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Eye on the Tigers (Atlanta Classic): Live blog

Please refresh this page frequently.  All updates will come with real time-time stamps.   3:05 The Atlanta Football Classic will begin in approximately 30 minutes.  FAMU and Tennessee State fans are filing into the Georgia Dome to witness the 17th meeting between these two programs.  Stay tuned for live updates, […]

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FAMU prepares students for the Atlanta Classic

Ninety dollars is a seat on the student government bus, a hotel room and tickets to the FAMU- Tennessee State University Classic game. “SGA does not make any money from the students participating in the ATL Classic,” said Morris Hawkins coordinator of budget for the Student Government Association According to […]

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Parking amnesty period comes to an end

It’s now open season for parking tickets on Florida A&’M’s campus as the unofficial grace period has ended. Students must avoid a number of violations to keep them from paying a hefty ticket including parking in a service area to obstructing traffic, both $25 fines. The Parking and Traffic Regulations […]

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Housing fines unfounded

Finances are a major concern for most students on FAMU’s campus, whether it entails month-late net checks, pending financial aid on iRattler, expensive textbooks and lab equipment, or even a comfortable stock of Ramen noodles, Frosted Flakes and peanut butter and jelly. On-campus students now have another financial concern to […]

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Cross country team takes new coaches and players to Atlanta

The Florida A&M Rattlers cross country teams will be headed to the Morehouse Invitational in Atlanta, Ga. The Women’s team will be led by freshman sensation Chandelic Jackson. Coach Darlene Moore knows that her young team will need to stay consistent if they hope to continue on their early season […]

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Volleyball team prepares for conference play

The Florida A&M Lady Rattlers are working out the kinks as they get prepared for their last game before conference play starts. They will play on the road in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday against the University of North Florida Ospreys who has a record of (2-11) coming into this game. The […]

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Tennis team hopes to repeat at HBCU Championships

The Tenth Annual HBCU National Tennis Championships are underway and Florida A&M’s men and women squads are both in action. The Rattlers joined their football counterparts in Atlanta this weekend and are competing against the likes of Morehouse, Prairie View A&M, Fort Valley State, Southern, Hampton, University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff, […]

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Rattlers hope to keep streak alive in Atlanta Classic

Rattler fans will be departing this afternoon to Atlanta in anticipation of the 21st Annual Bank of America Atlanta Football Classic. However, Tennessee State fans might not be so eager to make the four-hour drive from Nashville, knowing that their chance of leaving the Georgia Dome with a victory could […]

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CLC ranks FAMU No. 1 for third year in a row

For the third year in a row, the Collegiate License Company has ranked FAMU No.1 in sales of HBCU merchandise. The CLC, one of the nation’s leading collegiate trademark, licensing and marketing companies, bases its rankings on the total sales in one fiscal year. This includes online and in store […]

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Group promotes male bonding and leadership

Man Talk is a discussion group on campus that is coordinated by Joshua McNeil, a senior political science and English double major from Orlando and Dougla-Khan Stancil, a coordinator of clinical programs in the Division of Student Affairs. Stancil and McNeil aim to educate and inform black males through the […]