As of this semester, the FAMU S.A.F.E. Team (Students Available for Escort) is making its return to Florida A&M. The Team, which currently consists of five escorts, is back to keeping the campus safe. Lack of funding for over a year left them with no choice but to put […]
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Safe team returns to FAMU
As of this semester, the FAMU S.A.F.E. Team (Students Available for Escort) is making its return to Florida A&M. The Team, which currently consists of five escorts, is back to keeping the campus safe. Lack of funding for over a year left them with no choice but to put […]
DRS in search of new superintendent
The Florida A&M Developmental Research Center (FAMU DRS) has been underway in search for a new school superintendent. This has been the latest news after former superintendent, Ronald Holmes, resigned his position back in early July. Holmes’ letter of resignation was submitted after serving what some may call, […]
Attendance holds holding back 75 percent of students financial aid
On Aug. 31, a full seven days after the Fall semester began, 75 percent of Florida A&M students were on attendance hold and were unable to receive their financial aid on time. You could ask Rattlers from any era since the school began distributing financial aid to its students […]
FSU rolls over Samford in Jimbo Fisher’s debut
In Jimbo Fisher’s first game as head coach of the Florida State Seminoles, he achieved something even Bobby Bowden could not attest to. Fisher earned a victory in his first game as the head football coach in Tallahassee over the FCS Division 1 Samford Bulldogs Saturday. A big […]
Bookstore apparel promotes global good
Maritza Vargas, a working mother in the Dominican Republic, can now afford to continue her children’s education and no longer has to worry about struggling to feed her family and pay rent. “All four of my children shared one room and now we each have our own space, so […]
Students kick off “Sexpectations” series
Hands flew up around the Perry Paige auditorium on Wednesday night as two students stood at the front of the room mumbling and uncomfortably shifting back and forth, avoiding the microphone. The question: What does HIV stand for? After an incorrect answer and a shrug followed by, “I […]
Privacy or policy: where does it end?
The Recording Industry Association of America filed suit against peer-to-peer, file-sharing company LimeWire in June. A trial is set for Jan. 18, which if the RIAA wins, it will strike a serious blow in the continuing fight for privacy rights in America. The concepts of privacy rights and individual liberty, […]
Offense and defense struggle in opening day shutout
MIAMI | Senior running back Philip Sylvester kept his legs churning until the end, but his efforts were not enough to save the Florida A&M Rattlers from a 45-0 beating at the hands of the much faster University of Miami Hurricanes. A crowd of 53,674 gathered at Sun Life Stadium […]
College colors day to boost school spirit
Every year Florida A&M University community kicks off the academic school year in a festive mode by showing school spirit. Each year students participate in the annual spirit color week by wearing school colors of orange and green, or other university paraphernalia. FAMU is letting students know to recognize not […]