It was more than just a Halloween night victory for the Florida A&M University Lady Rattlers (16-6, 9-0 MEAC) on Tuesday. Although the team enjoyed a 3-1 victory over the Mercer University Bears, the night ended on a more somber note as the Lady Rattlers said farewell to their celebrated […]
Author: Akeem Anderson
Students, the time is near; exercise the right to vote
One. Two. Three. Four. Four days from today, it will be time for you to go to your designated precinct, pull out your voter’s registration card and photo identification cards and let your opinion count for something. Go vote on Nov. 7. There are more than 11,000 students enrolled at […]
When keeping it real goes wrong
Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Duval counties are just a few of the counties that many students represent as their home counties, but it seems the representation of area codes has become more than just a way to distinguish the different cities and counties. Throughout Florida A&M University, you can find […]
Deltas and cancer society end October with cancer seminar
The ladies of the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and The American Cancer Society hosted A Night Out for Breast Cancer on Tuesday in Lee Hall. This event was designed to inform the student body of the effects of this life-threatening disease. “Four elements are essential […]
Rattlers ready to play winless Aggies
The Florida A&M University football team (5-3 overall, 3-2 MEAC) prepares to play the North Carolina A&T University Aggies (0-8 overall, 0-6 MEAC) Saturday, but the real battle will probably begin from within. Last week the Aggies were blown out 70-7 against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. It could be an easy […]
FAMU-TV celebrates 10th homecoming show
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Florida A&M University Homecoming TV show, and the show’s student production crew has been working hard in hopes to premiere the best show possible. Christina Hordge, 21, a broadcast journalism student from Tampa, has been involved with the production of the show […]
Brown linked to slavery, study states
In addition to corporations, institutions of higher education are looking at history to study how slavery affected their development. After three years of collecting data, a Brown University committee of faculty, students and administrators released an in-depth report Oct. 18 about the institution’s ties to the slave trade. The university […]
College students all over city to sleep out at Civic Center, vote early
Danyell Shackelford expects 2,000-3,000 students from Florida A&M University, Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College to attend a sleepover with a mission. From Nov. 1-2, students will spend the night at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center for the “Sleep out for the Vote Extravaganza.” They will participate in early […]
Interim president receives negative evaluation scores
According to the 2005-2006 evaluation of Florida A&M University’s Interim President Castell V. Bryant, more than half of the survey’s participants do not believe she promotes “integrity and high moral values in all aspects of operations” for the university. When prompted to say whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly […]
Kerry’s army jab fuels Republican fire
Tuesday President Bush, along with other GOP lawmakers, blasted Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., for remarks he made in an address, in which he told a group of college students they could either work hard in school or “get stuck in Iraq.” Apparently the comment was meant as a joke aimed […]