Month: April 2010

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Cooper-Dyke inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame

Already a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The announcement was made by Hall of Fame officials at the Final Four in Indianapolis. Cooper-Dyke competed at the University of Southern California, where she won […]

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Good showing at Texas Relays

The nationally renowned Texas Relays were held this past weekend in Austin, Texas. The men and women’s track team of Prairie View A&M University participated in the invitational. The women’s track team of Prairie View A&M came out strong placing 11th in the finals for the 4×800 meter relays. Sophomore […]

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Lady Panthers tammed by the Lady Tigers

The struggles continued for the Lady Panther softball team as they took on the Lady Tigers of Texas Southern University in a three game weekend series in Prairie View. The first game could not have gone worse for the Lady Panthers as they were blanked 14-0. The Lady Tigers scored […]

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Panthers win series

Prairie View A&M men’s baseball team swept Saturday’s in conference doubleheader 7-6, 12-8,but dropped Sunday’s finale by a margin of 6-5 to Alcorn State. The Braves scored on a two-out, bases-loaded walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth. In the match-up the Panthers fought back from a two-run deficit […]

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Lady Panthers no match for Lady Cougars

The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers went up against the University of Houston Cougars this past Saturday resulting in yet another loss, with a final score of 7-0. The Panthers went in with their heads high, but were undoubtedly shut down by the Cougars. The University of Houston claimed all […]

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Just too good

For a while Tuesday night it looked like the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team could be in some trouble, but to no avail, these Huskies were just too good. During the first half they looked more like a team that hadn’t won in a long time. It certainly wasn’t […]

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Bobby Smith elected SGA President

Junior agriculture economics major Bobby Smith, junior accounting major Edward Carrigan and junior political science major Kristopher Taylor emerged as the Student Government Association 2010-11 president, vice president, and comptroller after yesterday’s elections. Smith, who obtained a total of 515 votes, heavily outweighed both his opponents, junior history major Bradford […]

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Panthers work together to improve safety

Hoping to reestablish a feeling of security for PVAMU students, Dr. Miron Billingsley, associate vice president of student affairs, called a meeting with several members of the PVAMU community on April 6. Representatives from University Village, University College, the Office of Student Activities, the Department of Public Safety, the Office […]

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PVAMU prepares for budget cuts

In response to a mandate to state agencies to reduce their expenditures for 2010-2011, Prairie View A&M University will return $5.5 million from the $142 million appropriation it received for the biennium from the state. Mary Lee Hodge, senior vice president for business affairs, said the budget cut came after […]

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Unbreakable Glass

Born and raised in the third ward in Houston, Texas, Aziza Glass attended the high school of Performing Arts, but played golf at Yates high school, the 2009-2010 4A State champions. Glass is a graduating senior agriculture major with a focus in animal science, and plans on becoming a veterinarian. […]