On the Basketball Tip...
May 31, 2006
This morning we are blogging from the Metro Airport in Detroit, MI where we just arrived and had breakfast. We are her…
Showing posts from May, 2006
May 31, 2006
From the Blogsphere...
May 30, 2006
Colleges Using Student blogs to Lure Applicants To Campus Given the enrollment crisis FAMU is currently facing, down mo…
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May 28, 2006
Some of our favorite FAMU videos from the web. Click the arrow in the middle of the video to watch. 1) Former Preside…
Enjoy Your Memorial Day
May 27, 2006
We started the holiday a little early this year and headed to the beach Friday, like so many other Americans. We wante…
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May 25, 2006
Lawson's $31 Million for FAMU included in State Budget
May 25, 2006
The Governor signed into law Florida's new $70 billion state budget today and left intact all $31 million in projec…
FAMU losing 400-500 Students Per Semester
May 25, 2006
With FAMU's once powerful student recruitment program practically nonexistent, and the deadline for applying to the…
Coach Carter to Meet Miami Alumni
May 24, 2006
FAMU football coach Rubin Carter continues to fan out across the state to meet with alumni and friends, traveling to M…
Audit Update
May 23, 2006
We are hearing that FAMU should have a draft copy of its 2005 financial audit, from the State Auditors General Office, …
FAMU Grad writes Book about his Homelessness
May 22, 2006
Ulyses B. Hooks, Jr. , a FAMU graduate, recently published his first book "Guardian Angels Along My Homeless Path&…
Softball Season Ends on Sour Note
May 22, 2006
Florida A&M University made school history Saturday at the Tuscaloosa NCAA Regional softball tournament, defeating …
We Interrupt this Broadcast...
May 20, 2006
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May 19, 2006
It's hard to overlook Tallahassee Community College's recent annoucement that it reached its 3-year, $10 millio…
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May 18, 2006
The majority of FAMU and other MEAC baseball players are predominately white or hispanic. Check today's Washington …
Renowned FAMU Surgeon Calls it Quits
May 17, 2006
Renowned surgeon LaSalle D. Leffall Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. , who has dedicated his professional life to the study of canc…
Carter to Greet Orlando Area Rattlers
May 17, 2006
Rattler Head Football Coach Rubin Carter will greet Orlando area Rattlers this evening (Wednesday May 17th)at 6pm at Th…
UFF to File Lawsuit
May 16, 2006
The United Faculty of Florida (the state organization) has called a 3:30 p.m. Press Conference on the steps of Lee Hall…
New Names for some Campus Buildings
May 16, 2006
The Florida Legislature approved measures naming several buidlings at FAMU during the 2006 Legislative Session. The FA…
FAMU to take on Georgia Tech in NCAA Tourney
May 15, 2006
The Florida A&M Lady Rattler Softball Team begins its quest for the 2006 NCAA Division I Softball Championships Fri…
One Student. One Family, and Life Gets Better.
May 14, 2006
One student's journey to earn his Master's degree from FAMU on graduation day. As is often the case, this jour…
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May 12, 2006
FAMU Negotiating in Bad Faith
May 12, 2006
FAMU's faculty should not be looking for that 2% raise in their paychecks today. It seems the raise has been indef…
Campus Photo Tour...
May 11, 2006
We realize that some of our readers haven't been back to campus in a while, so this is another in our series of occ…
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May 11, 2006
Overheard on the elevator SBI's incoming freshman class is expected to be one of the smallest in about 20 years. …
Bus contract still in limbo
May 11, 2006
Getting on the bus may not be so easy for FAMU students as the contract to decide the fate of the fare-free zone that a…
This-N-That
May 10, 2006
Heard on the Street... We hear there is a move a foot to have deposed Indiana University President Adam Herbert seated …
Gallaudet Protest Could Be Model for FAMU
May 09, 2006
Perhaps you've heard about this, the newly chosen president of Gallaudet University, the nation's only liberal …
Layoffs Coming
May 08, 2006
Rattler Nation has learned that IP Castell Bryant and Provost Deborah Austin have met to discuss a reduction in force p…
Oh How the Mighty have Fallen
May 08, 2006
Perphaps we've been Newted! But FAMU's athletic programs this year have just, well, sucked! …
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May 07, 2006
The new 30,000 square foot, $7.6 million, addition to the Black Archieves & Research Center and Museum. The new ad…
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May 06, 2006
Legislature leaves FAMU $31 million
May 06, 2006
The Florida Legislature ended its 60 day legislative session late last night at 11:45 p.m. leaving FAMU some $31.1 mill…
Presidential (non) Search Drags on
May 05, 2006
The Rev. R.B. Holmes and the "powers that be" continue to drag out the FAMU presidential search. After a year…
Crazy
May 04, 2006
Cee-lo Green provides an appropriate soundtrack to express some of my current thoughts regarding what's going on at…
FAMU Under the Microscope
May 04, 2006
We are told that state auditors have given FAMU the preliminary report of their findings and that the University has 30…
Recreation Center to Open May 15th
May 04, 2006
Florida A&M will open its new $6.8 million Student Recreation Center on May 15th. The new center is located on th…
To our loyal readers...
May 03, 2006
We realize that we have been awol for the past couple of days and neglected the blog. Between final exams, moving and …
Pay
May 03, 2006
Employees to get raise
May 03, 2006
FAMU faculty reached a quick agreement with the administration to boost faculty salaries by 2-percent last Friday. Thi…
For One New Rattler Ph.D, Life is about to Get Better!
May 03, 2006
Jami Valentine , a 1996 cum laude graduate of Florida A&M University, became the first African American woman to ea…