A day that may still be a vivid memory to some is September 11, 2001–– the day that many lives were lost as well as the lives of people’s loved ones. On that day, some people can recall exactly where they were and what they were doing. The freshman class […]

Paco Jeans, Sister Sister, and most of all Tupac and Biggie are all significant to the 90s era. Although many students on Florida A&M University’s campus can’t recall all that happened in this era, we are all influenced by the music, the fashion, and the television shows. Here’s a few […]

Shannon Washington, a Florida A&M University student athlete was killed this past Sunday. Early Sunday morning, Tallahassee Police Department responded to a report of a stabbing at University Courtyard apartment complex. When they arrived, officers found Washington with a knife wound to the neck reportedly from her friend Starquinesha Palmer. […]

August 24th was the opening day for Sampson and Young Halls. It was the first time the housing staff and the public embraced the new residence facilities.  As a Resident Assistant, I never walked through the halls of a building wearing a bright orange housing staff shirt, but I have […]

While some may think that an HBCU—Historically Black Colleges and Universities is nothing more than an institution comprised of black people, it is far more than that. It is a community of intelligent, strong-minded and determined black men and women who prove the stereotype that claims that we are incompetent […]

I represent Florida, Agricultural, And Mechanical, University, and October 3, 1887! What…? This is our chant this is who I am, I have heard several of my family members say I bleed orange and green, I am FAMU, I love FAMU, this is my university and I will fight whatever […]

It’s almost a tradition of its own that FAMU students express themselves in styles on weekly Set Friday’s, annual Be Out Day’s and even trips to the café. Countless students are seen in wardrobe that is fit for the runway. While FAMU Rattlers are no stranger to bringing a flair […]

America’s ability to unify after a major event never ceases to amaze me. America united in its sorrow after the events of 9/11. The attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., cost the U.S. thousands of lives, yet it also brought an entire nation together under […]

During my four-year college career at Florida A&M, I have written 200 articles for our college paper, held six staff positions, won five awards, and have seen five Editors-In-Chief–each whom are friends of mine. With that said, its time to graduate. This goodbye could be massive, but I only have […]

Spring commencement is slowly coming upon us. Many of our older friends and family who we have come to know and love on this campus are getting ready to walk across that stage from college student into full blown adulthood. The feeling of graduating is one of pure enjoyment. At […]