Author: Mack Green | Staff writer

Sports

Bangura grinds his way to the top

Abu Bangura II, a junior computer information technology scholar from Clayton County, GA has always aspired to be a professional football player.  During the commencement of his football career at Stockbridge High School, he started off playing on the offensive side, as a tight end and offensive lineman. During his first […]

Sports

Divine Nine is all in donating to FAMU athletics

Due to financial barriers the ​Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s Athletic Department ​has faced, renovations to the facilities were not feasible.​ With a special gift commitment by The Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. of $125,000 to FAMU Athletics, this will catalyze the department to improve in […]

Sports

Rattlers resume practices

Bragg Memorial Stadium, home of Florida A&M University’s football team, is starting to look more like normal, as the players and coaches are finally back practicing together as a team since their 2020 season was postponed.  College football is slowly creeping back up across the country and Willie Simmons, head […]

Sports

FAMU football players ‘persevering through adversity’

What would have been the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s 50th year of intercollegiate competition was put on pause when the Council of Presidents and Chancellors of the MEAC announced earlier this month that the league will suspend all athletics this fall due to the still surging coronavirus pandemic. This left Florida […]

Lifestyles

DJ 23 is on the move

Ralph Russell, an Atlanta native, is a rising senior music industry major at Florida A&M University who has been part of the Marching 100.  He is a Black music producer and has blossomed into one of the most profound disc jockeys atFAMU. Russell acquired an interest in becoming a DJ […]

Sports

Will COVID-19 hijack college football?

With the 2020 college football season quickly approaching, the Rattlers at Florida A&M University Rattlers have made their way back to Bragg Memorial Stadium for workouts. The National Collegiate Athletic Association allowed schools to begin voluntary practices starting June 1. Due to the coronavirus, college sports have been discontinued for […]

News

Florida, DeSantis at a crossroads

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Tallahassee continues to remain open. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state is “not going back” when asked about his plans for reverting to a lockdown at a news conference Tuesday, despite the thousands of new cases that are erupting, even setting a one day […]

Lifestyles

Hall develops a following

As a kid and throughout adolescence,  it was apparent that Matthew Hall had a passion for shoes and fashion. He even won the best dressed superlative in his high school senior class. Hall, a curator, stylist, vendor and entrepreneur, is a graduate of Florida State University with a bachelor of […]