Author: Dekywan Debose

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Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office comes to FAMU

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice to conduct an on-site recruitment event on campus Tuesday. “We’re partnering with colleges and universities in the state and surrounding areas,” said Richard Lozada, special projects manager for recruitment and screening section for the […]

Sports

Rattlers grab win for the seniors

Florida A&M defeated the Norfolk State Spartans in their last Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game of the season on senior night in four sets (25-21 L, 25-13, 25-19, 25-17) Sunday at the Al Lawson Center. The Lady Rattlers improve to 11-13 and 7-1 in the MEAC and won the regular-season southern […]

Lifestyles

Collegiate poets duke it out in the ring

#8220;I do this for poetry,” the mantra of Florida A&M’s own AijuswannaPOET poetry team, perfectly captured the atmosphere at the second annual Tallahassee collegiate poetry slam. The competition, held at Florida State’s Oglesby Student Union, featured eight teams of five poets representing FSU, FAMU and the University of Florida.    The […]

Lifestyles

‘Since ’76’ touches the modern black woman

The curious, yet anxious audience filled the theater. Everyone came to find out what happened ‘Since ’76’. They soon found out not much has changed. ‘Since ’76’, written by the Rev. Shirlene Holmes, picks up where Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf” […]

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Football team ready for Classic

The Florida A&M defense allowed 362 yards of total offense in a 17-12 victory against the Hampton University Pirates Saturday at Bragg Memorial Stadium. The Rattlers’ secondary allowed 299 yards passing, which is the highest total allowed through the air this season. The Florida A&M run defense continued to improve […]

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Simply Marvelous sweeps competition, claims regional title

The Simply Marvelous women’s flag football team won the American College Intramural Sports Regional Championship in dominating fashion this weekend by winning all of its games by 21 points or more. The team played shutdown defense and had four consecutive shutouts.  The team rebounded from their first loses last week […]

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Green invests in athletics, intramural sports

Coach Marvin Green Jr. has been one of the most active coaches on campus over his tenure. He is the Simply Marvelous girl’s flag football coach. He is also the associate director of recreation as well as the creator of the Black Magic men’s flag football team and the golf […]

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Rattlers find themselves sick of dorm life

On Monday Nov. 1, Andre Bridges, an 18-year-old education student from D.C., began feeling sick and took on a disturbing cough. “I didn’t know where the cough was coming from,” said Bridges. He knew, however, some time before there was a leak in his Palmetto North bathroom, where the […]

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FAMU Credit Union trial comes to a close

A jury found Eugene Telfair and Robert Nixon guilty on all counts in a federal embezzlement case Friday, Nov. 12. Telfair, 57, former president of FAMU’s Federal Credit Union and Nixon, 45, former head of FAMU’s Institute on Urban Policy and Commerce, were indicted on July 7. The three-count […]