Florida A&M students will be volunteering in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward while giving to children at this year’s Christmas for Katrina.Volunteers will spend time with residents in the area as well as hand out toys to the kids in the area. The Lower Ninth Ward was an area […]
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Daryl Parks: From 1989 SGA president to National Bar Association’s president-elect
Dressed in an orange and green Florida A&M sweatshirt, red, black and white basketball shorts and a pair of sneakers, local attorney Daryl Parks looks like he’s headed to a FAMU football game. But Parks is not headed to a game; he’s in his law office looking through […]
Red Coach rescues students from Tallahassee
The Red Coach company may be unfamiliar to many college students, but to others it’s a convenient and affordable way to travel during the holidays and any other time of the year. The company is a division of the Grupo Plaza, one of the largest transportation agencies in […]
Guess who’s (not) coming for dinner
This Thursday, Rattlers will close their textbooks and sit at tables across the country for Thanksgiving dinner. Cornbread, holiday ham and Big Momma’s baked macaroni and cheese will be passed around as families gather to bond and give thanks for the things that mean the most to them. […]
Be smart, drive safe this week
Thanksgiving is popular for a number of reasons: family, food, football and the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It also marks the beginning of the busiest travel season of the year, in which a record number of people fall victim to traffic accidents. But this doesn’t have […]
A Classic championship: Live blog
*Please update this page frequently. All updates will come with time stamps. 2:40 The Florida Classic between the Florida A&M Rattlers and Bethune-Cookman Wildcats is underway. The Rattlers kicked to the Wildcats to begin the game, and the Wildcats have the ball on the 14-yard line. (13:38, 1st) 2:43 The […]
Sylvester delivers in Classic performance
Senior running back Philip Sylvester and the Florida A&M football team defeated the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 38-27 by scoring 24 unanswered points in the second half of the Florida Classic. Sylvester earned MVP honors in the 31st installment of the Classic in Orlando. Sylvester said the coaching staff insisted on running […]
Ferrell leaves Ole Miss, returns home
Florida A&M linebacker Willie Ferrell transferred from a major Division I program to tend to his ailing mother, Georgia Mills-Ferrell, who almost had a heart attack last year. The Tallahassee native attended Ole Miss University in Oxford, Miss., but he immediately transferred to FAMU to be with is mother. […]
Pennies for probates
Tis the season for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and probates. You just received a call from a mysterious digit of whom you think you know their identity. You’re furiously typing in the wikipedia search box for the official colors, symbols, and motto of that person’s organization. Once you’ve gathered all the necessary […]
FAMU goes green with “Cash for Cans” drive
The Florida A&M Green Coalition will host a “Cans for Cash” drive Nov. 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Home Depot located on Capital Circle North East in Tallahassee. “Cans for Cash” is a national city recycling challenge that rewards U.S. cities for recycling aluminum cans. Donors can […]