Sunday, April 28, 2024
Antwan Collier, a safety on Florida A&M’s football team, officially began playing for the Rattlers this fall. Collier not only sports No. 3 on his football team jersey, he also ranks in the top three in tackles for FAMU as well. In preparation for this weekend’s game at the Florida […]
The most stressful time of the year is here. With professors assigning homework, midterms, projects, quizzes, papers and exams all at the same time, the workload for the fall semester thickens. It is no coincidence that as the fall semester nears its end, students become overwhelmed. At FAMU, fall semesters […]
Cold weather is on the horizon for the city of Tallahassee, which means students and faculty are prone to get sick. Flu-like symptoms may prompt Rattlers to get tested for COVID-19. As of Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 236 COVID-19 cases per 7-day metrics in Leon […]
Florida A&M University has repeatedly been in the limelight lately, and for all of the right reasons. One of those is the university’s exuberant student section at home football games. On Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7:19 p.m., notable Fort Myers rapper Plies tweeted, “I wanna watch one FAMU football game […]
Students have finally returned to campus after learning from home without the social aspect of school, but campus life appears to be less lively than in previous years. Without events like Set Friday and pep rallies, how are students expected to embody school spirit? Then the Rattlers played their first […]
Effective in January, a new bill signed by J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, will allow students in that state up to five mental health days per school year. These excused absences will not require a doctor’s note. With the recent transition of returning back to in-person learning, is granting […]
Aug. 27 marked the day of the first and last Set Friday at FAMU. While the university plans to discontinue this popular on-campus event for the 2021-2022 school year, stipulations regarding homecoming arise. Florida A&M’s Set Friday has been canceled due to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the university’s Student […]
Sheniah Yirmyah tackled the challenges of life after college and secured her career post-graduation. Upon graduating from Florida A&M University earlier this year, Yirmyah accepted a position at Faro Technologies in the company’s internal auditing department. Concurrently, Yirmyah also returned to her hometown in Orlando to pursue her master’s degree […]