Homecoming festivities left quite a mess on Florida A&M’s campus. Several dozen students gathered together and rolled up their sleeves to discard the debris from homecoming. Different student-based organizations were represented in the 2011 Rattler Fever. The clean up is held the Sunday following every homecoming game. Despite a light […]
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Search Begins for New SJGC Dean
Earlier in the semester during a quarterly colloquium, James Hawkins, dean of School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, said that, in approximately a year, he plans “to be on the golf course in San Diego.” A search committee has been formed and is in the process of searching for a […]
Life Sentence Too Harsh for Twelve-Year-Old
Crazy is the prosecutor trying a 12-year-old boy as an adult for the murder of his sibling. Cristian Fernandez, a resident of Jacksonville, hit his two-year-old brother so hard that he died. Of course, no child should resort to violence no matter the situation. But did a crime really occur? […]
Winters Makes FAMU History
Walt Disney World is where dreams come true. As of Saturday, it is also where the Florida A&M men’s cross country team became champions. Shuaib Winters made history during the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic in Orlando, becoming FAMU’s first-ever individual champion. With a time of 25:10.18, Winters led […]
Young Alums Give Back
Growing up in the upper middle class, Arian Reed says she never really knew what it felt to “not have” or to struggle. Following graduation in 2003, she ended up homeless and living out of her car. Reed began to turn to Rattlers for support until her big break. Now Reed, entrepreneur, […]
‘100’ Honored at President’s Gala
Candles, gleaming fountains and carpeted floors decorated the Al Lawson Multipurpose Gym Friday night as Florida A&M hosted the 2011 President’s Gala. The event was held to kick off the anniversary of the 125th year of the university and honor “The Marching 100.” Norma Solomon White, the first woman to […]
College is the Right Time for Innovation
#8220;If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you’d have invented Facebook…”, this is the famous quote used in the eight-time Oscar nominated movie, The Social Network. The movie might be an overdramatized view of how Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, created a billion dollar success, but it’s a fact […]
Fallen Legends Leave Lessons
The deaths of Steve Jobs and the Rev. Fred L. Shutttlesworth last week gave us two reasons to pause and reflect. These men, their lives and work remind us of all that is good and noble about this country. Although Jobs is more relevant to our generation and Shuttlesworth means […]
Volleyball Team Starting to Heat Up
The Florida A&M Lady Rattlers defeated the North Carolina A&T Lady Aggies in straight sets (25-9 W, 25-14 W, 25-21 W) Sunday at the Al Lawson Center. The team improved its record to 2-11 (2-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) on the season and the Lady Aggies are now ( […]
Clark Sisters Carry Spirit to Lee Hall
What started as a somber gospel event turned into a foot-stomping, Southern Baptist revival meeting. The Clark Sisters shouted, danced and belted out some of their most familar tunes at the annual homecoming gospel concert in Lee Hall Auditorium Friday night. The event, which was part of the Florida A&M […]