The Prairie View A&M University baseball team opened its 2010 campaign with a doubleheader in Corpus Christi against the Islanders of Texas A&M Corpus Christi. In the first game, the Panthers struck early by scoring two runs in the top of the first on RBI hits by Brandon Williams and […]
Month: February 2010
Lady Panthers lose to Huskies at home
This past weekend the Lady Panthers hosted their first home game of the season against the Houston Baptist Huskies. The Lady Panthers would drop two games to the Huskies, but showed promise throughout. At the top of the first, the Lady Panthers came out on top of their game, the […]
Top scorers out
The Lady Panthers had another loss Monday night against Mississippi Valley State at the R.W. Harrison Complex in Itta Bena, Miss., with the score ending 61-50. Dominique Smith started the Lady Panthers off right by scoring the opening basket. Prairie View managed to get a 9-4 run, but the Lady […]
Panthers grind out key victory on road trip
In dramatic fashion, the Panthers went on the road and defeated Mississippi Valley State from the heroic play of senior point Guard Christopher Jones who drove the length of the court with 1.5 seconds remaining and completed a layup that gave the Panthers a 69-68 victory. This victory marked the […]
Hov Hits Houston
The question remains, “did the ROC ever leave?” Monday, February 22, in Houston, Texas, Jay Z powered the stage with his lyrical genius in front of a packed Toyota Center. “All Black Everything,” was definitely the fashioned statement for the night’s festivities. The preshow acts included Trey Songz and Young […]
Michael Dixon and Viszion shower praises at concert
Gospel group Michael Dixon and Viszion, ministered to the Prairie View and Houston community at their 3rd annual concert this past Sunday, in the Opal Johnson-Smith auditorium. With Viszion being at a point in their career where they might have decreased in size, they have maintained however, their love for […]
Please keep your apology
Last Friday, I turned on my television to check the weather and almost had a fit. Not because the weather channel was inaccurately predicting the weather for the afternoon but because Tiger Woods was staring back at me. Yes, golfer Tiger Woods was on the weather channel apologizing to me […]
We’re here for you
Quick question, how many of you actually realize this newspaper is for you? No really, I’m sure you guys know that it is a “student” newspaper, but do you really understand that The Panther is a student-ran-paper produced by our student fees to inform and entertain the students? I ask […]
Snow in February?
Could this mean the end of life, as we know it? As if. I doubt that this is the case but when is the last time we have seen snow in late February? Although snow is always welcome to those of us who are from southeast Texas, could climate change […]
Liberian President honored
In collaboration with Dr. Louis P. Anderson and the Ujima Research Group, Pan African Documentaries and Films showed “Iron Ladies of Liberia,” a documentary featuring Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Feb. 18. The documentary, Which was filmed in Liberia in 2006, focused on the election of Sirleaf, the country’s […]