Friday’s cloudy skies and threatening rains suspended what looked to be an excellent tennis match between the Rattlers and the Knights of Central Florida. Before the suspension, the Knights’ doubles teams defeated the Rattlers. Gabriel Strangberg and Augusto Sanabria of UCF won their sets over FAMU’s LaVaughn Munroe and Isaac […]

Money and power are a dangerous combination. Moreover, the loss of money and power can be a deadly one. The problems that have fallen on the Enron Corporation just keep adding up. The Texas-based energy trader has a very uncertain future, and it’s hard to be sympathetic to them when […]

The state budget, voter redistricting and health care were just a few of the many issues addressed at the recent Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches. The two-day conference was held on Jan. 25-26. Held quarterly, the conference is divided into a five-part workshop dealing with a host of items […]

Students in fine cut black and navy suits circulated through the Tallahassee Civic Center showroom Tuesday, searching for opportunities at the 2002 Career Expo. Recruiters for the expo came out in droves, hoping to recruit interns and full-time employees for their companies. Students felt that the expo was a wonderful […]

While I think it is wonderful and very admirable to encourage the student population of Florida A & M University to get involved politically, I believe the notion falls on deaf ears. Too many of the students who attend this university – even those from Florida and especially those who […]

Shane Mosley and Mike Tyson each had an off week. Mosley walked into the ring drowsy Saturday night and woke up when Vernon Forrest started firing straight right hands into his chin and forehead. Helped back to his corner by the referee after being knocked down twice in the second […]

I read an issue of the Famuan that addressed the incident of hazing that left one member of the band in the hospital. I was saddened to hear that this young man was beaten only because he was trying to fit in with other band members. As a member of […]

There seems to be a bit of déjà vu – differences concerning a college yearbook force it to be locked away, never to be seen. The 2000-2001 Rattler yearbook, the Little Black Book, is currently prohibited from distribution. Strangely similar to the Kincaid v. Gibson case settled just last year, […]

ST. LOUIS – Super Bowl XXXVI will be a rematch of the St. Louis Rams’ 24-17 win over New England on Nov. 18 at Foxboro Stadium. The championship game will begin at 5:18 p.m. CST Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. “We won’t get much sleep this week,” […]

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The University of California was among the biggest victims of the implosion of Enron Corp., losing almost $145 million in retirement and endowment funds when the Houston company collapsed amid allegations of fraudulent accounting. It was bad, but it could have been worse, according to University […]