Florida A& M’s Benjamin L. Perry building, is typically known for it’s classroom setting and lectures. However, Wednesday night, Rm. 300 was used as a safe haven for students to share intimate details of their “coming out” experience. LGBT, which stands for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgendered Student Pride […]
Author: Kara Alli
Back to business: Live Blog
The Rattlers are back at home after a much-needed week away from the gridiron. The past two games against Tennessee State and South Carolina state have not been kind to the orange and green, here’s hoping for a better outing against the winless Savannah State Tigers. 3:01 Something should be […]
Rattlers run past Tigers in blowout
Senior running back Philip Sylvester ignited the Florida A&M Rattlers with his strongest performance of the season against the Savannah State University Tigers Saturday. He ran for more yards in the victory than he rushed for in three previous games this season. Sylvester provided a giant lift for the […]
Student group is sending wrong message
Voting is a sacred right. Blacks have been jailed, harassed, abused and even killed to obtain the right for them and their children to have a say in a supposedly representative democracy. The Reconstruction era was an opportunity for blacks to finally regain the dignity and voice they had lost […]
Intensity key for hungry rattlers
Not looking in the past, Florida A&M’s football team is focusing on having a more successful second half of the season. Intensity and confidence will help the 2-3 Rattlers against a young and energetic Savannah State football team on Saturday. “We have to come out firing on […]
Florida citizens approve Amendment 8
According to the Florida Department of Education, in 2002, Florida citizens approved an amendment to the Florida Constitution that set limits on the number of students in core classes including math, English and science. Class sizes for pre-kindergarten through third grade will be limited to 18 students per room, […]
Cross country tuning up for MEAC championships
For the surging cross country teams at Florida A&M, the Sodexhio Stetson Invitational is the final meet before the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships. The last regular season meet will be held in Deland, Fla. As of now, Florida A&M is the only Historically Black College/ University (HBCU) in the […]
Intramural football league down to its Final Four
Game after game, four teams proved throughout the intramural football season they would stand the test and become the best. Da Real Deal, Gibbs Hall, Pick 6, and Da Bottom shook off twelve other teams throughout the week to get to the Final Four round of the intramural league […]
FAMU Relay for Life kick-off
The Relay for Life public relations department has planned a kick- off event for Thursday October 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Perry Paige auditorium to register teams and rouse excitement for Relay. Gabrielle Riggins 21, a senior Psychology student from Jacksonville and the public relations co-chair said the […]
Tallahassee residents “Speak Out” against domestic violence
#8220;Two to four million women a year are battered and domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women aged 15 to 44.” Refuge House is a women and children’s shelter that has been providing services to survivors and victims of domestic and sexual violence for over 20 […]