Month: September 2009

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Kimbrough SPITs knowledge at PVAMU

#8220;Fight the Power,” an expression made popular by the 1980s hip-hop group Public Enemy, was Dr. Walter Kimbrough’s theme for the S.P.I.T. Knowledge Lecture series on campus in the Opal Johnson-Smith Auditorium of the Willie Albert Tempton, Sr. Memorial Student Center, Tuesday, Sept. 15 Students Participating In Transcendent (S.P.I.T.) Knowledge […]

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PV celebrates Constitution Day

erleaders and the student body, PVAMU’s world renowned “Marching Storm” paraded around the yard in celebration of Constitution Day at a ceremony, held by the fountain on Sept. 17. Constitution Day is a day in which students and faculty members commemorate of the day that the Texas Constitution of 1876 […]

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Sorority Row puts a spin on Sorority life

#8220;Sorority Row,” a remake of the less-known 1983 horror film “The House on Sorority Row,” is a fun imitation of “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” a slasher style flick. The film delivers thrills, laughs and in the tradition of many slasher flicks, young scantily clad women running around […]

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“Deja Vu

Xavier never did have much love for rainy days. It never failed that every time it rained, something bad would always come along his way. Today it was pouring, and as he sat in his car, sitting in student parking he stared hard at his cell phone. The buttons seemed […]

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Ladies grab third place in Lady Panther Invitational

The Lady Panthers volleyball team welcomed three visitors to ‘The Hill’ for three days full of kills and digs. South Alabama, Nicholls State, and SWAC eastern division foe UAPB all participated in the four team round robin style invitational. The weekend brought some good and some bad for the Lady […]

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Lady Panthers prevail against Texas College

Coming off their upset from the University of North Texas, the Lady Panthers soccer team took to the field again against the Texas College Lady Steers who were looking for some bright light to add to their season, but the Lady Panthers shut them out 3-0. Picking up right where […]

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51 students isolated due to influenza

Prairie View A&M University continues its efforts to neutralize the spread of the seasonal flu which has become an ongoing problem among the students. The Owens-Franklin Health Center has had a high number of students in and out of the facility being treated early for the influenza outbreak. Since the […]

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82 infected with seasonal flu

In the course of the past few weeks, Prairie View A&M University’s health clinic has been coping with an outbreak of the flu virus that has threatened the health of many freshmen in the University College and other students on campus. The origin of the flu outbreak is unknown, but […]

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Do the right thing

The General Student Assembly held Wednesday, Sept. 9, in the William “Billy” J. Nicks building focused on encouraging students to do what’s right, with the popular theme from Spike Lee’s hit 1980s film, “Do the Right Thing.” Alzo Slade, a 1998 graduate of Prairie View, was the speaker. Slade got […]

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Students’ achievements celebrated at banquet

Dr. James Wilson, director of PVAMU’s honors program, addressed students at the Career and Outreach Services’ annual Dr. Irvine C. Gordon Student Recognition Banquet held in the MSC ballroom on Sept. 14. The ceremony was initiated by a welcome from Miss Prairie View Chelsee Hill followed by an occasion from […]