is our beef with you? When we go to the bathroom on campus and are greeted with the vilest of sites that you have left behind. Honestly, why is it […]
FAMU Rattlers Hope for First Conference Win in Baseball Season
Florida A&M’s baseball team springs into a 1 p.m. Saturday home doubleheader against North Carolina A&T at Moore-Kittles field. The Rattlers look to bounce back from the losses they suffered in the Daytona tournament last weekend. The team has lost seven straight games and will be looking for their first […]