As the family of a missing 30-year-old woman waits for any sign of hope, the Tallahassee Police Department raised the reward Wednesday, offering $10,000 to anyone with information that could bring Ali I’isha Gilmore home safely. Gilmore, who is a Florida A&M University graduate, has not been seen or heard […]

They are moved every two weeks across parts of the United States. Most are women who were beaten and threatened to work in the hotels as maids, restaurants and in orange and tomato fields. Stripped of their freedom and bound by language barriers, professor Terrance Coonan said human trafficking from […]

The senate meeting ended in near record time Wednesday: lasting only one hour and 45 minutes. The brief meeting started with many senators giving congratulations to Sens. Vandoline Ivey, Candice Pelham, Elijah Bowdre, Christopher Bryant, James Nero and Anthony Murphy for being re-elected in Tuesday’s elections. The re-elected senators are […]

The 2006 Winter Olympics have been quite bizarre – to say the least. The opening ceremony featured fake cows on ice. Michelle Kwan withdrew due to injury. Bode Miller, a multi-medal favorite, was disqualified in the Alpine combined event and has been “medal-less” in four events. The USA women’s hockey […]

As the regular season winds down for college basketball nationwide, teams across the country are beginning to prepare for their conference tournaments. Despite recent struggles in conference play, hope is still alive for the Lady Rattlers (9-15 overall, 5-10 MEAC). With three games remaining, the team will have to find […]

Spring 2006 Election Results (FINAL) Candidates # of VOTES SGA President and Vice President *Phillip Agnew and Monique Gillum 2257 Mr. FAMU *Cyrah Hawkins 1592 Miss FAMU *Stephanie Evans 1123Cherlise Forshee 893 King of Orange and Green *Jarveal Baker 1241 Queen of Orange and Green *Whitney Reed 971LaCandice Johnson 933 […]

We live in a society that dictates to whom credit is bestowed. For instance, soldiers who are shot and come out alive receive a great deal of honor. Gang initiates who are brutally beaten often receive respect from other members in exchange for the beating. Prisoners of war who are […]

Maria Okeke, professor of health sciences, coordinated the 9th annual “Celebrate Black History in 2006: A Tribute to The National Association of Colored Women and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.” “I believe that the event went very well,” Okeke said. “As long as (the students) would take what the speakers […]

The GOP sees them as illegal aliens who threaten the fiber of American society; who won’t be happy until they take each and every one of our jobs. South of the border, people sell their homes. They cash out their savings. They give up their lives in pursuit of the […]

History may be unfolding right before our eyes, but many of us have allowed the wool of impending midterms, piling bills and campus elections to be pulled over our optics. Even sadder for those not in the know, two Rattlers are at the forefront of the issue as catalysts for […]