With one article, I turned a fellow student into road kill on the highway of love. With one quote, I either broke up his relationship or undid all of the work he had put into it. And it all started with one question: “Do you see a double standard between […]

Black History Month is here and students and staff members are doing a variety of things to display their black pride. Coleman Library is celebrating Black History Month with its Special Collections section on the fourth floor. Special Collections contains fictional, non-fictional and historical books and paintings done by black […]

The Rattler Boosters Club will host the Basketball Homecoming Jazz Social at Wilson’s Bar-B-Que Saturday from 7-9 p.m. For more information on the event, contact the Boosters Office at 224-6093. The Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. is seeking submissions of poems and/or song lyrics to be […]

A perfect mix for quite possibly the cutest date movie of the year, Andy Tennant’s “Hitch” is as entertaining as it is mushy. The film opens with three down-on-their-luck losers’ stories being narrated by date doctor Alex Hitchins (Will Smith), who helps them find love in a five-minute clip montage. […]

The establishment of historically black colleges and universities was said to have provided higher education for blacks during a time of racial inequality. Today, black college-bound students have the option of going to the school of their choice without the restraints of segregation, but still face the decision of what […]

In the past days, the student dining hall has become a site of chaos. And for what cause? While many say it is not unusual to experience at least one food fight in the Cafe every year, why is that expected behavior on a university campus? It should not be. […]

Florida State University’s W.E.B. DuBois Honor Society will sponsor a long-awaited civil sit down with some of the university’s top administrators Thursday at 7 p.m. Every black organization on campus is expected to be present, along with FSU’s provost. The panel discussion “It’s a Major Issue,” to be held in […]

Ward L. Churchill, a University of Colorado professor and former ethnic studies chairman, is under scrutiny for controversial comments he made in a paper that he backed up in a speech Tuesday. During the speech, Churchill spoke in admiration of the “combat teams” who hijacked the planes and killed nearly […]

Forward March, platoon halt!” Cadets repeated these sounds as they marched and demonstrated their military proficiency at the Area Seven Drill Meet Saturday. FAMU’s National Routine Officer Training Corps program has sponsored the Area Seven Drill Meet for the past four years. The NROTC program consists of FAMU, FSU and […]

Heading into the season, players on the men’s basketball team knew it would be a tough task defending their conference championship. They just didn’t know how tough. “This season has been one of many surprises,” said FAMU Head Coach Mike Gillespie. One surprise was the emergence of junior forward Darius […]