Despite finishing last season with an impressive record of 20-8, the men’s tennis team suffered a devastating loss to South Carolina State University during the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference finals last year. Having only lost two players from last season and gaining three freshmen to play this season, the men’s tennis […]

Owning a computer has become a near necessity for college students across the globe. When it comes to writing research papers, checking e-mails, or just surfing the Internet, most students do not want to deal with the discomforts of using public PC’s. In recent years the notebook computer has emerged […]

AIDS is no longer a distant disease only affecting struggling African nations. It’s no longer the “gay man’s disease.” It’s no longer something that can be pushed under a rug or under satin sheets for that matter. AIDS has traveled across the ocean, crawled from under the covers and refused […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-The 22nd-ranked Florida A&M University Lady Rattler Volleyball team will host one of 16 sub-regional rounds of the 2004 NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Friday and Saturday at the Jake Gaither Athletic Center. This weekend’s action on the FAMU campus will feature three nationally-ranked programs-No. 7 Stanford University, No. 12 […]

Centuries ago, black people were labeled the following: nigger, colored, coon, monkey, tarbaby and darkie. Now many blacks opt to be called African American. But who decided to label individuals by their race? Blacks tackle the issue of one of the more commonly used words, nigger, and its sensitivity level. […]

The last issue of the The Famuan will be published Friday. If you have announcements for events that will occur after Dec. 3, please submit them today by 2 p.m. to ensure that they are included in the last calendar of the semester. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. […]

Your Roof and Teeth Repair–Licensing In all state’s and most countries, no matter what the form of government, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation misuse Licensing and Education to increase prices by eliminating competition and thus create a TESTOCRACY, not a Meritocracy-Education as a Weapon!!!!!! Before 1982, because of […]

During its annual session, Florida legislators will soon decide on whether to implement block tuition for all state-funded universities. Block tuition is a system that will ensure that full-time students will be charged for 15 credit hours per semester, regardless of whether they take 15 hours or not. According to […]

In life, there are a lot of double standards. And they’re no stranger to the Florida A&M University campus. Every couple of weeks, the modeling and dance troupes on campus put on a show, and all I heard (before actually attending one) was how risqué performers danced and dressed. Wanting […]

It was Florida A&M University’s senior quarterback Ben Dougherty’s last chance to beat Bethune-Cookman College, as B-CC had won two straight match-ups against the Rattlers. But he made the most of it, throwing a Florida Classic record six touchdowns. Dougherty would be shut out though in the fourth quarter, as […]