Football player Richard Brooks designed the cover of a football yearbook to commemorate the winning season of the team. Photo credit | Richard Brooks Next year’s homecoming will mark the 20th anniversary of the creation of arguably the greatest football team FAMU has ever produced, a team that should be […]
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Students feel parking woes and limitations
FAMU Parking Enrforcement officer seen ticketing vehicles without registered tag. Now that the third-floor parking garage has been closed since Auqust, more students wonder where they should park | Photo credit | Adrienne Robinson Students with transportation face a dilemma on Florida A&M’s campus. Since the beginning of the […]
‘Marshall’ special premiere to take place Thursday
Marshall is about the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall | Photo credit: Chris O'Neal Tallahassee is going to get a headstart on viewing a major motion picture, which tells the story of a pioneer in civil rights. Premiering throughout the country in theatres Oct. 13, “Marshall,” the biopic […]
Homecoming nostalgia alive among alumni
Residents halls across campus came together for the Housing Step show Monday night in the Al Lawson Multipurpose Center | Photo credit: Sydne Vigille It would seem logical to infer that the Florida A&M University (FAMU) homecoming experience has evolved throughout the history of the university, but when it comes […]
FAMU swears in the ‘MARVAlous Regime’
Campus royality gets crowned Sunday evening at Lee Hall Auditorium | Photo credit: Sydne Vigille The 111th Coronation kicked off homecoming week Sunday in what was called the “MARVAlous Regime” – a play on Miss Florida A&M University Michelle “Marva” Johnson’s nickname and Mr. FAMU Jordan Sealy’s training in the […]
Rattlers equipped with tools to upset N.C. A&T State University
There’s a lot on the line in this year’s Florida A&M homecoming game. Not only is the Rattler’s pride on the line, which is usual for every homecoming game, but whatever hope is left for the Rattlers making the playoffs also hangs in the air. For the alumni coming […]
Are we kneeling for the right reason?
Football player Colin Kaepernick and Terence Crutcher kneel during protest. This football season Kaepernick was not picked up by an NFL team. Welcome to the 2017 NFL season, where the conversation is not on who is going to win the Super Bowl but on which players are kneeling, sitting, […]
It’s FAMU Homecoming!
Miss and Mr. FAMU — photo by Ernest Nelfrard Monday • The Housing Step Show Monday, Oct. 9, 7-10 p.m., Al Lawson Center and Gymnasium *Free and open to the public Tuesday • Community Health Fair Tuesday, Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Tookes Recreation Center […]
CRA Approves New Cascades Park Development
In a vote on Monday, the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) approved to move forward with the project that cost over one hundred million dollars. The Cascades Park project is set to bring in a revenue of over 1.5 million dollars, a year, in property taxes. The project will align […]
Love doesn’t hit
Photo credit: Merlina Aventurin Chanting "Love Doesn’t Hit" throughout the streets, president of Active Minds Quantina Washington teamed up with Domestic Violence Coordinating Council (DVCC) Kelly O’Rourke to host their sixth annual domestic violence walk. Students and members of Active Minds at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) gathered at […]