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Simply Marvelous beats boy’s flag football teams

  Florida A&M’s women’s flag football team, Simply Marvelous, usually lives up to the hype surrounding the team. Simply Marvelous has won eight national championships in its 16 years of existence. The team won its first game of the FAMU recreation center intramural flag football tournament last week as well, […]

Sports

FAMU takes on Savannah State Tigers

  The Florida A&M University football team will take on the Savannah State University Tigers at Bragg Stadium Saturday. The Rattlers are coming off back-to-back, disappointing losses to Southern University and Howard University. The Rattlers are 2-4 on the season and 1-1 in in the MEAC conference. The team started […]

Lifestyles

Blacks flip Republican image

  With it being a critical election year, it’s hard to avoid any political party. It seems everyone and every view has been represented throughout this political election. But what about the black Republican? For decades, the black Republican has been viewed as an ‘Uncle Tom’ are racist among their […]

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NASA seeks FAMU students for recruitment

  A NASA official said Florida A&M’s students are ideal for internships, fellowships and scholarships at the agency. “We have some great students that come from here,” said Josephine Pereira, recruitment manager for Nassau County Space Center and Pathways Internship program. Deonte and Gerard [former FAMU graduates working at NASA] […]

Lifestyles

Excitement missing as election draws closer

  The fire that burned among  students during the 2008 elections seems to have been extinguished for the 2012 presidential elections.  “The race is put on the back burner, said Tia Haynes, precinct committee woman of district 3109 in Leon County, and fourth year architecture student from Tallahassee.  “I see […]

Opinions

Are ‘chains’ and ‘whips’ still enslaving African Americans?

  Symbols can be spontaneous, represent our values and express our innermost feelings. So is it safe to say African-Americans flaunting materialism, overly exposed bodies and flashy cars represent their reality?  Perceptions about what represents a group of people don’t start in the real world. It starts with perceptions of […]

Lifestyles

FAMU alumnus snaps himself to fame

  Entering the university as a professional master of business administration student, Chad Finley quickly learned that was not the major for him. Since then, his program of choice has helped him establish a successful career.                    Finley, 26, was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Fla. His decision […]

News

SSREC ends with March

  Florida A&M’s Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference ended with a march expressing a national need for renewable energy.  The weekend-long  conference was a collaborative effort of the Southern Energy Network, the FAMU Green Coalition, Simens and Sodexo. The purpose of the march was “to tell the Florida legislature that […]

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Search for assistant continues

  The search committee for the Special Assistant to the President for anti-hazing met just days before the Robert Champion trial was set to begin in Orlando. “We’re not going to find someone who has everything we are looking for,” said Shawnta Friday-Stroud, dean of the School of Business and […]

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Hazing trials postponed

  The Orlando trial for the Florida A&M Marching “100” band members charged with felonies associated with the 2011 hazing death of Robert Champion has been postponed.  It was originally slated to begin today, but now all cases, except that of Bryan Jones, will begin in March. Court support manager […]