Chelsee Hill was crowned the 2009-2010 Miss Prairie View A&M University April22 in the Opal Johnson-Smith Auditorium.The 40th Annual Scholarship Pageantwas themed “The Prototype: A Vision of aQueen” and featured eight young ladies vyingfor the crown.Hill, a junior psychology major, said,“I am very, very happy. I’m on cloud nine andI’m […]
Month: April 2009
Capital campaign helps Prairie View extend the view
Prairie View A&M University recentlyreached its goal of completing the largest capitalcampaign in its history, raising more than$30 million, thanks to charitable contributionsfrom various sources including alumni,businesses, and national endowments.This particular effort was initiated in2002. The theme of this campaign was “Extendthe View” and its principal goals wereraising funds to […]
Half and Half
The Panthers baseballteam took a break from SWAC playlast week as they travelled to playthe 16th ranked Texas A&M Aggieson April 22 for the first time in theschools’ respective histories.The Panthers were preparingfor the matchup during the daysheading up to the game because theyknew this would be a good measuringrod […]
Watch outFacebook…Here comes Twitter
What is Twitter? That isthe question that is running througheveryone’s mind when they hearabout the addicting sensation.Every time there’s a newsocial network everyone wants tojoin and be part of it. “Twitter is onits way to becoming the next killerapp,” as stated in TIME magazine.First Myspace, then Facebook,and now Twitter. So […]
Deltas host pageant for high school students
The Eta Beta Chapter ofDelta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.crowned Waller High School seniorKaelyn Thompson as the 2009-2010Miss Jabberwock winner March 23in the E.B. Evans Animal Industriesbuilding.Keeping with the Deltaweek theme of C.I.A., the contestantswere called the Delta Force.The Jabberwock Pageantgives young women who are aboutto graduate from high school theopportunity […]
ROTC cadets receive awards at ceremony
The Navy midshipmen andmarines of ROTC, and the Armycadets of ROTC held their 20th annualJoint Reserve Officers TrainingCorps awards ceremony April 22 atAlumni Field.Friends, family, and a hostof Army and Navy lieutenants gatheredto witness as a mixture of 63Army cadets and Navy midshipmenwere awarded 31 awards; as well as40 high […]
Soccer team pulls off big upset against UNT
The Lady Panther soccer team rolled into Denton, Texas, on a four game losing streak, while giving up an average of 4.7 goals a game to their opponents. That changed on Saturday, when Jessica Garcia recorded a team high of 15 saves in the Lady Panthers 1-0 win over North […]
What’s going on with Obama?
Well, it’s officially over. Actually, it has been for weeks now. The honeymoon of the Obama administration has come to an end. It’s amazing that the same man who ran an almost spotless and groundbreaking campaign not more than a year ago, cannot even muster enough political muscle to push […]
Richard White has left the building
Who knew it would be overso fast, my college career and mytime with the newspaper. Sooneror later, it’s one of those things youknow is coming, you just didn’tknow it would be this soon. I’ve enjoyedmy time as editor in chief ofan award winning newspaper, andwill hold it very close to […]
VMAs
Is it possible that the VMAs, aired Sept 13, may have been the best broadcast award special of the decade? The annual award show, hosted by Russell Brand, hit new heights in ratings due to the usual shocks and surprises that occur, but no one was prepared for this year. […]