The Florida A&M women’s basketball team started slowly against the No. 1 team in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference on Monday. The Hampton University Lady Pirates scored 48 first half points in route to an 88-49 victory. Antonia Bennett rolled her ankle early in the first half and played just 2 […]
Author: Tommy Hawkins
And They Race for the Title
With every election season, there are three groups of people. You have the candidates that try to sell themselves with their predictable platform, breakfast starters and shirts to add to everyone’s wardrobe; their supporters, then you have the rest of the campus, the people that could care less. I do […]
Eating Disorders: It’s Not Just One Race that Suffers; It’s All of Us
It’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. For a historically black university, this may not register with many people because “black people don’t have eating disorders.” While eating disorders amongst black people may not be as common, this is far from true. For some of us, eating disorders hits close to […]
High-Speed Rail: Access Denied
Recently, the Famuan published an opinions article on how high-speed rail can be beneficial to the state of Florida. Obviously, Gov. Rick Scott didn’t get that edition of the paper, or skimmed over the article, because he denied the $2.4 billion the federal government was willing to pay […]
Controversial Cookie Sales Prompt Debate
An affirmative action bake sale at Florida State has caused controversy and is now setting the tone for an upcoming debate between the Florida A&M debate team and the sale’s organizers on Thursday, Feb. 24. According to a Facebook event page, FSU’s College Republicans held the affirmative action bake sale […]
FAMU Now Offers Electronic Texts for Classes
With technology constantly evolving, The Florida A&M University bookstore now offers electronic books. Manager for Corporate Communications at Barnes & Noble Karen Gonsor DiScala, said that earlier eTextbooks were not very popular as they came with limitations. They often could not present images on screen and they were not very […]
Septic Inspections Hit Troubled Waters
Florida lawmakers may repeal a mandate passed last year intended to make the state a safer, cleaner place. The law called for mandatory septic tank inspections. These inspections are to take place every five years to ensure that property owners are maintaining septic systems. Just weeks ago, Senate Bill 2A […]
FAMU Faces A New Challenger at Football Classic
Since the game’s inception in 1989, the Bank of America Football Atlanta Classic has been a part of the Florida A&M football team’s great history. Florida A & M University will now face a new opponent in the event. The organizers of the classic, the 100 Black Men of Atlanta, […]
FAMU Splits Four Games in First Baseball Action this Season
The Florida A&M baseball team completed its first action of the season as the team split four games during the Jackson State University Baseball Tournament. The Rattlers competed against the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, Prairie View A&M and tournament host Jackson State during the competition. Pitcher David Duncan was […]
Sherrod Advocates Green
Former U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod used her background in rural Georgia to underscore the importance of farming and healthy living. She was the keynote speaker at this year’s SoGreen Summit, which was held at Florida A&M. “Growing up on the farm was a good life but all […]