Relay for Life of FAMU needs volunteers for Committee Chairperson positions. Please pick up an application if you are interested in volunteering for this event. All applications are due September 9 by 5 p.m. in SGA. For more information, contact Taccira Avery at 599-3624 or Famurelayforlife2005@hotmail.com.

Jack Johnson, a Galveston, Texas native, was well-known for breaking many rules. In 1903, he was crowned colored heavy weight champion of the world. Soon after, Johnson beat Tommy Burns and became the first black to hold the world heavy weight title. Breaking the color lines in boxing was not […]

Twenty years ago, university president Frederick Humphries, along with Ronald Davis and Keith Tucker, founded FAMU Connection. This Wednesday, the Student Government Association and Essential Theatre presents the FAMU Connection Tour 2004, titled In Retrospect, to mark the 20 year anniversary of the original group’s initial idea. FAMU Connection was […]

Shelton Crews knew Rashard Pompey was tough. But early in the 2000 season Pompey’s sturdiness came to the forefront. It was late in the fourth quarter, and Godby High School was trailing Madison High School by a score of 34-14. Godby had just scored a touchdown. Crews, head coach of […]

From the windows of the Rattler Booster club offices on 1338 S. Bronough St., you can’t even see the Rattler football field. But Executive Director Rodney Roberts has a vision that goes for miles. In an unassuming bedroom-turned-office on the second story of a former duplex, Roberts runs the headquarters […]

What are your realistic expectations for this season? Billy Joe: Our goal for this season is to play as well as we have the ability to play college football. I know that most prognosticators do not project that we will do that well.What is you overall opinion of the strength […]

September usually marks the time of year when most American sports fans switch gears from baseball to football. But before every sports fan switches his or her attention to football, the last month of the baseball season is shaping up to be as good as any other. Only three teams, […]

The Rattlers will slither into the University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium for the first time ever to kick off the 2004 football season at 5 p.m. central time Saturday. FAMU is coming off of a .500 season in 2003 in which they went 6-6. The Illini were a dismal 1-10 […]

There’s nothing more discouraging for a student than hearing that the high cost of tuition is paired with the high cost of textbooks. Heavy moans and multiple complaints circle the classroom as the professor makes sympathetic statements like “I know the book is expensive, but you’re going need it to […]

The gospel praises, modeling troupe performances and giveaway of school supplies all set the tone for Rattler Appreciation Day, but the guest speaker, Rev. Al Sharpton, added the finishing touch to a special day at FAMU. Sharpton, who was in Tallahassee Wednesday, delivered an impromptu speech about the importance of […]