Two students have found a unique way to leave there mark at FAMU by giving back not only to their hometown’s community but their soon to be alma mater as well. Graduating seniors Dajuh Sawyer and Dontreal Fletcher have founded the Make It Out Foundation. It was designed to be […]
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Lady Rattlers Strike Hornets in MLK Day Comeback
Photo credit: Sydne Vigille The Lady Rattlers welcomed students on campus back to Al Lawson, for their first home action since the start of the spring semester. Coming off of a three-game road trip, ending in Daytona against the Bethune Cookman Wildcats, the Rattlers were set to go toe-to-toe with […]
Coach Gibson keeps Rattlers focused
Basketball has always been a part of life for LeDawn Gibson. She played throughout her her high school years. And she became a coach after exiting college. While in college she earned a bachelor’s degree in business as well as a master’s degree in education. After coaching high school for […]
Who wants to go to class when it’s this cold?
Photo credit: monroecountyem.com Earlier this month it snowed in Tallahassee for the first time since 1989. Schools and universities were closed for the rare event but were reopened the following day when it became a little warmer. This past week the temperatures in Tallahassee have reached the lower 20s and […]
Hollywood dropped the ball with “Proud Mary’
This past weekend, “Proud Mary” starring Taraji P. Henson premiered in theaters. It was one of the year’s most anticipated films when the trailer dropped last year. When the end of the year rolled around, thousands of fans flocked to Twitter, not to share in the excitement of the […]
A New Year Calls for New Changes #TIMESUP
(From left to right: Tarana Burke, Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Ai-jen Poo, America Ferrera, Jessica Chastain, Saru Jayaraman, Amy Poehler, Meryl Streep and Kerry Washington wear black at the 75th Golden Globes Awards in support of the TIME’S UP Movement “No more silence. No more waiting. No more tolerance for […]
If your phone wakes you up in the morning, it may be also keeping you up at night
Setting your alarm and sleeping with your phone sounds like a good idea, right? Not until you wake up with severe back pain from mistakenly sleeping on your phone like student Kiana Williams, who says she commonly awakes to severe back pain from sleeping with her cellphone. “I wake up […]
‘Grown-ish’ makes huge statement as it captures millennial life. Here’s why
Photo credit: Theslanted.com The highly anticipated ABC show “Grown-ish,” starring Yara Shahidi premiered Jan. 3. Shortly after the show debuted, it became Freeform’s biggest comedy series launch since 2012, raking in 1.56M views according to a post on Freeform’s Facebook page. It also was the best debut overall in […]
Rattler women unified in a union on campus
Members of the FAMU Student Union after a general body meeting. Photo credit: Constance Smith There are a host of organizations that students can join at Florida A&M University (FAMU), such as the FAMU Women Student Union (WSU). The FAMU WSU is an organization with a mission statement that reads “empowering […]
The end of Net Neutrality may be an issue for students
As a college student, it is hard to imagine that information could be prevented from reaching the masses due to the greed of major corporations. Save the Internet is a website that informs the public about net neutrality. According to the website, on Dec. 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission’s […]