My name is Jordan Culver and I am addicted to my cellular phone. It really isn’t my fault. It started with a basic Samsung flip phone. It made calls, played Tetris and, to my everlasting joy, sent text messages. The text was a simple form of communication that didn’t require […]
Author: Jordan Culver
We cannot complain if we do not participate
Jan. 18, the Florida A&M Fee committee met to discuss implementing several new student fees. The campus fee committee agreed to give both the health and athletics department a total of $1, with 75 cents going to the health department, and 25 cents to the athletic department. If these […]
Students sleep in on King’s dream
Rousing verses of FAMU’s concert choir’s rendition of “Hold On” echoed loudly off row after row of empty chairs in the Al Lawson Multi-Purpose Center Friday morning. The occasion? Martin Luther King III, son of Martin Luther King Jr., was the guest speaker for FAMU’s convocation honoring the late […]
Lady Rattlers hold on against Howard
The Florida A&M women’s basketball team got its first win of the year in the Multi purpose center against conference rival Howard. The intensity of the competition down the stretch seemed to gauge a high level of tension between FAMU and Howard. “We had unfinished business with Howard, […]
Where are the buckets? Men’s Basketball Live Blog
6:15 PM First bucket of the game is scored by Howard’s Alphonso Leary. Lot of bad offense going on. 6:17 PM Miss after miss after miss. The offense of both teams is killing me. 6:18PM Finally, a score from FAMU by Jeffrey Kennings. Followed up by a dunk by Larry […]
Black beans and salsa harness memories
I still remember having my first burrito. I walked into the apartment after a long day of classes and was met with the aroma of black beans filling the apartment from top to bottom. The kitchen was alive for the first time since I moved here. All the blinds were […]
Rattlers ready to come home
The Women’s Basketball team will get ready for another conference game against Howard University. Saturday’s game is the first home game for the women’s team since December 2, 2010. The team has struggled during the ten game road trip, which they finished with four wins and six losses. […]
Thespians audition for jazz revue
#8220;Ain’ Misbehavin’” is a musical revue named after Thomas “Fats Waller” Wright’s 1929 song “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” This spring’s director, Harry Brice, is bringing the famous revue to Florida A&M. More than 25 people auditioned for one of the five main roles in the production, which will take place in […]
I want to be a Rattler…
Whenever a student is in the process of applying to college, there are a lot of things to look for: location, costs and status. As I walk through the campus of Florida A&M, the face of our institution is changing. The campus is suddenly more diverse than ever and every […]
It’s the Griffin show
Coming into the 2010-2011 NBA season, John Wall was the unquestioned shoe in for Rookie of the year, but after three months of play Blake Griffin has all eyes on him. Blake Griffin was the 2009 number one draft pick out of the Oklahoma University after a stellar sophomore campaign. […]