Month: April 2007

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Romney raises $23 million for GOP race

BOSTON (AP) _ Mitt Romney blew away the top-ranked Republican presidential candidates in fundraising during the first three months of the year, reporting he had raised an astonishing $23 million. Rudy Giuliani and John McCain, favored in the polls, trailed far behindThe former Massachusetts governor’s first-quarter tally put him on […]

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Meltdown on plans for chocolate Christ sculpture

NEW YORK (AP) _ Artist Cosimo Cavallaro is known for his quirky work with food as art. His past efforts include repainting a Manhattan hotel room in melted mozzarella, spraying five tons of pepper jack cheese on a Wyoming home, and festooning a four-poster bed with 312 pounds of processed […]

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Spring Fest stomps the yard

Spring Fest activities concluded with a step show and after party held last Saturday at 8 p.m. in the William “Billy J” Nicks Field House.Many organizations competed but Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi emerged victorious taking a cash prize of $4,000. Hosts David Butler and Rickie Dodd amused […]

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Prairie View celebrates the past with annual honors convocation

Proud parents, students and faculty attended the annual Founders’ Day and Honors Recognition ceremony Wednesday, March 28, in the William “Billy” J. Nicks Field House.The convocation, hosted by the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education, is an annual remembrance of the founders of Prairie View, as well as a day […]