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Freaks come out at night

Nothing is jolly about Halloween. The holiday always seems to be a cold, stale day. Halloween is the only day out of the year when all the people who are scared to be their real selves can come out and act a fool. The freaks, weirdos and psychos get a […]

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Malcolm X deserves more respect

Within the African American community there is a big misunderstanding about the late great leader Malcolm X. I notice that when some black people refer to Malcolm X and decide they want to follow in what they think he was all about, they decide to get violent and want to […]

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All about smooth soul in the city

The musical group Runaway Soul consisting of four Florida A&M graduates, will be hosting their first concert called “Soul in the City”, at the Beta Bar from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. today. The band consists of five members who are working diligently to make “Soul in the City” history […]

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Team races toward title

Running through the wide country to the farthest of all roads and tracks, FAMU’s men and women cross-country teams have conquered many goals this season. With one more goal in sight the Rattlers are itching for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship title. “The season went great, one of the best […]

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Rattlers, Bears faceoff

Close games are common to Florida A&M (2-5) (1-4) and Morgan State (4-4) (3-3) University. So, it’s only fitting that this weekend’s match up in Baltimore come down to the final minutes. Of the eight games the Golden Bears played this season six have a margin of seven points or […]

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Burke bids team adieu

What is essential to the success of a runner? Is it discipline, hard work or heart? YaTandrea Burke, 22, a senior psychology student from Virginia Beach, possesses all of these qualities and more. Burke has had an outstanding season and says much of her success can be attributed to hard […]

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Seminar suggests path to better college experience

Freshman and sophomores picked up ideas on how to improve their college experience Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom from the “Ticks of the Grade” seminar held by the School of General Studies. The speaker of the event, Joe Martin, a former FAMU professor, took the students down […]

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Senate under attack

In the 9th session of the 37th Student Senate meeting, the senate was bombarded with complaints about their actions, or lack thereof from Student Body President Monique Gillum and students. Senator Joyia Smith, 21, a fourth-year agricultural business student from Greenville, Miss. expressed her anger and frustration with her fellow […]

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Protestors hit the city streets

Another chapter in the Martin Lee Anderson story continued Tuesday morning as students, community members and other supporters hit the streets in protest of the ‘not guilty’ verdict of eight former boot camp workers on Oct. 12. “I think Bay County is still sleeping,” said Carolyn Mosley, president of the […]

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Predators slipping into schools

Pedophiles are lurking in the hallways of American schools. A recent investigation by the Associated Press found that there were more than 2,500 cases where educators were penalized for sexual misconduct over a five-year period, and that there are nearly three sexually abusive schoolteachers for every school in America. Another […]