The financial aid office has begun implementing steps to address issues raised by students at the recent town hall meeting in the administration building. Among the many concerns highlighted in the meeting were bad customer service, slow processing and lost paper- work. According to financial aid director Tracie Matthews, these […]
Month: October 2006
A glimpse at the president’s office
Located in the A. I. Thomas administration building, the office of George C. Wright, president of the university, is the most important office on campus. The immediate staff of the president is comprised of executive assistant, Mary Smith, who came with the president from his previous position at University of […]
Homecoming 2006: The legacy continues
This year’s homecoming, themed “The Legacy Continues…” will take place Sunday, Oct. 29 to Saturday, Nov. 4. The week will be filled with a variety of events and festivities for students as well as alumni.The week will kick off with a free gospel concert on Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. […]
Princeton Review hosts GRE seminar
The Office of Student and Career Services in conjunction with The Princeton Review Program hosted graduate record examination, A Post College Exam Preparation Seminar, in The John B. Coleman Library on Thursday, Oct. 05.The seminar was designed to expand the knowledge of students who are candidates for graduation as well […]
PV men plan thousand man march
Due to rumors of tensions between Greek organizations, fraternity men on campus met to discuss the focus of their organizations and created the idea of a PV thousand man march on Oct. 17.The purpose of the event is to challenge, support, and uplift male students on campus. Women are encouraged […]
Pre-Alumni Association
While reading former Dr. Woolfolk’s text, Prairie View: A Study in Public Conscience, 1876-1946, I was drawn to chapter five titled “The University Fight.” In the pages of this chapter I was shocked to find that shortly after its inception the doors of Prairie View A&M University, or the “Normal” […]
Raves and Reviews
The anticipated film, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning was an utter drag. It was hyped up to be much more than it actually was. Not to mention that it didn’t even compare to the first remake. Critics have given the movie a D rating. While there are millions of horror […]
Part I: Student defines love with 21 rules
These 21 rules/guidelines are dedicated to those who are, or have been affected by that invisible bond with another being. 1. Why some break up, going into collegeMost students our age (most cases with love before marriage) don’t obtain that one element of love as a whole. It blinds you […]
Student sheds light on the Muslim religion
The Islamic religion was formed to celebrate the differences found in humanity.Muslims have a firm belief that all human beings who have ever been on this Earth are the same. We are creatures who have been created by God and share the same conditions whether we have a difference in […]
Psycologically Speaking:
Impulse control is the ability to resist an impulse to do something, especially something that is in some way harmful. Impulse control is considered a quality of emotional intelligence. On the other hand, the inability to resist impulses is considered a mental illness and has its own name in the […]