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Rattlers will play 3 games in Bragg Stadium

The athletic department re-released the football team’s 2003 schedule Feb. 7, after releasing an erroneous schedule last month. The new schedule has the Rattlers playing only three games at Bragg Memorial Stadium, for the first time since 1988, as opposed to the old schedule having four home games. The changes […]

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Wanted: donors

With the nation on the brink of war without enough blood to last another day, students pitched in and donated blood Tuesday to the Southeastern Community Blood Center. “The SCBC is in dire need of blood,” said Carol Daws, SCBC director of community relations. “There’s less than half a day’s […]

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I agree

This is about the article in the Famuan titled “Fire Alarms Not Taken Seriously.” I wanna say that I agree with this article 150% there could have not been a better article to express the way we feel about these false fire alarms. I am a freshman and I stay […]

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Celebrate history

Darlene Clark Hine encouraged the “modern civil rights” generation to take advantage of affirmative action and reparations at Thursday’s annual Black History Month Convocation. “America has a tremendous debt, and black people are going to collect,” said Hine, keynote speaker at the convocation and the John A. Hannah american history […]

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City candidates participate in open forum

In the largest community turnout this campaign season, Bethel AME Church hosted a town meeting Wednesday to allow the remaining city commission candidates to face-off. “Tonight is truly, truly, what democracy is all about,” said Rev. John Green, who started the evening with prayer. The Feb. 25 run-off election includes […]

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Rally draws a crowd

Lazara Jardines has dreams of becoming a pharmacist. She hopes to get accepted to FAMU’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in quest of the doctor of pharmacy degree. Getting the degree would also make her the first in her family to accomplish the feat. And she says it is […]

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day

I’m pretty sure some of you are not into Valentine’s Day. If I’m right, you think it’s too commercialized and florists, greeting cards and chocolate companies, invented it. You may also think there are 364 other days to show love. Try to gain a different perspective. There’s nothing wrong with […]

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Reader feedback validates necessity for The Famuan

The Famuan thrives on feedback. That’s why staff members went out on the Set soliciting opinions on your paper. Some of your answers were hilarious. One person said their favorite section was classifieds. Another person said they would change the price. Yet another person said in order to make the […]

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Love should be expressed, not quelled

Today is the official day o’ love expression. And I can bet you that 99.98 percent of guys have not told one of the most important people in their lives that they love them. That person is their best friend. So, if almost any guy was asked whether or not […]

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Knowledge key to keeping HIV and AIDS from spreading

It is AIDS Awareness week. Sadly, it seems, blacks are not aware that this disease is affecting them in disproportionate numbers. The Center for Disease Control’s 2002 estimates show that 50 percent of newly HIV infected men are black. The number for black women is even higher-64 percent. According to […]