The preseason of the Lady Rattlers’ basketball season came to a close Sunday as they won against the Fort Valley State University Lady Wildcats 81-60. Led by a trio of transfer players, FAMU was able to defeat the Lady Wildcats team that includes Sherika Tarpkins, a preseason All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic […]

The marriage vows, “for better or for worse” and “until death do us part” have become foreign concepts in today’s society. As a little girl I used to dream about a perfect wedding and a wonderful husband, with whom I would live happily ever after. However, as I grew older, […]

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore stood up for what he believed, despite the cost. And he says he has “absolutely no regrets.” A special ethics panel removed Moore from his post claiming he “placed himself above the law” when he disregarded a federal court order to remove a monument […]

The Campus Technology Network, which provides campus wide Internet access, will shut down Friday at 6 p.m. to undergo a massive upgrade. Students and employees will not be able to access FAMU e-mail, RatterLink or WebLUIS search engines from any computer, on or off campus for 10 days. “We want […]

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida) recently proposed a bill to assist Medicare beneficiaries obtain wills and receive education on health care options in the event they become severely debilitated. Nelson unveiled the legislation, which is targeted at people over the age of 18, on Oct. 28. It is an attempt […]

The U.S. Census Bureau reported that there were nearly 7 million multiracial Americans in 2000. Many of the multiracial people face unique challenges in their search for acceptance and identity. Danielle Robinson, a 23-year-old, SBI student from Manhattan, N.Y., describes her family as supportive and straight forward about racial issues. […]

President Fred Gainous asked all media to escort themselves out of the third faculty luncheon Wednesday. But little did he know the media had the right to be there, and one reporter from The Famuan was going to exercise her right. She sat through the entire luncheon and even attempted […]

To call our men’s basketball team dormant would be an understatement; the once morbid men’s basketball program has neared revival since Mike Gillespie’s arrival in 2001. In Gillespies’ two years as coach of the men’s basketball team he has guided the Rattlers to a respectable 26-31 overall record. His winning […]

Favor’s pendulum can swing more freely as victims of rape aim to get their assailants convicted. Lawmakers are beginning to take the subject of rape a bit more seriously. Newly reformed rape shield laws give prosecutors more leeway to find attackers guilty. These statutes allow victims to cry rape in […]

Nothing makes me smile harder than 24 inch rims underneath an early seventies model car with about four 12 inch speakers in the trunk. You’ll see all my teeth if this work of automotive art is driven by a man with lots of gold in his mouth and unruly dreadlocks. […]