Monday, July 7, 2025
The Florida Department of Education responded to the private school voucher program controversy Friday, saying that the initial story about the issue was inaccurate. “The Orlando Sentinel story completely misrepresents a scholarship program that serves more than 100,000 students,100 percent of whom come from low-income families,” a DOE spokesman said […]
Rattler Nation is excited about what’s in store for the Florida A&M football team. As the new season approaches, FAMU celebrated its National Signing Day on February 5, 2020. At the celebration, students, staff, and many more joined together to get a first peek at what the season has in […]
Dressed in pink and armed with signs reading, “Protect Safe, Legal, Abortion”, Planned Parenthood led the protest at Tallahassee’s Capitol, against lawmakers in support of bill SB 404 on Feb. 4. The vote for this bill was set to take place on Feb. 4 and abortions rights advocates demanded their […]
According to Merriam Webster, lookups for the pronoun “they” in 2019 increased by 313 percent over the previous year. Webster attributed this growth to the word’s use as a pronoun in the LGBTQ community for individuals of non-binary gender (don’t identify as either man or woman). For this reason, Webster […]
FAMU will be competing against over 60 schools for grants and scholarships in the 31st annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC). After coming in second place last year, FAMU hopes to reign supreme this time around. The HCASC tournament is the first academic brain bowl created solely for Historically Black […]
Natalie Nickchen, a 19-year-old FSU sophomore. was hit by a car and later died while crossing West Tennessee Street in broad daylight on Jan. 30. Ivey Green has been issued a traffic citation and Tallahassee police say the fatal accident remains under investigation. Police say that Nickchen had the right-of […]
In recent weeks the globe has been struck by the coronavirus, a viral infection originated in Wuhan, China in a meat selling farmers market. Since hyper media coverage of this virus has surfaced around the world the reaction from citizens has been harmful and ignorant to those of Asian descent. […]
“My freshman year, I spent $700 on textbooks at the [FAMU] bookstore,” a student, who asked that their name not be used, said. “Since then, I haven’t purchased a textbook. I’ll either rent them or find them online somewhere.” Textbook affordability has long been an issue for students. Jalen Williams, […]
Google kicked off Black History Month with a bang this year by releasing a commercial highlighting several Black leaders, athletes, entertainers, movements and events. The idea behind the video was to essentially share the most searched moments and people using the Google search engine. The video was received exceptionally well […]
The Center for Disability Access and Resources (CEDAR) is positioned to aid students with learning, psychological and physical disabilities. CEDAR is a resource center to provide support-programs and reasonable accommodations to students who seek help to broaden their skills and to gain personal, academic and professional development. There are currently […]