Three minutes and 10 seconds is the time frame PV’s Productive Poets have to move an audience and a panel of judges. Last weekend, they did just that. For the first time ever, a slam team from an HBCU will be represented in the national poetry slam competition, and for […]
Month: February 2008
History in the making
Some people say he’s the best of both worlds and some say he’s the black vote. Barack Hussein Obama was born August 4, 1961 to Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham. His parents separated when he was two years old, then later divorced. Obama Sr., a graduate of Harvard University, […]
From the Sports Editor
Yes, that is correct; Prairie View A&M University has got another monkey off its back. What is this monkey in reference to you ask? It’s the NCAA Division I men’s basketball record Prairie View held for the most losses in a season. During the 1991-1992 season, Prairie View A&M had […]
Prairie View baseball knocks Texas College out of the park
In a season opening weekend, the Panthers went out and proved to Texas College that they have their mind set on another championship. In a three game series, the Panthers swept their opponents, and sent them packing. The first game was filled with energy and teamwork, and resulted in an […]
Lady Panthers pull out two on the road
Prairie View A&M handed Arkansas Pine Bluff its seventh conference loss with a 74-58 win in Little Rock, Arkansas, Saturday, Feb. 23. After the game was tied at 19, the Lady Panthers went on a 12-2 run before the half to lead 38-31. In the second half, the Lady Panthers […]
For the first time in 10 years, bowling team makes mark in SWAC
In Bessemer, Ala., last weekend the Lady Panthers bowling team placed fourth in the conference tournament, according to a SWAC press release. On the first day, the Lady Panthers were in a round robin competition with five other teams, where total pin count would determine their seeding. A double elimination […]
Panthers search for wins, but come up with none
The Prairie View A&M men’s basketball team couldn’t extend its winning streak to three games when they lost to Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The Panthers were down at the half and because of the hot shooting of the Golden Tigers who were 12-27 overall and 7-15 from three point range. The Panthers […]
KKPSi crowns first ever Miss Psi Star
An alluring and captivating experience filled the Willie Albert Tempton Sr. Memorial Student Center auditorium Feb. 12 as contestant Crystal Chatmon was crowned “Miss Psi Star.” Contestant Antoinette Williams was awarded runner-up. The nine contestants competed in the categories of introduction, talent, swimsuit, formal wear and question and answer during […]
The rising cost of college students’ healthy diet
It is officially American Health Month. Yet, for many college students February is just another month to indulge in fast food, causing weight gain and bad habits that are hard to reverse. The American Heart Association has reported that new mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Houston DA resigns under weight of e-mail scandal
HOUSTON (AP)- Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal resigned Friday under the weight of a scandal involving the release of dozens of pornographic, racist and political e-mails on his office computer. Rosenthal, considered Texas’s most powerful prosecutor, blamed the bizarre inbox contents, which included love notes to his secretary and […]