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Basketball bids farewell to seniors

After the completion of a successful season, the four seniors on the men’s basketball team are leaving with a sense of accomplished goals and even higher future aspirations. The three guards, Victor Monaros, Rome Sanders and Brian Greene; and one center, Darius Glover, have plans to compete in the NBA […]

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Softball team Spirit Day shutout

Despite a sweeping loss to the Florida State University Lady Seminoles, the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference Tournament looks bright for the Lady Rattlers, who are the defending champions. In Wednesday’s Spirit Day game against FSU (22-12), the Lady Rattlers were stumped by being no-hit 8-0 while struggling to find their offensive […]

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Party turns girls into ladies

Hoping to teach young Rattler women proper etiquette, the Office of Student Union Activities hosted a tea party in The Grand Ballroom Sunday. “The ability to communicate is what sets you aside from everyone else,” keynote speaker Myoushi Jones said. Jones, wife of former Senator Darrell Jones, was unable to […]

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The 10 Most Debasing Songs

#8220;He ain’t talking about me; I ain’t a hoe,” and “It’s just dancing,” are all lies women tell themselves when these 10 misogynistic, degrading and disrespectful songs blast from the speakers at various events. Sadly, most of the individuals that dance to the tunes are women. You can see them […]

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Orange room temporarily closed and students see red

Students became upset Tuesday when the Orange Room was abruptly closed during their lunch break because of a flooding issue. Hanai Cole, 18, a first-year pharmacy candidate from Miramar, Fla. said the Orange Room normally reopens at 10:45 a.m., after a 10 a.m. breakfast break. When she arrived at 12:15 […]

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Judge grants Kappas’ pleas

The three former Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity members whose cases ended in mistrials entered plea bargains Monday in a state courtroom. Brian Bowman, 23; Cory Gray, 23; and Marcus Hughes, 21, stood before Circuit Judge Kathleen Dekker, and each pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor hazing. “Misdemeanor reduced […]

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Agnew criticized at Senate

The 23rd session of the Student Senate took a turn when upset student Kyle Washington told the senate he wanted to impeach Student Body President Phillip Agnew for neglecting to represent the students. “We need to impeach Philip Agnew for the basis on not doing his job, not informing us […]

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Campus tracks use of grants

Each department on campus receives grants through the University’s Division of Research to use for activities within a department, and students are wondering how these funds are being utilized. Currently, the College of Engineering Sciences Technology and Agriculture receives the most grant funds, earning a total of $8,031,347.17 for basic […]

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Candidate awaits answers

A verdict is pending in the first appeals case of the University’s spring elections. In the case of Chante Sessomes v. the Florida A&M University Electoral Commission, Chief Justice Kendra Rich ordered the commission to turn over all the ballots of the junior class to the judicial branch for further […]

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Rattlers football improves interior defense

The Florida A&M University football team celebrates one of its most impressive recruiting classes to date by signing top ranked defensive prospects in the hopes of improving a defense that lacked depth during the 2006 season. Head coach Rubin Carter, who will begin his third season as the Rattlers’ head […]