Audience members receiving dance lessons from African Caribbean Dance Theatre members. If you walked inside the Leroy Collins Library on Monday evening, you may have heard sounds of African music. That’s because the library was hosting African Caribbean Dance Theatre. The event was one of many that the library […]
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Tamaria Williams changing FAMU one department at a time
Tamaria Williams is a warm hearted, educated professional and an impartial visionary. Growing up with two sisters and a brother in Midway, about 15 miles west of Tallahassee, Williams is no stranger to the city that cultivates scholars. “My parents always instilled in us the importance of education,” said Williams, […]
Over 40 Countries Represented at FAMU’s 5th Annual International Food and Cultural Awareness Festival
Students, faculty and staff members from over 40 countries were united on Friday, April 20, inside of the Hansel E. Tookes, Sr. Student Recreation Center for Florida A&M University’s 5th Annual International Food and Cultural Awareness Festival. The festival was held in order to celebrate the cultural diversity of […]
Grammy nominated rapper comes to Tallahassee
Goldlink at Potbelly's on Thursday. Photo cred: Swerve Lifestyle DeAnthony Carlos, better known by his stage name GoldLink, continued his debut album “At What Cost” tour in Tallahassee after multiple cancelled shows. The D.C. rapper had a sold-out concert on April 19 at Potbelly’s featuring hip-hop artist and saxophonist Masego. […]
Hamilton: ‘I want to continue to break barriers’
Graduating psychology student Soladeen Hamilton anxiously awaits the walk he will take across the Lawson Center stage on May 5. This is no ordinary walk as Hamilton will be the first of his nine siblings to claim this proud achievement. “I’ve been anticipating this day since stepping foot on the hill. […]
SBI student is “Queen of Internships’
Sydney Erin Clark has orange and green in her blood. This third-generation Rattler has never once doubted that Florida A&M University was her home. At a very young age she was attending homecoming and being surrounded by FAMU’s culture. It was no surprise that FAMU would be Clark’s top […]
FAMU student leaving her mark, one face at time
Most students have a hard time balancing classes, extra-curricular activities and other curveballs that life may throw, but some take on venturing out and starting new businesses. That is exactly what Erykah Clarke, a third-year health care management student who is better known as “Mochaa,” did. She turned something […]
Sophomore makes her mark in SBI
ldquo;Caring,” “ambitious” and “focused,” are three words Livi Grant used to describe herself on a daily basis. The second-year business administration student has already left her mark on the School of Business & Industry, and she plans to continue her hard work and leadership. From her many accolades to […]
Students critique Tyler Perry’s ‘Acrimony’
Relationships are often complicated. Too often, there’s an unequal balance of power in a relationship. And after a relationship ends, there is usually a one-sided view of who was right and who was wrong in the situation. Tyler Perry challenges our views on this thorny topic with his new […]
Graduate school next for this Rattler
Tatyana Siddeeq is a quiet soul doing major things. She is set to graduate next month after just three years at Florida A&M. Siddeeq is a health sciences-pre physical therapy major, choosing this area of work so that she would be able to help people heal their bodies in a […]