*Please update this page frequently. All updates will come with time stamps. 2:40 The Florida Classic between the Florida A&M Rattlers and Bethune-Cookman Wildcats is underway. The Rattlers kicked to the Wildcats to begin the game, and the Wildcats have the ball on the 14-yard line. (13:38, 1st) 2:43 The […]
Author: Cameron Daniels
Sylvester delivers in Classic performance
Senior running back Philip Sylvester and the Florida A&M football team defeated the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 38-27 by scoring 24 unanswered points in the second half of the Florida Classic. Sylvester earned MVP honors in the 31st installment of the Classic in Orlando. Sylvester said the coaching staff insisted on running […]
Ferrell leaves Ole Miss, returns home
Florida A&M linebacker Willie Ferrell transferred from a major Division I program to tend to his ailing mother, Georgia Mills-Ferrell, who almost had a heart attack last year. The Tallahassee native attended Ole Miss University in Oxford, Miss., but he immediately transferred to FAMU to be with is mother. […]
Pennies for probates
Tis the season for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and probates. You just received a call from a mysterious digit of whom you think you know their identity. You’re furiously typing in the wikipedia search box for the official colors, symbols, and motto of that person’s organization. Once you’ve gathered all the necessary […]
FAMU goes green with “Cash for Cans” drive
The Florida A&M Green Coalition will host a “Cans for Cash” drive Nov. 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Home Depot located on Capital Circle North East in Tallahassee. “Cans for Cash” is a national city recycling challenge that rewards U.S. cities for recycling aluminum cans. Donors can […]
Pi Sigma Epsilon flaunts stellar marketing skills
On a campus that boasts stellar social organizations and community service groups that benefit our people, there are a number of co-ed business fraternities that put another spin on it all. The Epsilon Psi Chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon showed just this, last weekend at their South/West Regional Conference in […]
Live Blog: Time to Ball
7:10 pm 6 minutes have gone by and the Rattlers have yet to score a basket, Ouch! Rattlers 4 Tigers 4 14:00 left in the First Quarter. 7:16 pm Number 22, Amin Stevens, limps off the court with what appears to be an ankle injury. 7:19 pm I’m shocked at […]
The crown jewel of every newsroom
In this age of fast news and life in a country full of folks who need voices to instruct them, editorialists are more important than ever. And not just any op-ed writers, but those who use sound judgment while practicing the highest standard of investigative journalism; those who do […]
The History of the Florida Classic
It’s Florida Classic time. But every student’s favorite game of the year doesn’t come without a little history. While I’m sure everyone is loading their cars with paraphernalia for the trip down to Orlando, and hoping teachers are canceling classes, here are some notes you might want to […]
Card game sparks freshman gathering
Two freshman cousins split the $50 prize awarded at the second Gibbs Hall Spades Tournament, hosted by the Junior Class of 2012. The juniors used the popular game of spades to reach out to freshmen. The event is a part of FAMU Junior Week 2010. Approximately 30 students ranging […]