Rashard Pompey is one of the most unassuming members of the 2004 the University Football team. The soft-spoken 5-foot-10-inch, 200-pound junior halfback from Tallahassee’s Godby High School was almost matter-of-fact following Saturday’s homecoming win over Savannah State, more pleased about the Rattlers’ third win of a rugged season than about […]

I get so tired of people complaining about things that happen at FAMU and blaming the situtation on the school’s administration, organization, or whatever. Ms. Lambert’s statement about “the university’s irresponsibility and oversight of not having enough tickets [for the homecoming game] is deplorable,” is completely irrational. I understand Ms. […]

For the past few weeks, The Famuan staff has been fielding questions from angry readers about columns that have been published in various sections of the paper. Let me start by saying columns, or the opinions of particular writers, run in all sections of the paper except for news. When […]

Freshmen often receive a lot of criticism from upperclassmen, and the criticism is even more intense for first-year athletes. Not only do they have to maintain their grades, but they also have to prove themselves to their fellow teammates, most of whom are upperclassmen. “It is like you have to […]

With the men’s basketball season rapidly approaching, the University’s basketball coaches, players and fans are expecting another unforgettable season. Practices have begun, plays are being taught and a tough schedule against teams like Michigan State, Illinois and Florida were all a part of the early season layout. However, an injury […]

In an effort to encourage early voting and to promote voter awareness in young people, Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor and the student organization Operation Wake Up are presenting March Out 2004. The week of initiatives begins today at 11 a.m. starting with a march from the Florida A&M University […]

The housing department has begun a mandatory resident move from Polkinghorne Village by Thursday because of occupancy rates and the cost to keep the complex open. Several students were outraged because they said administrators at the University knew previously that Polkinghorne was going to close, but said housing directors still […]

The unspeakable is thus written for silence can be deadly unseen gases oh, innocent masses shhh quiet mention not riot! in ’68 after the assassination of dr. king, senator kennedy and malcolm…the tanks rolled down our ghettod street. curfew caught quite a few “terrorists” raiding supermarkets for food. the code […]

I am here I am not moving Not gonna scream and shout Not gonna be swayed another way Not gonna be separated from what I rightfully deserve another day I am here I am not moving Plowing through life as a lover and a fighter Plowing through many uncertainties and […]

Industrialist luster just faded like lust in the jaded jaundiced bowels of the empire that fails to howl at a moon that meshes its excrament with the baseline of the capital’s precipice the rest of us arrested just cause our development sprouts like subversive weeds in a garden garnished with […]