Saturday marked the final home game at Bragg Memorial Stadium for the 2006 football season. The Hampton University Pirates swept away the Florida A&M Rattlers’ chances to complete their dream of capturing the conference championship and advancing to the Division I-AA playoffs. With a 52-point defeat, FAMU ended their home […]

The Florida A&M University football team entered Saturday night’s contest without several key defensive starters: linebackers Vernon Wilder, Michael McMillan, and Dannel Shepard and defensive end Tyrone McGriff. However, the head count for injuries did not just stop there. It went on to include quarterback Albert Chester II, defensive back […]

With help from its freshmen, the Florida A&M University Lady Rattlers basketball team won its opening game 86-61 against the St. Leo University Lions Friday at Gaither Gym. Freshman forward Secrett Anderson led FAMU with 17 points. Freshman forward Kirsten Stallings and sophomore guard Deidra Jones paced the team with […]

Each election year, stories abound about people somehow being disenfranchised. For those of us who actually make it to the now electronic booths on lunch breaks, between classes or despite life in general to cast our vote, wouldn’t it be nice to know that our efforts get us more than […]

On Nov. 7, Michigan residents voted yes to Proposal 2, which ended affirmative action in public hiring, education and contracting. What may be surprising is the measure was spearheaded by Ward Connerly, a black millionaire businessman born in Louisiana. I won’t defend or attack his actions, but I’d like to […]

This weekend, Americans around the country paused to honor people who served their country in times of war. For some, Veterans Day was nothing more than a day off, to catch up on sleep, do homework or just party. Despite your personal feelings on war, the men and women who […]

In response to your Nov. 3 story, “Pharmacy finalizes building plans in preparation for accreditation visit,” I would like to make it clear that the recent announcement to begin the planning process for Phase II of the new pharmacy building has no direct correlation to the Nov. 7-9 visit of […]

Have you ever walked into the parking lot, grabbed your car keys and noticed your car is missing? You think to yourself, “was my car stolen?” But then it hits you; your car was towed.Tow truck companies are taking advantage of students in Tallahassee. It’s not the issue of parking […]

There are times when the score of a game does not reflect a team’s performance. This was not the case for the Florida A&M University Rattlers as they limped their way to a 59-7 loss against the Hampton Pirates in their final home game of the season. The Rattlers were […]

After nine months of deliberation and 83 witnesses, Saddam Hussein was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging for the murder of 148 people in a Shiite Muslim town in 1982. Iraqi High Tribunal Chief Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman summarized a 200-page judgment in 40 minutes that declared Hussein guilty of crimes […]