The Florida A&M football season will come down to one game. This weekend the Rattlers travel to Orlando to take on the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats in a game that has Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship implications. The Rattlers (6-1 in the MEAC) will need a win over the undefeated Wildcats to keep […]
Author: Jonathan Lowell
12 reasons to go to FAMU are stale
While having a casual conversation with some colleagues, one of them brought up a recruitment poster titled “Top 12 reasons to attend Florida A&M University.” What I thought would be included on the list, wasn’t what I saw when I got a chance to read it. Perusing the list, I […]
Safe sex encouraged during Classic
This weekend, thousands of college students and young adults will flock to Orlando for the Florida Classic. For many, this means partying, drinking and sex. More than 70 percent of the HIV prevention contacts are geared toward racial ethnic minorities, according to the Florida Department of Health website. These concerns […]
Art proves it’s healing powers
Both music and visual art can play a major role in reducing pain and decreasing physical symptoms of illness. They both allow patients a way to release stress and process trauma. Research shows that musical therapy is used to improve physical health and improves motor skills in premature infants. Tallahassee […]
Tallahassee Memorial Center plans to open up a new cancer center
After years of anticipation, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Cancer Center is under way. The new center will be located at One Healing Place, a new road to be built off of Surgeon’s Drive off the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital location. “I’m glad to see that the new cancer center is about […]
“L-o-l :)” is not worth your life
Many teenagers and young adults in their twenties are becoming more involved in the “texting-while-driving” trend. According to the law firm of Edgar Snyder & Associate’s website, more than one-third of all young drivers, ages 24 and under, are texting on the road. This trend has consequences that can result […]
Nontombi Naomi Tutu speaks in honor of International Education Week
Daughter of Nobel Prize winner and former Archbishop of South Africa Desmond Tutu called on students at Tallahassee Community College to seek common ground. Nontombi Naomi Tutu spoke Monday night in honor of International Education Week. About 300 faculty members and students greeted Tutu with a round of applause as […]
Library etiquette fails at FAMU
Okay, I admit it. I was running late and desperately needed to print out a last-minute assignment. So, I figured I would make a quick stop at Coleman Library. My game plan was all laid out. I would run in, print off my homework and make it to class […]
Commit a crime. Pay the fine.
During homecoming, the Marching “100’s” halftime performance exceeded a generous 25-minute allotment and was subsequently fined $5,000 by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Since then, university professor and Leon County Commissioner William “Bill” Proctor, along with Rep. Alan Williams (D-Tallahassee), launched a campaign to help the band pay off the small […]
Former Rattler’s death mourned
Rosemarie Oldhoff, a senior political science student at Florida State and former Florida A&M student, passed away Thursday night, according to the Tallahassee Police Department. She was 22. “She was an amazing person,” said Tiffany Womack, 23, a senior health science student from Palm Beach. Womack is a member of […]