The Florida A&M University Athletics Department will host “Trunk or Treat” Oct. 29 from 6-8 p.m. Trunk Or Treat is an event in which FAMU student-athletes set up their cars on the front lawn of Gaither Gymnasium, and distribute candy to young trick-or-treaters from their trunks. All elementary schools bordering […]
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Florida A&M University Students Form New University Political Party
Six Rattlers have united to form The STRIKE Party, a new political party at Florida A&M University. Former SGA President Anthony Siders, Sean Siders, Kenneth Johnson, Jasmine Louis, Candace Daymond, and graduate senator Iman Sandifer, who is also the party’s chairman, founded the party on Oct. 25, 2014. However the […]
BREAKING: Montgomery resigns as BOT Chairman
Courtesy of Context Florida Rufus Montgomery, Board of Trustees chairman, resigned his post effective immediately Friday morning in a letter sent to the BOT. Montgomery was elected as Chairman in April. “In an effort to move the University forward, effective immediately, I hereby resign from my position as chair,” Montgomery […]
Rattlers Strike Back to Stand By Mangum
FAMU students prepare to march down to the governor's office in support of University President Mangum. Photo courtesy of Napierra Nicole Early Thursday morning Florida A&M University's Board of Trustees called an emergency meeting via teleconference in the president’s conference room where a three-hour hasty discussion involved two attempts at terminating […]
Tallahassee Attorney Crump Represents Officer-Involved Shooting Victim’s Family
Benjamin Crump, a high-profile civil rights attorney at the Tallahassee law firm Parks & Crump, is representing the family of a fatal officer-involved shooting that took place early Sunday morning in South Florida. According to sun-sentinel.com. Corey Jones can be added to the list of African-American men killed by police. […]
Bitterly Divided BOT Comes Close to Firing Mangum
Courtesy of HBCU Digest Florida A&M University’s sharply divided Board of Trustees came up short on two motions to fire President Elmira Mangum during an emergency conference call meeting Thursday morning. The motion to terminate Mangum’s contract with cause failed in a 5-7 vote. A separate motion to fire the president without […]
FAMU BOT addresses Financial Irregularities and Improprieties
Courtesy of Tallahassee Democrat An emergency Board of Trustees meeting was called Wednesday in response to recent “Reported Financial Irregularities and/or Improprieties.” The meeting was set for 7:30-8:30 a.m. Thursday via teleconference in the President’s Conference Room. Documents released Wednesday revealed Elmira Mangum, Florida A&M University president, failed to provide documents proving approval by the BOT for […]
2015 Homecoming Stays Below Budget And Below Expectations
Courtesy of famuhomecoming2015.com A crowd of more than 22,000 filled Bragg Memorial Stadium for Saturday’s football game, the Rattlers’ first win of the year. But Florida A&M University’s 2015 Homecoming failed to meet expectations financially, according to the Student Senate meeting held Monday evening. Student Senator Victor Chrispin Jr. reported […]
Florida Legislation Passes on Campus
The Senate Higher Education Committee passed SB 68 that has declared that it is okay for students and faculty to carry guns on Florida college campuses if the have their conceal carry permit. This includes Florida A&M University. “Students are allowed to bring guns on campus if they have a […]
Poll: Carson and Trump Lead GOP Candidates While Opponents Hang Back
Candidates for the Republican Party, Ben Carson and Donald Trump, seek after the GOP nomination for the presidential election. For about half of the potential Republican electorate, Carson and Trump are the first-choice candidates leading the polls above 20 percent, according the CNN. Of that, two-thirds of voters chose […]