Month: October 2005

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Former Prairie View A&M University hoopster signs NBA deal

Roderick Riley, a four-year letter winner at Prairie View A&M University and key component in the school’s 2003 Southwestern Athletic Conference championship, has signed a contract with the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.Riley, a 6-11, 327 pound center who graduated from Prairie View with a bachelor’s degree in […]

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Student complains about MSC

Dear Editor,Honestly what is it going to take for “us” to start treating each other with a little respect? I had the most horrible experience yet in the Memorial Student Center on Sunday, October 9, around 4:15 p.m. I had to be at work by 5 p.m. in the library […]

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Volleyball squad sweeps Paul Quinn

The Prairie View A&M University Lady Panther volleyball team stepped out of conference play and swept the Paul Quinn College Lady Tigers 30-9, 30-16 and 30-18 in straight sets on Thursday, Oct. 6 in the William J. Nicks Building. Leading the way for the Lady Panthers were junior Crystal Stigler […]

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Panthers outlast Tigers in 2-1 thriller

The Prairie View A&M University Lady Panther soccer team (2-6, 2-2), defeated the Texas Southern University Lady Tigers (1-6, 1-2) in a hard fought Southwestern Athletic Conference game. The Lady Panthers entered the game with a sense of urgency after coming off a tough loss to Mississippi Valley State. Freshman […]

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Mixing it up at PV

Prairie View A&M University has been considered one of the greatest historically black universities of all time, but now doors are being opened for more minority races other than blacks. Oscar Guevara is a junior social work major at Prairie View and is of Latino descent. He loves Prairie View […]

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PV True Life…

God is the key. Motivation is the door. Originality is the difference. And the Hustle is the game. Four individual minds grasped this concept earlier than most. They decided to take a risk that no one else would. Derreka Shelton, Mario Morgan (A.K.A Drastik), James Howard (A.K.A J.H.), and Matt […]

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A few thoughts on acing those exams

1. Success with exam taking begins on the first day of class: a. Get a copy of the class syllabus and read it carefully. b. Ask/know what the prof’s expectations are and the material to be covered. 2. Superior academics never miss a class: a. Practice listening to the Prof.: […]

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Opening doors with a degree

Although a person’s average lifetime earnings increase with a college degree, average earnings are even greater for an individual with an advanced degree.The higher a person’s education level, the higher the salary. On average, a college graduate earns at least $15,000 more per year than a high school graduate. But […]

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The medical corner

An article by the Narcotic Educational Foundation of America stated that, since 1937, restrictive legislation on marijuana had increased in quantity and severity. Even though it is illegal, recent figures indicate that marijuana is still one of the four major cash crops grown in the United States in terms of […]

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Sneezing on fall Allergies

Everybody does it… well not exactly, but at some point outside of the many things on our to do list, recovering from allergies can be an uncanny and highly unwanted task added at the most inopportune time of the day.Usually awakening us just as we’ve reached that last level of […]