Eight candidates who are running for various student government positions in the April 5 SGA elections presented their campaign platforms to students at a forum held March 15 in the Senate chambers.Jawana Green, SGA elections chair, said, “Students need to get to know the candidates for who they are and […]
Month: March 2005
Band member laid to rest
Frederick Sims, a native of Dallas, died Friday, March 4, after a performance for the Texas A&M University System Chancellor and other officials who were visiting the campus. Sims, 20, died of heart failure. According to band members, after marching from the New Gym, where the performance was held, Sims […]
NROTC celebrates Navy Houston Fleet Week
Navy midshipmen got a closeup view of Navy training aircraft on Thursday, March 3. A TH-47 sea ranger from helicopter training squadron 8, based at Naval air station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida landed on the open field near Hobart Taylor Hall. The midshipmen were afforded the opportunity to speak […]
Know your status: Get tested
Over the past few years, HIV/AIDS has been brought to the world’s attention with astounding numbers showing the devastating effects of the incurable disease. According to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control, black Americans account for more than a third (38 percent) of he 816,149 AIDS cases reported in America. […]
SIFE team attends training workshop
While most of the students of Prairie View A&M University were headed home for Spring Break, several members of the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) headed to Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Spring Competition Training Workshop. The workshop was designed to assist the teams in preparing […]
The greatest story never told:
One of the fastest growing religions in the world today is the five percent nation of gods and earths known as five percenters.What is the nation of gods and earths? It is a splinter group of the Nation of Islam. The phrase “Five Percent” refers to one of the basic […]
Miss Prairie View to participate in the first SWAC Pageant
Christie Cummings, Miss Prairie View 2004-2005, will participate in the First Annual Southwestern Athletic Conference Pageant, hosted in Birmingham, Ala., March 7, at 7:30 p.m. Cummings will be performing her rendition of Home from The Wiz.The winner of the SWAC Pageant will be awarded a scholarship and other prizes. The […]
Track scholarship fund set up in honor of Jacket, Wright
Current and incoming track athletes will soon be able to take advantage of the new Barbara J. Jacket and Hoover J. Wright Scholarship Fund to help defray the costs of education at PVAMU.Carol V. Kellum, vice chair and corresponding secretary, in her letter introducing this scholarship, asks “What better way […]
Jackson attempts to take lead of teachers’ pension
Recently there has been a fight over a position on the Teacher Retirement System Higher Education Board (TRS). The TRS board is made up of nine members, four of whom are nominated by higher education employees and retirees. Among all candidates vying for the position, the governor will appoint a […]
African Student Association brings Black History Month to an end
Last week the African Student Association celebrated African Week in an effort to educate PV students about different African cultures, showcase what the group has to offer, and attempt to help bridge the gap between native Africans and African Americans. The ASA became an official club in the spring of […]