We would hate to be Marion Jones right now. The track star and seven time gold medal winner, three of which were awarded at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, admitted to taking the performance enhancing steroid, ‘the clear,’ Thursday. In 2003 the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative was investigated for […]

Some of Florida A&M University’s students lack Rattler pride. This is evident in the low turnout at home football games. According to http://rattlernation.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html, The 2007 Atlanta Classic attracted 57,885 screaming fans, which included a significant amount of FAMU students. That’s odd in comparison to the FAMU students who attend home […]

#8220;The Famuan is overrated.” “I don’t like how The Famuan runs.” “I don’t like the articles in The Famuan.” These are just a few comments that I have heard students make about The Famuan newspaper lately. Many people would think this negative attention comes from students outside of journalism, but […]

Gunshots were fired at the poolside and backend parking lot of University Courtyard Apartments, an off campus housing development, Saturday around 12:45 a.m. A college party altercation was the start of a heated shooting between two gunmen at University Courtyard’s clubhouse, located at 3025 South Adams St. “I pulled in […]

Florida A&M University’s Career Center will host a resume seminar on Oct. 10 at 3 p.m. for those in need of help with resume building skills. The seminar will take place in the career center in hopes of teaching students how to prepare a resume. In trying to prepare for […]

#8220;Due to a delay in administrative processes, tutorials will be temporarily suspended.” These were the words that greeted students wishing to use the tutorial services of Florida A&M University’s Writing Resource Center, earlier this week. Kendra Mitchell, administrative assistant and curriculum coordinator of the writing resource center, said there were […]

Some students might have noticed their fellow students wearing a shirt that reads, “I believe in FAMU.” The shirts, which started off as a free gift for students who attended a pep rally at the beginning of the year, may later help students with more that just stating a point. […]

Students in Florida A&M University’s School of Business and Industry welcomed a surprise on Wednesday when Mayor John Marks III was the guest speaker in a business law class. Lydia Mckinley-Floyd, dean of SBI, said this guest appearance by the mayor was a planned part of a lecture series designed […]

William H. Gray III, son of FAMU’s fifth president, William H. Gray, Jr., served as the keynote speaker at Florida A&M University’s 120th anniversary Founder’s Day Convocation on Wednesday. Gray encouraged students to expand beyond remembering those who served as president. A processional went before the convocation that led from […]

It was an exciting week at Florida A & M University’s Developmental Research School; the baby rattlers celebrated their 2007 Homecoming Week. The welcoming Rattler spirit was alive and well at the high school. Classroom doors were vibrantly decorated orange and green reflecting this year’s theme, “Feel the Fang, It’s […]