Author: Chloe Dinard | Staff writer

Lifestyles

Taste of a Rattler makes epic return

Student Government Association hosted Taste of a Rattler, an annual homecoming week event,  October 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Florida A&M University park, behind the Benjamin L. Perry building. The event was for food businesses to come out and promote themselves while students indulge in a variety […]

Lifestyles

Students are unsure about graduation ceremony plans

Three months away from graduation and with homecoming being in full effect, Florida A&M University graduating students are unsure what to expect for commencement in December. The school’s website posted a statement under the commencement tab that reads: “FAMU’s Fall 2021 Commencement ceremony has been scheduled for Friday, December 10 […]

Opinions

FAMU needs to cancel homecoming

After a year and a half of school events and a non-existent homecoming last year, most people don’t want to hear this but — Florida A&M needs to cancel homecoming. In the midst of a continuously growing pandemic with lives being lost every day, is the — potentially detrimental — […]

Sports

FAMU falls to USF, slips to 1-2

TAMPA —FAMU returned to Raymond James Stadium for the fourth time since the Rattlers’ first matchup with University of South Florida in 2005. Saturday’s result was the same as in the first three games — a loss — but the 31-17 outcome was FAMU’s closest game yet with USF. After […]

Lifestyles

Yoga outdoors and in a sunken garden

Outdoor Yoga Tallahassee held a headphone yoga class Friday at the Goodwood Museum and Gardens. The session took place in the sunken garden, one of 16 sites on the historic property at 1600 Miccosukee Road. It takes place every Friday at 10 a.m. and lasts for about 90 minutes. All […]

News

Unexpected $5,000 windfall surprises students

In the midst of “balance due” alerts, late fees and chaos, students at Florida A&M have been anxious about their debts being cleared. Unexpectedly, FAMU this week posted a helpful lump sum of money to partially relieve the stress — the FAMU ARP HBCU Student Affairs scholarship — for every […]