The all-nighters, frat parties and football games, spring break, Christmas vacation and summers off. This has been the highlight of my college career. Now I am just a few days away from the real world experience, and I am terrified. Anxieties, uncertainties and confusion are starting to consume my life. […]

Since the beginning of my college experience in 1995, I have been very active in a variety of collegiate activities. There is nothing like the social atmosphere of college. I have attended most major college social events ranging from FAMU’s Homecoming festivities to Black College Reunion. Some of these smoothly […]

Lori Fede placed first and Elizabeth Brown placed third at the Future Business Leaders of America District 3 competitions. The event was held at Godby High School. Both Lori and Elizabeth qualified to compete at the Florida FBLA State Leadership Confer-ence, which took place on March 24-26, 2002, in Orlando.At […]

Well, we finally made it! It probably seems as though we just started college a few days ago and now we’re graduating. Remember the nights when we stayed up late playing spades at the Foote? Or what about the time when there was that food fight in the old café? […]

Last Friday, Washington Post columnist Donna Britt went into Gaither Gym nasium. She stepped into the gym hoping to see a plaque of her father who had been inducted into the FAMU Sports Hall of Fame. When she arrived she was surprised to find that the plaque did not exist. […]

Graduations are a time to celebrate the completion of education, but the Spring 2002 graduation will be a special time for the graduates of the Environmental Science Institute. The institute will graduate its first undergraduate class in April. The Environmental Science Institute, which established its undergraduate curriculum in 1995, was […]

The A-OK Mentoring Program is offered weekdays from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for students’ educational, emotional and social development in room 4 of the high school building. The mentors are dedicated, energetic and patient FAMU college students. They consistently support, encourage and educate any student who wishes to participate. […]

The five finalists for FAMU’s presidency are scheduled to make campus visits next week. Dr. Melvin Stith, Dr. Fred Gainous, Dr. Anna Vaugn Cooke, Dr. David Wilson and Dr. Charlie Nelms will spend an entire day meeting with the University’s constituent groups. Beginning at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 5:15 […]

The school year is coming to a close, and nearly everyone is making plans and scheduling classes for the fall semester. While many students will be in the classroom next semester, some fellow Rattlers will have graduated, and will be preparing themselves for the “real world.” Some may live at […]

WASHINGTON – As President Bush plunges headlong into efforts to calm the Middle East, America has a lot riding on the outcome, including plans to oust Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, momentum in the war on terrorism, volatile oil prices in a shaky economy and even Bush’s global credibility. Neither a new […]