Month: March 2007

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Meaning, courage, and work

Life is short. The decisions we make today will determine how we live in the future. Some of us make poor decisions that follow us throughout our life. We may decide to have children when we are not willing or able to take proper care of them. Some of us […]

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Poetry night kicks off Spring Fest

Spring Fest 2007 kicked off with poetry night Sunday March 25, at 5 p.m. in the MSC lobby. The event was hosted by Philip Wade and Orok Orok, and had a Treasure Island theme. Guests received maracas and Hawaiian flowers. Poetry night, which featured original songs and poems by members […]

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FBI, PVAMU work to bridge gap between industry and education

FBI Collegiate Marketing and Recruitment program will give Prairie View A & M students the chance to participate in a semester-long internship with the Federal Bureau of Investigaion designing a marketing campaign and addressing the needs of the FBI.The program is executed through a marketing course on campus where students […]

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Spring Music Review

Crime Mob – Hated on MostlyWhile most students were preparing for, enjoying, or finishing up spring break, a few of the students at Crime Mob University were steadily grinding. While the members of Crime Mob (Cyco Black, Diamond, Lil J and Princess) gathered around a speakerphone to get started with […]

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Leading the conference

Prairie View has had more than a few tough seasons within its respectable athletic programs. I could mention a couple of below .500 seasons, but I’m not because the athletic program here at Prairie View A&M University is beginning to soar above and beyond.In the last four years the Panthers […]

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LSU’s Glen Davis skips out on senior year to enter draft

LSU’s “Big Baby” is moving on to the next stage of his basketball life. Glen “Big Baby” Davis announced Tuesday that he will skip his senior year. “After my toughest year, I now feel I am physically and mentally ready for the NBA,” Davis said. “In my mind and in […]

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FAMU frat brothers plead to lesser hazing charges

Tallahassee,Fla-Three Florida A&M University fraternity brothers avoided possible prison terms that two other defendants have received for felony hazing by pleading no contest Monday to a lesser charge in the beating of a prospective member.Each received probation, including 30 days in the Leon County sheriff’s work camp or a similar […]

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Lady Panthers’ Cinderella season comes to an end

SWAC co-champions, SWAC tournament champions, and an automatic bid to the NCAA women’s tournament, who am I talking about, you ask? No one other than the powerful and dynamic 2006-2007 women’s basketball team of Prairie View A&M University. That’s right, not only did the team set records and accomplish goals, […]

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SIFE team awarded financial literacy grant

Students in Free Enterprise beat out nearly 400 schools to receive a $500 grant from HSBC Bank to undertake a financial literacy program. The group will receive the grant in two disbursements. The first disbursement will help jump start the program, and the second will be received upon completion of […]

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Racist actions by a few are insensitive, unacceptable

A recent “MLK Day party” put on by a few students at Tarleton State University and a “blackface video” posted by a former Texas A&M University student have brought shame and disappointment to the entire Texas A&M System, our leadership and our individual universities.The defense of these incidents has been […]