Three student journalists are headed to the Supreme Court in September, but not to cover the story of a lifetime. Instead, the students say they will be trying to protect their First Amendment rights. On June 20, an 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit […]

Members of FAMU’s radio station, 90.5 WANM, and the Operation Southern Hospitality (OSH) organized a “Fill-Up the Truck” event held Sept.9 to further aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The two campus organizations parked a U-Haul truck behind the Rattler’s Den to collect clothes, non-perishable foods, bottled water, toiletries and […]

Patricia Green-Powell, vice president of Student Affairs, resigned effective Aug.31, according to a news release distributed Sept. 7 from the Florida A&M University Office of Public Affairs. Green-Powell has agreed to remain at that position until October 31, 2005 or until another successor is named. In Green-Powell’s letter of resignation […]

Saturday’s game between FAMU and the University of South Florida will be a night of firsts. It will be the first football meeting for the two schools, the first time the Rattlers have played in Tampa since the Florida Classic moved to Orlando in xxx and the first time Rattler […]

The events of the past week in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina have truly brought to light everything it means to be an American. A light has been shown on the good, bad and everything between. So much of what America truly is has come into […]

The debacle of Katrina’s aftermath is beyond a tragedy- it is an absolute nightmare. No one needs to be convinced of that fact. Man can only be so inhumane to man – the recent mass transit bombings in London, the shopping mall bombing in Israel, the torture at Guantanimo Bay, […]

FAMU has recently announced that they will begin forming a committee to select a new president when the Board of Trustees meets again on October 6. This will certainly come as welcome news to those who have not been pleased with Castell Bryant’s approach to reforming the school. Some will […]

The Israeli withdrawal from its West Bank settlements has been heralded as a major step in the peace process, but it may only be the beginning of more violence. The pullout will not be a complete one, as it will leave about 230,000 Israelis in three settlement blocks that Israel […]

Could it not wait a week? Can anyone tell the difference between a blazing 90-plus degree day and a muggy 85-degree day the second week of September? Traditionally, Labor Day marks the end of summer. You know, the day that people are to stop wearing white, put the flip-flops in […]

Proper Skin care, according to professionals, is essential for skin to perform at its best. Freda Brown, of Origin Cosmetics, said facial cleansing is a basic for skin care. “Make sure you cleanse every day and night so your pores won’t clog and your skin will be healthy,” Brown said. […]