Martine Lunis, one of this year’s 800 National Achievement Scholars, had her pick of some of the country’s other prominent colleges. The 18-year-old Orlando native opted to attend Florida A&M University. “I was accepted to Princeton, Emory, and UF…those are the major ones,” Lunis said. “I chose to go FAMU […]

A new service is now keeping the textbook area in the Florida A&M University bookstore out of students’ reach. The store now only allows employees to retrieve books, not students. Recently the textbook section has been roped off and students are not allowed to reach for the textbooks they want. […]

Florida A&M University’s 2008 Homecoming Committee has been forced to operate with 14 percent less funding than last year. Last year’s homecoming week budget was $117,000, but this year the committee must produce the same results with a $17,000 cut. “Only 88 percent of the budget has been released,” said […]

Snagging the cover of the Madden video game box says a lot about a football player, but there is a popular theory that players who achieve the honor are bound to have a bad season. It’s called the Madden jinx, and many students are buying into the hype. “It just […]

Last weekend’s journey back to Tallahassee from Washington D.C, was filled with excitement and a sense of accomplishment for the Rattler football team. According to cornerback Qier Hall, the victory over the Howard Bison was the boost of confidence the team needed to wash out the bitter taste of defeat […]

Yakesia Daniels, a graduating Graphic Design student from Tallahasse, found herself responding to a fellow student who collapsed Tuesday afternoon.  The student was on her way to class when she buckled in the hallway of the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication building.  Xion Lester, a classmate of the victim, […]

Everybody’s been there before. After a long day of classes and organizational meetings, all you want to do is go home and unwind. So, you make it past all the hills, humps, and stairways that make this campus beautiful, to the practically deserted parking garage. You head up the three […]

Recently Florida A&M University named Ledawn Gibson as the new head coach of the women’s basketball team.  Former head coach of Winter Haven High School’s women’s basketball team, Gibson will be taking the reins of the university’s team in the fall. Gibson has high hopes and is striving for the […]

A Florida A&M University social work class and the Apalachee Ridge Estate Community center have teamed up to promote Community Day, which will be Oct. 18 at the center. “We would like to bring different members of our community with the larger community to highlight the achievements of our community,” […]

Every Monday evening, the lobby of Gibbs Hall is transformed from a lounging spot into a meeting place for a student prayer group. From 7 to 8 o’clock, students who truly believe that prayer can change things come together to join hands and pray for friends, family and each other. […]