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Lady Rattlers plagued by turnovers, lack of execution

The Lady Rattlers controlled the opening tip against the Lady Hornets in Saturday’s game. Yet, Delaware State (17-8, 11-5 MEAC) was in control for much of the afternoon. FAMU (9-16, 5-11 MEAC) fell in the contest 65-50. Turnovers and fouls plagued the orange and green throughout the game. The Lady […]

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‘Madea’ addresses black social issues, gets two thumbs up

People came to see “Madea’s Family Reunion” as if they were going to their very own. Black families crowded the 11:15 p.m. showing dressed alike, with babies and young children and with Pizza Hut pizza. They had good reason to be this excited because Tyler Perry, writer and producer of […]

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Alumnus returns for educational symposium about music industry

Student group Esteem Music Group held a seminar to help students seeking to work in the music industry. “We just want to help students follow the right path into the music industry,” said EMG founder Ivan James, 21, a third year business administration student from Pensacola. “Breaking into the Industry,” […]

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Mentoring group to hold awareness seminar

Motivating Minority Minds will be hosting “Joining Forces 4 A Better 2Morrow.” Joining Forces will be a three-day seminar that will address issues ranging from AIDS, self-awareness and entrepreneurship. “Our whole aim is teaching young people how to explore business ventures,” said Mosley, 32, a Jacksonville native. “We didn’t want […]

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Rattlers mount comeback, fall short to Hornets

Florida A&M University’s bench appeared juiced and energized early in Saturday’s game, shouting words of encouragement and showing plenty of emotion from the sidelines as Tony Tate scored off an early Delaware State turnover. But that bench energy would only appear again during a second half push as Delaware State […]

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It’s time to place blame for clumsy elections

Campaign posters and fliers: $300. Billboards, T-shirts: $700. Realizing that you wasted money because of election mishaps: priceless The spring 2006 elections are over, but not without numerous problems. From miscommunications on behalf of the Electoral Commission, to an inefficient way of counting votes, these elections were frustrating. The voting […]

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Men face Hornets’ sting as season nears end

After losing four of their last five games, two of which were to sub-par teams North Carolina A&T and Howard, the Rattlers will look to resume some sense of success Saturday against the MEAC-leading Delaware State University Hornets (16-11, 14-1). Florida A&M University (12-15, 8-7) traveled to Howard Monday evening […]

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City brings ‘ghostcycles’ to raise awareness of bicycle accidents

Mangled bicycles have been spread throughout Tallahassee with signs attached to them. The signs read: “Cyclist struck here.” These “ghostcycles” have been strategically placed around Tallahassee in order to raise awareness of bicycle accidents and fatalities in areas where they have occurred.                                 The founders of http://www.GhostCycle.org, is a group […]

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ROTC creates mentoring program

The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of Florida A&M University has established a mentorship program this semester that allows a network of cadets to work together toward academic success and cadet development, said Lt. Col. Kelvin K. Scott, a professor of military science. Every year, members of the Rattler Battalion are […]

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State officials meet on ‘Hill’

The Florida Board of Governors met at Florida A & M University Thursday to review several issues concerning college preparatory programs, university facility priorities and increasing medical retention among universities across the state. Throughout the meeting, Monica Hayes, director of K-20 Office of Equity and Access gave an overview of […]