DETROIT — Parents and students who will need financial aid to pay for college this year were able to start filing necessary federal paperwork Jan 1. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, can be filled out and filed electronically or by mail. The FAFSA is used to […]

Students living on campus had to go head to head with a needle before returning for spring classes. The dorm dwellers were met by new immunization requirements for Florida students that required them to either take Hepatitis and Meningitis shots before returning to classes. It is being done to protect […]

I graduated from FAMU in 1962 and for many years had no idea what was going on back “On the Hill”, with the exception of the infrequent news publication.Please accept my thanks and congratulations for the time and effort that you put into keeping this on-line communication in place.

If “Antwone Fisher” is a sign of things to come in Black Hollywood, then maybe Halle Berry’s “Best Actress” win at last year’s Academy Awards wasn’t a sign of the apocalypse after all. Rookie Derek Luke portrays the title character, a handsome sailor with a penchant for fighting anyone about […]

All work and no play doesn’t fit the lives of some FAMU students. “School will stress you out,” said William Smith, a junior civil engineering student from Quincy. “Sometimes it is good to just go out with your friends and have a good time and leave all of your cares […]

This Rattler grew up in Harlem during the Great Depression, yet went on to destroy two huge color barriers in professional sports that depressed the likes of a mostly-segregated America. Black women will forever be able to participate in the professional tennis and golf tours because of Althea Gibson. Born […]

The wait for FAMU’s newest vice presidents will soon be over. After more than a month, and shaving the list from more than 100 possibilities to under five, the search committees have submitted their lists to President Fred Gainous. “We’ve got to take the time to be as tedious as […]

Derek and Alex King beat their father’s head in with a baseball bat as he slept, on the night of Nov. 26, 2001. They then set fire to the house. A year later, the boys plead guilty in a Pensacola court. According to the Pensacola News Journal, Derek admitted to […]

T.K. Wetherell, former Tallahassee Community College president, began his term at Florida State University’s top post Monday. Wetherell, 57, was selected to become FSU’s 13th president by the university’s board of trustees Dec. 18. He was ratified by the Florida Board of Education earlier this month. Wetherell, an FSU alumnus, […]

President Gainous has a very long to-do list. “I’ve gotten to know a lot of [students] over the past six months,” Gainous said. From the students, he learns a lot about what needs to be done around campus. “The students are incredible,” Gainous said. Already, he’s received a lot of […]