SGA President Larry O. Rivers may lose his job today in what could become the most important trial in FAMU’s student government history. The impeachment trial, scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in the senate chamber, will have the four appointed Supreme Court justices presiding and the senate serving as […]

Larry O. Rivers was still on the minds of many in attendance at Monday night’s SGA Senate meeting a week after he was impeached for appointing an ineligible student to his cabinet. Some students shared their disapproval for Rivers’ removal while others said they supported the Senate’s impeachment vote. One […]

Local State Rep. Curtis Richardson told Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday that the Legislature could provide more funding for public schools if the state can afford tax breaks to attract new businesses to Florida. Richardson (D-Tallahassee) also asked House Speaker Johnnie Byrd to investigate the corporate tuition-voucher program. Tom Gallagher, […]

This is in response to Will Brown’s column titled “Womens sport’s league fails.” There are many female high school and college athletes aspiring to be in the top echelon of the WNBA or WUSA. For many of these high school and college players, watching the female pro teams are very […]

Strength. Women have it: plenty of it. It might not be visible through a wife-beater, but it’s definitely there. I admit I’m not much competition in an arm-wrestling match. I don’t get down with the push-ups: My personal record is eight push-ups, which I worked all summer to achieve. Forget […]

In light of hundreds of students being cancelled from their classes because of non-payment of fees, apathy can no longer be accepted from the student body of Florida A&M University. Students must no longer allow the hypocrisy that permeates through nearly every aspect of the university to continue. Accountability must […]

Representatives from some of the most widely recognized names in journalism were in the Rattler’s Den Thursday and Friday as the FAMU School of Journalism and Graphic Communication presented the third annual Journalism Career Fair. Dressed in professional business attire, students carrying resumes, portfolios and video clips raced through thirty- […]

Lee Hall was the place to find loud music, eager students bouncing in and out of their seats and FAMU’s most fashionable strutting their stuff on stage during Friday night’s model competition. The occasion, “The Truth…A Flawless Event Fashion Competition,” was a fundraiser event presented by Collaborative Minds, a student […]

In a day where southern hip-hop has been overly concerned with getting “krunk”,saturated with simplistic chants and artist’s who’s best flow sounds more like amodified nursery rhyme; many look to OutKast to dethrone these so called “kings”and “princes” of the south. For the past decade the Andre “3000” Benjamin andAntwan […]

Thank you to all those who have the strength, knowledge and just the audacity to respond to what we write. I hear a lot of talk, as in any area, but have seen no action. No one has the balls or courage to stand up and actually take action for […]