In the 37th Senate meeting on Thursday evening, the senate confirmed a host of positions in the judicial branch and confirmed a bill in the finance code of the senate journal. According to SB07F-001, in the senate journal, campus organizations must now request A&S funds seven weeks in advance. In […]
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SGA welcomes new leaders
The torch has been lit. Thursday evening Florida A&M University’s Student Government Association held an annual inauguration for new officers and members in Lee Hall Auditorium. The inauguration was a part of a special week long celebration for SGA, which also included a movie night on Tuesday and a prayer […]
New entry system for home games
Florida A&M University and Ticketmaster have come together to implement a new system for entry of the 2007 Rattler’s home football games. Ticketing staff will only accept students’ new Rattler Cards in order to prevent graduates, former students and unregistered students from passing through the gates free of entry. The […]
Black men no strangers to injustice
Everyday when I turn on the television or read the newspaper there is always something bad happening to blacks in America. As we all should know, there are six black boys in Jena, La., the “Jena 6”, who face up to 22 years in prison for attempted murder. The high […]
Gillespie sentenced to probation in stalking case
Former men’s basketball coach Mike Gillespie plead no contest to stalking charges Tuesday. He was sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to stay away from the victim, former girlfriend Kathie scott. In May, Gillespie was charged with misdemeanor stalking after he was found driving past Scott’s workplace. Scott […]
We will continue to press on
SJGC 3081. The office is not that large. And after recent budget cuts its occupancy has been tapered. The white letters scrawled across the glass sliding doors tells you where you stand. This is where the voice of Florida A&M continually echoes. This is the Famuan- a hub of journalistic […]
Housing makes room
Students who still plan to apply for housing this year are going to have to get in line. This year’s waiting list for students who need housing was 364. Of those students, 239 are First Time In College students, while 125 of them are returning students. As of late Tuesday, […]
SGA has high hopes
This school year Florida A&M University has not only welcomed new students to the hill, but it has acquired new administrators: a new university president and new student body leaders. Last April, Monique Gillum, former student body vice president, was elected president of the student body and James Bland was […]
Rattler breaks down barriers
Jasper W. Watkins III, a graduate of Florida A&M University’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, is now the Bureau Chief for statewide pharmaceutical services, for the Department of Health (DOH), Florida. Watkins is the first black person in the state of Florida and in the Armed Forces to have […]
FAMU dining gets makeover: University upgrades meal plan with “flex bucks” option
The Office of Business and Auxiliary Services at Florida A&M University is offering an expanded meal plan option for Rattlers which could affect where students eat most of their meals. Michael Smith, the director of business and auxiliary services, said they enhanced the meal plan by adding flex bucks, which […]