Month: February 2006

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20 Questions

1. Why was the football team practicing in the new gym on Monday? 2. Were they inspired by all-star weekend? 3. And speaking of all-star weekend how many people spent their tuition and rent money going to the club? 4. If your organization has only two struts, is it neccessary […]

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Parking ticket prices on the rise

Parking on PVAMU’s campus is an ongoing confusing problem which causes students to endure the semester-to-semester inflated prices on parking tickets. “The parking situation is not acceptable. and is very limited,” said undergraduate student Uniquka Johnson. “People who choose to drive close to their destination, and find a park close […]

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For my niggas

On the 100th anniversary of Emancipation, James Baldwin warned his nephew, “You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a nigger… it was intended that you should perish in the ghetto, perish by never being allowed to go behind the white man’s […]

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A biblical legacy: we have one

This month is designated as African American History month: a time when we celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to the world. Those contributions have been varied and have no bounds. From science to math, from history to philosophy, from the great Pyramids of Egypt to the Famous […]

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Frank Jackson speaks at black history seminar

Prairie View mayor Frank Jackson gave a riveting seminar Monday in the New Science Building in which he discussed black history and heritage.”The role of black history is to restore your historical memory,” said Jackson as he spoke about the veil that black people live behind. “It is a veil […]

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Church, Inc. comes to PV with an artistic spin

Several artists including some of Prairie View’s own professors recently exhibited their art work in the John B. Coleman Library. The artists purpose was to note the connections between Christianity and commerce. The extravaganza recognized the presence of church elders, while recognizing the importance of ancient tradition in present day […]

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He doesn’t look like he has AIDS:

Some people continue to believe that they can determine an individual’s HIV status based on outward appearance. HIV status is not determined by the label inside a guy’s shirt or a lady’s dress, but it predicated on exposure to the virus. In the United States, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is a […]

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Alabama church bombed in ’63 made a landmark

(AP) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Relatives of the four black girls who were killed in a Ku Klux Klan bombing in 1963 gathered at the church where they died to mark its designation as a national landmark.Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday called the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church “a catalyst for the […]

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What does it mean to be black in 2006?

Some two centuries ago, being “black” meant being a “slave.” A century or so later, a black person in America was considered a “Negro.” Flash-forward into the country’s “politically-correct” era, and the “Negro” was dubbed as an “African-American.” Now at start of the 21st century, some may wonder what it […]

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Is it sex or love?

#8220;Does love exist on the campus of Prairie View A&M? ” Well, you can’t rule out the thought, because there are some couples that have genuine feelings for each other and cherish the thought of being together. On the other hand, you also have to acknowledge the fact that we […]