Florida’s 2010 mid-term election season is setting historical precedents and it’s causing quite a stir in the national media. GOP guber-natorial candidate Rick Scott appeared in Orlando on Sept. 2 for the first time with his pick for lieutenant governor — a black woman. His running mate is Florida representative […]

The Florida A&M Developmental Research Center (FAMU DRS) has been underway in search for a new school superintendent. This has been the latest news after former superintendent, Ronald Holmes, resigned his position back in early July. Holmes’ letter of resignation was submitted after serving what some may call, a turbulent […]

There has been an uproar over whether an Islamic community center should be built just blocks from the site of the Sept. 11 attacks. For several hundred years the Constitution has formed the United States’ foundation of laws. In the Bill of Rights, the first amendment allows people to exercise […]

On Aug. 31, a full seven days after the fall semester began, 75 percent of FAMU students were on attendance hold and were unable to receive their financial aid on time.   You could ask Rattlers from any era since the school began distributing financial aid to its students […]

Despite economic hardship, the demand for materialistic goods has remained the same. The urge to indulge in useless, expensive products is apparent among students at Florida A&M, whether it concerns the clothes on their back or the height of their rims. What price are college students willing to pay to […]

The Recording Industry Association of America filed suit against peer-to-peer, file-sharing company LimeWire in June. A trial is set for Jan. 18, which if the RIAA wins, it will strike a serious blow in the continuing fight for privacy rights in America. The concepts of privacy rights and individual liberty, […]

Aug. 28, was a day the university community, music practitioners and enthusiasts will never forget. William P. Foster, music department chairman emeritus at Florida A&M and director of it’s famed Marching “100” band passed away, at the industrious age of 91.   There isn’t enough room on this […]

The revamping of Tucker Hall brings a new and improved swag to the campus Florida A & M.                                             The 77,536 square foot building, which is home to the […]

Free to worship. Unless you’re Muslim: An Islamic center and mosque plans to move into a vacant building a few blocks from the site of Ground Zero; and it sparked a nationwide controversy. But, even with the support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg many people do not want this center […]

The Famuan has a legacy of being the voice of the student body at Florida A&M.  Returning from the Black College Conference Association as the number 1 Historically Black College or University paper in the nation, we are poised and eager to bring to the forefront the most pressing […]