T.K. Wetherell, former Tallahassee Community College president, began his term at Florida State University’s top post Monday. Wetherell, 57, was selected to become FSU’s 13th president by the university’s board of trustees Dec. 18. He was ratified by the Florida Board of Education earlier this month. Wetherell, an FSU alumnus, […]

Derek and Alex King beat their father’s head in with a baseball bat as he slept, on the night of Nov. 26, 2001. They then set fire to the house. A year later, the boys plead guilty in a Pensacola court. According to the Pensacola News Journal, Derek admitted to […]

The wait for FAMU’s newest vice presidents will soon be over. After more than a month, and shaving the list from more than 100 possibilities to under five, the search committees have submitted their lists to President Fred Gainous. “We’ve got to take the time to be as tedious as […]

This Rattler grew up in Harlem during the Great Depression, yet went on to destroy two huge color barriers in professional sports that depressed the likes of a mostly-segregated America. Black women will forever be able to participate in the professional tennis and golf tours because of Althea Gibson. Born […]

All work and no play doesn’t fit the lives of some FAMU students. “School will stress you out,” said William Smith, a junior civil engineering student from Quincy. “Sometimes it is good to just go out with your friends and have a good time and leave all of your cares […]

If “Antwone Fisher” is a sign of things to come in Black Hollywood, then maybe Halle Berry’s “Best Actress” win at last year’s Academy Awards wasn’t a sign of the apocalypse after all. Rookie Derek Luke portrays the title character, a handsome sailor with a penchant for fighting anyone about […]

Jeb Bush received numerous blessings from community members during a Tuesday morning service to jumpstart his second term as Florida’s governor. Hundreds came together yesterday to participate in the 2003 Governor’s Inaugural Prayer Breakfast held at Gaither Gymnasium. FAMU became the first university in Florida to hold a prayer breakfast […]

John Robert Edward “Bobby” Lee III, businessman and former coach and athletic administrator, was appointed athletic director. President Fred Gainous fired former athletic director Ken Riley on Nov. 26. The 1959 graduate of FAMU recently discussed his plans and goals for the athletic department with The Famuan. What are your […]

Jeb Bush agrees that the One Florida Initiative is something for which he will always be remembered. The affirmative action laws that some said gave unfair advantages to minorities in some instances were quickly halted by Bush’s administration. The One Florida Initiative centered on increasing opportunities for minorities in the […]

Sen. Trent Lott recently made some remarks supporting Strom Thurmond’s 1948 presidency platform saying had the rest of the country followed Mississippi’s lead in support of Thurmond, the country would not have had so many problems over the years. Perhaps he meant to say the so-called problems blacks caused by […]