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Get in those jeans for ‘F3’

Ever dreamed of being the next “Top Model,” or showing off your figure in those pair of Apple Bottom jeans by Nelly that you saw in Honey magazine? If this description fits you, then the chance to see yourself ‘in those jeans’ may be a little closer than you think. […]

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Vision of new facility invigorates

Anticipation is bouncing all around the athletic department these days, and it’s just not for the new arena being built. It’s because a new sports facility housing all teams that currently play in the Jake E. Gaither gymnasium will be constructed over the band field and ready to be used […]

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Division I-A renovations to begin soon

Record crowds in Detroit, sold out signs posted in the Swamp and over 70,000 in attendance in Atlanta. And Rattler football aims to keep those big crowds coming with a pending $40 million renovation of Bragg Memorial Stadium. “We are already playing in front of record crowds and winning! It […]

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‘Patrol’ aims to cease wild parties

Loud music and underage drinking may be the perfect party-mix for most parties in Tallahassee, but your neighbors and the Tallahassee Police Department may disagree. “If any noise from a resident disturbs neighbors or anyone in your residence, you are in violation of the law,” said Dewey Riou, administrative sergeant […]

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This week in Rattlers sports

Thu. 10/16 Volleyball vs Maryland Eastern-Shore, 6 p.m. Women’s Tennis in Athens, Ga. (Southern Regional), all day Fri. 10/17 Women’s Tennis (Southern Regional), all day Sat. 10/18 Football at N.C. A&T, 12:30 p.m. Women’s Cross Country at Auburn, all day Men’s Tennis in Memphis Tenn. (ITA tourney), all day Women’s […]

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Justice needs to be served

Lee Boyd Malvo blatantly went on a shooting spree last fall killing 10 innocent citizens, and now he is trying to get off the hook by claiming he was “indoctrinated” by John Allen Muhammad. However, to be indoctrinated, a person cannot know what is going on at the time he […]

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Game reinforces negativity

Once again, I am reminded of what a racist country we live in. I have recentlycome across a new, offensive board game called “Ghettopoly.” The game is atakeoff of Monopoly but instead of the man with a top hat and a tuxedo, thefront of the box features a black man […]

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Heighten your sense of self

The great Ei Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, also know as Malcolm X, asked some probingquestions about the mindset of blacks some 40 years ago. These queries are stillrelevant today. “Who are you? … How did the (white) man wipe out your history? How did the man,what did the man do to […]

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Administration hears graduate students’ issues

University resources, Activity & Service fees, and improved faculty relations were some of the issues graduate students raised to university officials in a town hall meeting Thursday in the Student Government Association Senate Chambers. University Provost Larry Robinson listened to the concerns of graduate students, who said they are often […]

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Black culture evolves despite society

Everywhere you go, you can see snatches of our lifestyles. Trends that whitesoriginally wanted no part of are now being reproduced at alarming rates. Hip hopartists sell more albums through their white fan bases than through black fans. Unfortunately, from what mainstream America sees, and consequently the rest ofthe world, […]