Month: October 2008

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Majors’ fair big help to students

Faculty and students from various colleges and organizations around campus came together Tuesday for the 7th Annual Prairie View A&M University majors’ fair. The event is sponsored by University College and provides information to students of all classifications and majors regarding specifics in their respective departments, how to change their […]

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Men’s tennis competes in regionals

The Prairie View men’s tennis team competed in the strongest fall regional this weekend when they traveled down the road to College Station. The team played hard and fought to stay in each contest, but came up short in almost every match over the weekend. The Wilson/International Tennis Association’s South […]

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Volleyball team digs out a win

The Lady Panther volleyball team took on the Lady Rams of Huston-Tillotson University again on Oct. 23. The Lady Panthers thrashed the Rams during their last meeting and this one would be no different. The Panthers defeated the Rams in three close games, 25-21, 25-22, and 25-16. The Panthers have […]

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Panthers surge past Jags with a strong second half

Under the dark Houston sky in Reliant Stadium, the Prairie View A&M Panthers rallied together to take the come-from-behind victory from Southern University, 24-23. In what is being coveted as “the best game of the year” by the student body, the Panthers now move to 7-1. Southern received first possession […]

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Cross country teams come up short in SWAC Championship

The men and women’s cross-country teams took to the road to compete in the SWAC Cross Country Championships in Jackson, Miss. on Oct. 27. The men and women both competed fiercely and have individual top-20 finishes to show for it. Veteran and longtime standout Alonzo Thomas led the way for […]

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Soccer team loses one to TSU

The Lady Panthers trekked to Houston to take on rival Texas Southern in a pivotal match to determine SWAC tournament qualification. In a close contest, the Lady Panthers fell 2-1 to a very well prepared Texas Southern squad. The first half was a defensive struggle as both teams went scoreless […]

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A&M authorized to settle bonfire lawsuit

COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M University System regents voted Monday to authorize school president Elsa Murano to settle a lawsuit brought by families over the deadly bonfire collapse nearly a decade ago. In 1999, the wedding cake-like bonfire structure collapsed while students were building it. The accident that killed […]

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Do the clothes make the man?

Do the clothes make the man? Young men and old will stand in line at 5 o’clock in the morning for a pair of Jordan’s or Air Force Ones, but why? Men will actually resort to stealing and killing each other just to rock the “right” gear, but is it […]

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Hudson shows strength during darkest hour

CHICAGO – Shielded by a black umbrella on a dreary Chicago day, Jennifer Hudson arrived at a nondescript county building Monday with a heartbreaking task to identify the body of her 7-year-old nephew. Tragically, it was a scene all too familiar to the Oscar-winning actress. Only three days earlier, Hudson […]

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20 Questions

1. Why did that girl get on stage with those overalls on thinking she was the stuff at Ode to Music? 2. Why didn’t anybody tell her to sit her a** down? 3. Should we ask Tau Beta Sigma if hazing is real? 4. Why was the girl walking around […]