Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Nyah Williams (L) and Destiny King (R) embrace love and each other as a same-sex couple on FAMU's campus. Photo Submitted by Destiny King. As the excitement surrounding Valentine’s day begins to simmer down among the students of Florida A&M University, the atmosphere that surrounds the season of love still lingers […]
Dorm demolition is underway near The Set. Photo Submitted by Kayla Lawson. Florida A&M University Housing hosted a meeting on Feb. 19 for students, residents and staff to discuss the 2019-2020 rental rates for on-campus residence halls. There are approximately 2,547 students living on campus, a .61 percent increase from […]
The annual Harambee festival that is expected to attract 10,000 people this year. The word Harambee is Swahili for “pulling or working together”. Photo Courtesy of the FAMU Office of Communications. What started as an idea created by three Florida A&M University women in the early 1980’s transformed into an […]
Agribusiness major Crenel “CJ” Francis campaigns on the quad during the 2019 election. Photo Submitted by Roderick Wilkins. These past few days have been very exciting for Florida A&M University’s campus and student body. Spring 2019 election week has kicked off and students have begun to campaign to their peers and faculty […]
Charlene Balewa has been directing the Harambee Festival for the past three years. Photo Submitted by Charlene Balewa. Charlene Balewa is a marketing specialist. Responsible for managing all the chaos behind the scenes at Saturday’s annual Harambee Festival, she is a former marketing manager at FAMU. You could say it’s […]
Karl Lagerfeld led a revival at Chanel. Photo Courtesy of Google Images. Karl Lagerfeld, one of the most powerful and recognizable fashion designers of the 20th and 21st centuries, died Tuesday morning in Paris at the age of 85. The prolific German designer is best known for his work as […]
FAMU head coach Robert McCollum on the coaching his team up in a game against Bethune-Cookman University Feb. 23rd. Sydne Vigille | The Famuan The Florida A&M basketball team (11-18) lost a heartbreaker to longtime rival Bethune Cookman (13-15) in a highly anticipated Mid Eastern Conference matchup. The Rattlers looked to […]
quot;The Nutty Professor" Photo Courtesy of Google. If you read the headline of this article, which I know you have, the answer is nada. Professors think they are smart people, some of them are, don’t get me wrong. Their personal opinions are not the smarts they are paid for though. […]
Figures from the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum on display in Apalachicola. Photo Submited by Morgan Martin. APALACHICOLA — This iconic Gulf Coast town’s History Culture and Art Center featured the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum for Black History Month. The U.S. Census shows that the black population in […]
FAMU softball took on Troy University in a double-header on Wednesday Feb. 21. Photo Submitted by Jason Bogan. The Florida A&M softball team hosted a doubleheader against Troy University on Wednesday. Nearly 120 Rattler fans crowded the stands of the Lady Rattler Softball Complex, only to watch their team get […]