Month: April 2006

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Men’s teams achieve perfect APR scores

According to the NCAA, the Prairie View A&M University men’s cross country and men’s tennis teams received accolades for achieving a perfect score on the Academic Progress Report (APR) for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school year.The APR, which was implemented by the NCAA during the 2003-04 school year, determines whether […]

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Pitching duo garner conference weekly honors

For their performances on the mound, the Prairie View A&M University pitching duo of Adrian Canales and Matthew Chase earned Southwestern Athletic Conference pitcher of the week honors. Canales was selected during the period of Feb. 1 to Feb. 26 while Chase earned the honor from Feb. 27 to March […]

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Deltas hold HIV/AIDS awareness seminar

The Eta Beta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta held a seminar on HIV/AIDS awareness Tuesday in the Hobart Taylor auditorium. The seminar, titled “the Resurrection of the Black Woman,” was part of a three-day campaign to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. The first speaker, Terrence Gilbert, gave an interesting […]

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Phi Beta Sigma gives to American Cancer Society

On Thursday, April 6, the men of Dangerous Delta Theta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, Incorporated donated $1,000 to the American Cancer Society. Every fall semester they collect donations and “Sleep Out for Cancer,” in order to donate their proceeds to the American Cancer Society.In addition to their donation, they […]

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Prairie View A&M University students partner with FBI in marketing campaign

Last Wednesday, Prairie View A&M University students gathered outside the Memorial Student Center to learn about many exciting internship and career opportunities the Federal Bureau of Investigation has to offer. The students of the marketing communications class in the College of Business organized the event as part of their project […]

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Track member flustered by lack of team coverage

Quick question… I am a PVAMU track athlete and I was wondering why there are so few articles and reports on the track team. This is not my first year posing this question and I can’t seem to find an answer. The last time I asked one of the editors, […]

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Student angered and concerned about security on campus

I am writing because my room was broken into this past weekend. This is the second time that this has happened to me. While I know that these things happen, I know you don’t blame me for being upset. I know of four other students who were robbed this weekend […]

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Retired telecom director dies at 84

Former director of telecommunications John H. (Jack) Rafferty died April 7 from pulmonary fibrosis complicated by congestive heart failure.He was initially employed by Prairie View A&M University to assist in development of the 1966 – 67 Physical Plant Budget. He was then named surplus property manager where he successfully disposed […]

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Who’s in your audience?

Someone whom I admired put a very important question to me last week. He asked me who is in my audience. Puzzled by this question at first I quickly remembered how it has often been said that life is a play and we are all just actors on the stage […]