OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Deputy prison warden Randy Parker’s wife, Bobbi disappeared with a convicted murderer in 1994 and spent a decade on the run with him. She appeared in court Monday to face charges that she helped him escape. After his capture in 2005, Randolph Dial said he kidnapped […]
Month: April 2008
Men’s track team SWAC champs once again
The Prairie View A&M men and women’s track and field teams both traveled to New Orleans, La., last weekend to participate in the SWAC Outdoor Championships at Tad Gormley Stadium. The men won the title with a total of 193 points, outrunning and outthrowing Grambling State and Jackson State for […]
Tennis teams close seasons in SWAC conference tourney
Last weekend in Alexandria, La., the women’s tennis team lost to Alcorn State in the semifinal, and the men lost to Southern in the conference final. From start to finish, the tournament was a site to see as each team fought to the end. The winner is determined by who […]
What does “hustle” mean?
You’ve heard every rap artist rap about it and even singers sing about it, but I believe Jay-Z said it best when he said “you can’t knock the hustle.” But what does the word “hustle” mean? If you look up the word “hustle” in the dictionary, you might find the […]
The war at home
#8220;If something happens to me, I know my family is taken care of,” said Yulanda Jackson, a 20-year-old sophomore nursing major. Jackson-who joined the National Guard in February 2006-deploys for Iraq in August. Formerly a member of the Prairie View A&M ROTC program, Jackson left school after completing basic training […]
Productive poets lands eighth place at nationals
The Prairie View A&M University slam team finished eighth recently in the College Unions Poetry Slam Inc. competition held in Albuquerque, N.M. from April 2-5. The slam team, of Prairie View Productive Poets, or “Triple P” for short, is composed of senior Emanuel “Outspoken” Bean, senior Bre’Anna “BreDiva” Cooper, senior […]
Panthers lose two out of three to UT Pan-America
The Panther baseball team went to Edinburg to take on the Broncos of Texas Pan-America in a three game weekend series, but fell short in two out of the three contests. In the early game on Saturday, the Panthers defeated the Broncos 5-2. The Panthers got ahead early with a […]
TxDOT begins University Drive widening project
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), with insistence from the city of Prairie View, recently began the year-long task of widening the section of University Drive from Highway 290 to the street’s intersection at Owens Road just off-campus. TxDOT’s $3.9 million remodeling plan, phase one of a three-part process, will […]
Faculty participates in Fotofest 2008
Houston art museums and 107 other spaces are celebrating photo-based art with 145 exhibits as part of Fotofest 2008 China, the 12th International Biennial of Photography and Photo-related Art, March 7 – April 20, 2008 in Houston, Texas. Fotofest 2008 focuses on one of the most compelling cultural, political, and […]
New traffic safety unit to create safer driving environment
The City of Prairie View Police Department has created a traffic safety unit in response to the large number of accidents that have recently occurred on campus and in the surrounding community. Sergeant Garrett of the Prairie View Police Department said, “We will be increasingly more visible to curtail traffic […]