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FAMU senior set to launch clothing line

FAMU senior set to launch clothing line

During the coronavirus pandemic, the Mediocre Originality Demands Expression, or MODE, Apparel was established by a Florida A&M University student and entrepreneur, Deron Smith Jr. Smith was a fashion influencer at an early age. From always drawing clothes, logo names....

Masks are now mandatory

Masks are now mandatory

Leon County commissioners unanimously passed an emergency ordinance last week that requires all residents and visitors to wear a face mask in public businesses. Commission chairman Bryan Desloge said, “I will put in an order every week and adjust based on the community’s response.”...

Homecoming: Is it going to happen?

Homecoming: Is it going to happen?

More than one HBCU has announced that it is canceling this year’s homecoming due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This news has Rattlers wondering what impact the coronavirus will have on homecoming on The Hill.

The MEAC is in trouble

The MEAC is in trouble

With Bethune-Cookman University announcing that it will leave the MEAC for the Southwestern Athletic Conference after the 2020-2021 school year, it became the third school to leave the conference this year.

Why highly ranked Black athletes should attend HBCUs

Why highly ranked Black athletes should attend HBCUs

Historically Black Colleges and Universities were originally created so that Black people had access to a college education. However, in today’s society, highly ranked Black athletes don’t even consider HBCUs and I believe that should change.

STRIKE Fall 2019 A&M Magazine

STRIKE Fall 2019 A&M Magazine

CULTURE is the set of ideas, behaviors, attitudes, and traditions that exist within large groups of people (usually of a common religion, family, or something similar). These ideas, behaviors, traditions, etc are passed on from one generation to the next...

FAMU Digital Resource Center

FAMU Digital Resource Center

The FAMU Digital Resource Center (FDRC) is an open access institutional repository of digitized resources related to the University's history, research and scholarship. The repository contains digitized publications such as, the Rattler yearbook and the FAMUAN..