Homecoming is right around the corner Rattlers! It’s time to get your tight shape-ups and your nice hairdos. Pretty soon the campus will have banners everywhere and the band will be marching, while students are trying to pay attention in class, and the parties will be non-stop like they were […]

Getting into the Florida A&M University homecoming spirit is at the top of some students’ festivity plans. With concerts, tailgating, parties and cookouts, some students say showing their FAMU spirit is a routine and won’t be hard to get into. “My friends and I are going to tailgate like we […]

It is the Friday before the week of Homecoming and ironically, the energy around campus is surprisingly absent. Two weeks ago I was debating whether I would be spending another Homecoming weekend in Tallahassee or whether I would be on the first Greyhound leaving the city. Do not get me […]

Florida A&M University students are known to outsiders for having great Rattler pride, but to many people on campus it is sometimes hard to notice. Some people say the University appears to be more of a fashion show than an educational institution, which may explain why fewer students wear FAMU […]

Florida A & M’s last homecoming game was bittersweet for punter Damon Miller. The Rattler’s routed Norfolk State 60-10, and Miller was forced to sit on the sidelines the entire game as FAMU did not have to punt all day. “I was pretty upset,” Miller said. “I touched the field […]

Rain and equipment issues proved to be detrimental for intramural football’s Navy in their 29-8 loss against the Taliban 2 in Monday evening’s flag football game. “The rain is why we lost; I couldn’t scramble effectively in these shoes,” said Everal Pratt, the 20-year-old Navy quarterback. “I kept slipping and […]

To avert encountering an election as problematic as that of 2000, Leon County Supervisor of Elections, Ion Sancho, is taking preemptive measures to assure this year’s voting is not like the scene of four years ago. One of those tactics is early voting. Introduced to Leon County 10 years ago, […]

With a little more than two weeks left until Election Day, the mudslinging saga continues between the Democratic and Republican camps. Bush supporters are throwing this time the dirt in John Kerry’s direction. In the spirit of “Fahrenheit: 9/11,” Kerry opponents have crafted their own documentary. The film, “Stolen Honor: […]

Nine months after her team was knocked out in the first round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, Florida A&M volleyball player Adriana Kostadinova expects no less of her team than an NCAA championship. “The goal for this team is not just to win the conference again; the conference […]

People have said prayer changes things. For Florida A&M wide receiver Ronnie Thomas, prayer as well as his and his family’s belief in the Bible’s Philippians 4:13- “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”-has changed everything. In his first season with the Rattlers, Thomas, a junior from […]