I will start with a list of things that compelled me to write this letter: * The articles and poems by female students about giving their bodies and sex on the first date.* The letter to the Editor from the Broken Hearted Senior about hurting and punishing herself. * I […]
Month: September 2005
Why oh why?
I am a freshman, and I am proud to be here. Despite things said about this college, I came here anyway because I am proud of the black culture and wanted to see what this school had to offer in the Architecture Department. I did not come here to be […]
Student wants problems with financial aid to be address
Award letters, lines, bad attitudes, sound familiar? Well, after months of busy tones, non returned calls or e-mails, and bad attitudes, many of us are finally getting to settle into a normal life here on campus after a horrible chaotic semester start due to issues with financial aid.Now I must […]
Labor Day classic postponed
The Annual Labor Day Classic football game between Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University has been rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. in Houston’s Reliant Stadium. The game, originally scheduled for Sept 3., was postponed due to relief efforts for hurricane Katrina victims. The time and […]
Prairie View stumbles against Southern
The Prairie View Panthers (1-1) entered their contest against the Southern Jaguars (1-1) on a high note after a convincing 39-12 victory over the Paul Quinn Tigers in their home opener on September 10. However, the Panthers’ quest for their second consecutive season with a 2-0 start fell short due […]
Head to head, UCFL returns with revived intensity
University College has wasted no time in beginning the second installment of last year’s first intramural football tournament. The University College Football League, which held its first games of the season a week ago, has once again began to set the bar for intramural sports on Prairie View’s campus. University […]
Panther tennis members participate in invitational
Prairie View A&M tennis team members Kundzai Chiridza, Nicholas Bateman, Xavier Godoy and David Herrera recently competed in the 2005 Crowne Plaza Invitational held at Rice University in Houston, Texas on September 9-11.Chiridza and Bateman competed in singles competition while fellow teammates Godoy and Herrera competed together in doubles competition. […]
Preparing productive (but financially illiterate) people
How is it that we – faculty and administrators at PVAMU – are allowing our students to graduate without knowing what they need to build wealth when they leave here? I don’t know many students who go to college so they can become poor, especially minority students. They come here […]
Did women kill chivalry?
An opened door, a pulled out chair, a polite “How are you doing,” is defined as chivalry,and beyond popular belief it can be displayed by a man or woman.Most women would say that in the 21st century chivalry is dead, but is it? Most Prairie View men don’t think so, […]
Poverty among African Americans
In a country that is 12 percent black, nearly a quarter of all African Americans are poor and it appears that this issue has been prevalent for decades. “Poverty has always been in America, however, Hurricane Katrina has forced this country to open its eyes and face it,” commented graduate […]