Editor’s Note: Every Monday, The Famuan Sports section will speak with a Rattler Head Coach in a feature called Coach’s Corner. This week, Sports Editor Will Brown spoke with women’s basketball Head Coach Debra Clark, following a loss to Maryland-Eastern Shore Saturday. Famuan: What is wrong with Elana Greene and […]
Author: Will Brown
Lady Hawks clip Lady Rattlers 68-71
In a battle of diminution, the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore defeated the Lady Rattlers 68-71 in an overtime thriller Saturday at Gaither Gymnasium. A combined 52 turnovers, 35 percent shooting from the field and 57 percent shooting from the free throw line made it an interesting game. With 45 seconds […]
Bryant impresses faculty at meeting
The “winds of change” slowly blew through the campus of Florida A&M University while faculty and staff gathered in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium of the pharmacy building on Tuesday. Five months after the Board of Trustees voted to terminate President Fred Gainous’ contract, the newly selected interim president […]
Editor embraces new challenge
As a freshman, I never fathomed the idea of being the editor in chief of The Famuan. To be honest, I hated newspapers and was very determined to pursue a career in magazine journalism. But here I am, as a result of God’s divine plan for my life, as the […]
Celebrities show love for the game
A jumbled crowd formed outside Gaither Gymanasium Saturday night as many waited to be let into the anticipated Demp Week Celebrity Basketball Game. The impatient crowd swarmed from left to right as they were told how they could enter the entertainment-filled event. The game consisted of loud hip-hop music, a […]
Bryant shares new vision
B.C. To most, these two letters mean before Christ. But for FAMU, the term B.C. will have an additional meaning. Before Castell. “I’m not here to talk about B.C., I’m here starting from Monday (Jan. 3),” said FAMU interim president Castell Vaughn Bryant, who was named interim president by the […]
Many factors contribute to delayed graduations
Like many high school graduates, 24-year-old Sharifa Coffin, from Knoxville, Tenn., knew her next step would be to go to college. Upon her acceptance to the FAMU in August 1998, she had plans to make the best of her college career. Coffin planned to make good grades, meet new people […]
Gainous prepares to change roles at University
Time is winding down, plans must be made and University President Fred Gainous has begun to make arrangements for leaving his position. Gainous, who was fired after a 9-4 trustee vote Sept. 28, approached the Board of Trustees with several requests for his tenure following his leaving. Among the requests […]
Winter break spells slow business
Local business owners such as Olean McCaskill, owner of Olean’s Café, are bracing themselves for a loss of revenue experienced each year when students vacate Tallahassee during winter break. During breaks, business drops about 30 percent, McCaskill said. This year’s break, which lasts 25 days, begins Dec. 10 for local […]
Interim search underway
With current University President Fred Gainous officially on the outs as of Jan. 1, 2005, Florida A&M University has officially began working toward selecting an interim president. The application deadline for the position was Tuesday. The Board of Trustees expects to have the position filled by Dec. 14. Student Government […]