The Florida A&M basketball team will have to move forward in the season without four of its player’s due to academic ineligibility, including last year’s leading scorer and rebounder Amin Stevens. Stevens, along with guards Brandon Hosely and Christopher Watson as well as transfer forward Darryl Demps, have been […]
Author: Willis McPhee
Rattlers Final 2011 Clash Pits Team against Wildcats
The final showdown of the season will pit the Florida A&M Rattlers against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. FAMU seniors will play their last Florida Classic at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando Nov. 19. Senior wide receiver Kevin Elliot will return to his hometown to try and defeat archrival BCU for the […]
Men’s Basketball Team Loses again
Florida A&M’s men’s basketball team added a second loss to its record on Monday against the Stetson Hatters 78-60. Senior forward Yannick Crowder, ending the game with 13 points and five rebounds, led the Rattlers. “In the first half, we came out with intensity and at halftime, we got a […]
Don’t Blame Me; I’ve Got Senioritis
A couple of weeks ago, I finally saw my “candidate for graduation” hold on my iRattler, as a result of completing the new graduation process. Once the excitement of posting a picture of the hold to my Facebook died, and humility took over. I knew I had survived a four-and-a-half […]
University’s Assessment Program Seeks More Funds
Facing a restless, disengaged and tired crowd at the Nov. 7 SGA meeting, DeAnna Burney sought more funds for the university’s assessment program. As Burney, chair of the Institutional Level Assessment Committee, made her plea, many senators and students were puzzled about why the university assessment program is underfunded. “Everyone has been affected by […]
Retailers Focus on ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs,’ for Tallahassee Residents this Season
The main focus of the holiday season in Florida is “jobs, jobs, jobs,” said president and CEO of the Florida Retail Federation Rick McAllister. McAllister addressed a crowd at a press conference at the Governor’s Square Mall on Tuesday morning as he spoke about the holiday shopping forecast for 2011. One in four Floridians work […]
Audit VP Resigns Abruptly
Dec. 1 5:45 p.m. Lawrence Tromley, Florida A&M’s audit service investigation administrator, was terminated on Nov. 10, The Famuan has learned. His termination came after the abrupt Nov. 5 resignation of former Vice President for Audit and Compliance Charles O’Duor. O’Duor broke ties with the university after an independent ‘whistle-blower’ investigation […]
SGA Wants to Lower GPA Requirement
New legislation may improve the election prospects of many Florida A&M students. Senators Anthony Siders, a third-year political science student from New Orleans, and Marquise McMiller, a second-year political science student from Gary, Ind., proposed the bill to make restricted positions more open and accessible to the average FAMU student. Within the 11 schools […]
‘Set Friday’ Goes International with Music
Friday morning, starting at 11 a.m., the set will echo music, but not top 40 hits by Drake and Rihanna. It will be International Music Day, so DJ Rasheed will spin cultural music from places around the world. With the help of Felicia Barnes in student affairs and under the […]
Local Artists Paint Nightlife
Who would have ever thought of the idea of painting an artistic design on a human being? Graceyy Mayer did. The name of her business is Tallahassee’s Painted Ladies. Mayer was young when she discovered her passion for finger paint. “I always had a face paint set as a child,” said […]