University staff members recently met with professionals with drug prevention and awareness experience, to plan an upcoming drug symposium scheduled for April 13. This program will be geared toward letting students know the penalties and consequences of using both illegal and prescription drugs. Many students do not know the resources […]
Month: March 2010
Women’s History Month hosts tea party
Colorful hats and freshly tied bow-ties entered the MSC Ballroom on March 10 for the Annual Hatitude Tea Party Extravaganza. Held by the Student Affairs Office for Women’s History Month, the tea party gave students and faculty the opportunity to mingle in social style. In the past, the hatitude tea […]
Panthers fall short in season
With leading scorer and junior guard Latara Darrett being declared ineligible for the last seven games of the season and both senior forward Gaati Werema and senior guard Candice Thomas suffering injuries, this past season was filled with a series of unfortunate events which led the Lady Panthers basketball team […]
AfroFlow beats through Prairie View
In collaboration with Campus Activities Board, the Office of Special Programs and Cultural Series gathered students in the Opal Johnson-Smith auditorium to raise awareness for cancer by hosting the 4th Annual AfroFlow tour on March 23. Although the tour has been up and running for the past three years, this […]
Miss PV speaks on keeping house
Miss Prairie View A&M University, Chelsee Hill, hosted a seminar encouraging young women to take pride in home economic practices titled, “Home Ecs and Practices,” on March 3. Dr. Eleanor Lister Rogers, a PV alumni, was the speaker for the evening. She advised students in the area of human sciences, […]
S.P.I.T. with Susan Taylor
Prairie View A&M University hosted its 3rd session of its Students Participating In Transcendent (S.P.I.T.) Knowledge Lecture Series, as Susan Taylor, editor emerita of “Essence Magazine,” dropped in to enlighten students on March 9. Taylor, who served as the Cosmetics, Fashion, and Beauty Editor before attaining her role as editor […]
S.I.F.E., Hanks advise on financial literacy
Students In Free Enterprise hosted a seminar titled, “Financial Literacy for College Students,” on March 2. Irvin Hanks, an adjunct professor in the Department of Finance served as the keynote speaker during this event. Throughout the seminar, Hanks discussed the importance of budgeting and managing while in college, in order […]
Letter from BSM
It is my understanding that certain statements that were recently published in the Wednesday, March 3, 2010 issue of The Panther in the article titled “Funding falls too short,” in reference to the Baptist Student Movement choir may have been misconstrued or taken out of context. Often individuals or parties […]
Let’s Help Today
Turkey has been hit by an earthquake. In the last few weeks, Haiti, Chile, and now Turkey have faced a devastation I could never begin to imagine. So what is next? It’s hard for me to relate to the disaster that has taken place here on our “lovely” planet, but […]
Brooklyn’s Finest hit theatres
Antoine Fuqua, the director of the box office hit, “Training Day,” starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, has directed yet another film about the life of an officer and the problems faced in the corrupt police system. “Brooklyn’s Finest” is about three NYPD officers followed throughout a course of a […]