Sunday, September 22, 2024
FAMU guard Ecenur Yurdakul running the offense against Morgan State Photo credit: Sydney Vigille The Florida A&M Lady Rattlers basketball team fell to the Bears of Morgan State University Monday night, 59-44. In the first half the lady Rattlers dominated on defense, holding the lady Bears to just 19 […]
The Florida A&M Rattlers men’s basketball edged out the Eagles of North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Saturday 65-62. Before Saturday nights win, the Rattlers lost four in a row in devastating fashion. Losing to Maryland Eastern University by one, and Howard University by two, just two days prior. For […]
A local veteran has done the unfathomable. Erick Moody, 38, has created a catering company that serves gourmet food, and allows other veterans to gain employment. Chef Moody is a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Kosovo war, attended Keiser University and received the licenses to become […]
Marvel Studios is set to release its highly anticipated film “Black Panther” to major theaters around the country on Friday. Black Panther, an African superhero, is generating considerable attention since the first trailer was uploaded to YouTube last June. The movie is projected to make $165 million its opening […]
I am usually reciting a Shakespearean monologue “To be or not to be…” which is rare for an African American person raised in the urban South to be accustomed to- or so I have been told. But now, I use this same phrase to ask to be or […]
Terrell Nelson, third year sociology major, journalism minor student at Florida A&M University Terrell Nelson started cooking in the fourth grade. Now a third-year sociology major, journalism minor at Florida A&M University, Nelson knew since that day that culinary was his true passion. “Cooking is one of those things […]
The millennial generation is the largest age group to emerge since the baby boomer generation, and as studies show in Florida, 18-to-34 year-olds are the largest population group. According to the Census Bureau, the number of Floridians age 18-34 outnumber those over age 65. Millennials have very different expectations […]
In 2001, Alonda Thomas, a public relations major at FAMU, completed the last leg of her undergraduate career. With skills and goals in hand and heart Thomas started her post-undergraduate journey. Little did she know, she would be the Rattler to watch. Now almost two decades later, Thomas has ventured […]
After more than a century, Confederate Memorial Day along with the birthdays of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis would no longer be legal holidays in Florida under a bill approved by a Senate committee. The bill (SB 214) is being sponsored by Senator Lauren Book, […]
The Division of Finance and Administration at Florida A&M University is currently searching and accepting applications for the position of associate vice president. The search committee met on Tuesday, Feb 13, to finalize details centered around the interview process for job candidates. The vacancy for the position has been […]