As the reality of Election 2004 sets in, I’m finding it harder and harder to fathom how anyone could have actually voted for President George W. Bush. What’s news to me is that many black people who have been all but ignored by Bush over the past four years voted […]

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s interim government declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout most of the country Sunday as U.S. Marines made final preparations for a ferocious battle in the western rebel stronghold of Fallujah. Militants increased their attacks for a second day, killing at least 22 policemen in towns […]

Long financial aid lines, lost paychecks and altercations with professors. These and other problems form the plight of the frustrated Rattler. Now imagine a place filled with love, chocolate, kind words and wisdom. No, it isn’t your elusive “happy place.” It’s real, and students, faculty and staff in Florida A&M […]

The grapes may definitely be sour because a bitter battle is ahead for this country, but the fact remains that I’m tired. Specifically, I’m tired of extremely close presidential elections. Whatever happened to the good old days when people actually knew who the election winner was before they put the […]

Hazing has been a problem that consistently wielded its ugly head on this campus. However in light of recent news, it should finally become loud and clear to those who haze that walking away scot-free from these cases is very unlikely. According to a National Public Radio report, former “Marching […]

It has been two months since Florida and the Caribbean were hit by several back-to-back hurricanes, and some places like Haiti are still recovering from the devastation. To help, the Haitian Cultural Club is having a clothes and book drive through Nov. 12 that will aid victims in Haiti. Hurricane […]

In what seemingly everyone in the nation was billing as “the most important election of our lifetime,” I must say I was extremely impressed with the level of political activism in the black community. Whether it was P. Diddy and Citizen Change, and their “Vote or Die” campaign, however annoying, […]

Essence Dance Theatre will hold its fall concert of dance in Lee Hall Auditorium Saturday at 7:30p.m. Titled “Retrospect,” the concert will be a collage of original dance works bridging the past and present. Essence will perform various types of dance to depict diverse dance styles to the audience. Members […]

How do you beat a team that averages over 35 points per game, and has won four of its last five games? Nearly three weeks of preparation is a good place to start. The Florida A&M University football team has 20 full days to break down film, heal nagging injuries, […]

Since the beginning of 2004, it seems that hip hop is undergoing a bit of a change. Socially conscious rap music, better known as “backpack” hip hop, seems to be currently overtaking a more materialistic brand of rap music that has dominated the hip-hop mainstream since 1996, better known as […]