The Rattlers gave fans a sneak peak of the 2002 football season Saturday afternoon during the annual Orange and Green game. The defensive players adorned in green carefully held back the orange jerseys of offensive team “It’s hard hitting against your own teammates but our main goal was to get […]

He’s white. He’s Canadian. And he records sweet soul music for Motown Records. You got a problem with that? Winnipeg’s Remy Shand doesn’t see why anyone should. “This is the music that expresses everything I feel, emotionally, rhythmically and tonally,” he explains. “What other label would understand it better? There’s […]

Take five families, a remote island in Fiji, a Polynesian dream house and you get UPN’s new reality T.V. show, “Under One Roof.””Under One Roof” can be described as a cross between family feud and survivor.The object of the game is to win the deed to a luxury Polynesian beach […]

Rastafarians around Tallahassee were able to dispell myths about their beliefs and traditions in the Rattler’s Den last Tuesday as part of Caribbean Week. The dialogue put on by the Caribbean Students Association is designed to culturally educate students on FAMU’s campus. While Rastafarianism is thought of as only associated […]

Be Out Day was not the only thing happening on Wahnish Way. FAMU’s men and women’s tennis squads were busy sweeping traditional rivals Bethune Cookman. The women defeated the Lady Wildcats 4-3, while the men won convincingly 6-1. Doubles partners Dia Collins and Shavonne Thompson started the Rattlerettes off with […]

After the 2002-2003-budget year, the Office of Student Activities may not be funded through the Activities and Services Fees Budget. That will be decided tonight by the Student Senate. Senior Senator John Michael Lee has proposed a bill that endorses the transfer of the Office of Student Activities from an […]

I wrote a column last Thursday concerning students not having a voice in the presidential search. To my surprise, I found out that students would be represented at the presidential search finalists interviews. Did you know the Board of Trustees was “gracious” enough to allow a five-member student advisory committee […]

Someone who parades around campus wearing a homemade shirt saying Halle Berry Sucks the day after Berry makes history obviously isn’t too fond of the actress. But my question to columnist J. Danielle Daniels is: Why hate? Yes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out three Oscars […]

Hey, Rattlers! You want to read something funny?I’ve written columns over the past year about homosexuality, abortion, the war in Afghanistan, public prayer and rape without a blink of an eye. But I write a column about the Academy Awards, and suddenly, there’s a problem in the land of Orange […]

The Electoral Commission, as a whole, is a mess. Problems seem to follow them before and after each campus election. The FAMU Senate has voted to impeach Electoral Commissioner Tiffany Finch. After repeated absences from several scheduled meetings, more than half of the senate voted for her arraignment. Someone higher […]