Author: Clarece Polke

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Girls fall to turnovers

It was with a foreboding sense of loss that Rattlers spectators watched as Florida A&M’s women’s basketball team exited the court Saturday night after a 79-72 loss to the North Carolina A&T Lady Aggies. The game against the North Carolina A&T Aggies stood as an important hurdle in the team’s […]

Sports

‘The Hawk’ lands in Hall

Wednesday Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame welcomed its lone inductee, former Rattler Andre “The Hawk” Dawson.  Dawson, who will be presented with a commemorative plaque during ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y., July 25, will be the only player inducted this year. FAMU’s baseball head coach Robert Lucas said he was […]

Sports

After loss, team must prepare

The Florida A&M University Baseball Team will begin their season mourning the recent death of former player, Antonio Burke. The death of Burke will not stop the Rattlers from preparing for a victorious season. Last year the Rattlers finished 24-29 overall and 10-8 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The Rattlers […]

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Conference Showdown: Live Blog

Please refresh this page frequently, all updates will come with real time time stamps. 5:57 Well we had some technical difficulties, and we’re coming into the game kind of late with the updates.  I’ll just have to give you background information as we go along.  8:01 left in the first […]

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Conference Showdown, Part II: Live Blog

Please refresh this page frequently, all updates will come with real time stamps.   7:30 The Rattlers just took the court and they look thirsty for their first conference win of the season.  The Rattlers are facing off against the North Carolina A&T Aggies in approximately 15 minutes.  The temperature […]

Lifestyles

Goodbye college life

Say what you will about Florida A&M University, but I am proud to be a graduate. A product of the university’s esteemed, revered, and sometimes strenuously taxing School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, I’m set to cross the stage on December 11 – and I couldn’t be happier. Am I […]

News

Dorm fines disputed

New locations, friends and a better education are just a few things students look forward to when coming to college. But there are some things they do not look forward to, dorm fines. Rose Jean, resident assistant of the Paddyfote Complex dormitory, said dorm rules and fines are enforced to […]