Author: Jalen Williams | Staff Writer

Lifestyles

A Rattler’s guide to parks in Tallahassee

With campuses reopening for the fall semester, and the closing of night clubs and bars due to COVID-19, college students are looking for new places to socialize, while also being mindful of the COVID-19 health precautions. Although Tallahassee is known for being a ‘college town’ with an extensive nightlife, Tallahassee […]

Opinions

Some beauty standards are dangerous and damaging

Beauty standards have been around since the beginning of time. From pale faces and powdered wigs to corsets and rib removing, many have gone to extreme lengths to achieve a certain look or status. At the same time, toxic chemicals, botched surgeries, and deathly fashion have affected women tremendously, though […]

Lifestyles

Nursing student starts skincare line

Third-year nursing student Sarene Morgan decided to create a solution for people struggling with bad acne. Her recently launched skincare line, Bare Radiance Skin, was inspired by her own personal struggles with acne. “I always had issues with my skin and a lot of the solutions the dermatologist prescribed only […]

News

City OKs police review board despite public skepticism

Tallahassee city commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday to create a citizens’ police review board. Ordinance No. 20-O-31 had been introduced Sept. 9 to form a citizens’ police review board and the decision was made to hold a public hearing on the issue. According to City Attorney Cassandra Jackson, the ordinance […]

Lifestyles

These two Rattlers grind, and succeed

On FAMU’s campus, student businesses are as common as J-Bird sightings — around every corner and seen all over social media. With the pandemic bestowing most people with extra time on their hands, it seems like everyone and their mother is selling something. Jayah McCoggle and Ellen Warrick, the minds […]

Lifestyles

Dating in college can be dicey

Doesn’t dating in college sound amazing? Studying, going out and maneuvering around campus with your loved one. Well, guess again. Dating in college adds many struggles that couples in the adult world do not have to go through. According to a 2011 survey, 28% of graduates met their spouses in […]

News

FAMU awarded two new grape patents

FAMU’s College of Agriculture & Food Sciences has been granted two new grape patents. This is a huge accomplishment for the university and, more specifically, for the FAMU Center for Viticulture and Small Fruits Research. The researchers at the center have named these two new strains of muscadine grape plants: […]

Sports

New field, new era of coaching

Despite the ongoing pandemic the Rattlers will start a new chapter in their book, this upcoming 2021 season. The Florida A & M Softball field has been remodeled and built. Not only will the Rattlers be entering this season with a new field but also a new coach. Former Head […]