Month: February 2011

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Image, Ambition, Success urged at general assembly

#8220;Image + Ambition = Success” was the theme as the Office of Special Programs and Cultural Series took on a new approach to the spring 2011 general student assembly Thursday. Senior agriculture and human science major Christine Williams and Junior Class King Trevon Heath opened up the assembly with a […]

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PV host 53rd Annual Ministers’ Conference

Preach on: Dr. James Louis Felton speaks on gospel preaching and the African-American experience. Lift Every Voice: Baptist Student Movement performs “He Won’t Fail. Good eating: Attendees fellowship in ballroom. More than 120 ministers came out for this year’s conference. Making it plain: Bishop James B. Walker tells ministers that […]

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Students voice POWER

Students were given the opportunity to voice their concerns about academic and residential issues Wednesday during the “POWER” town hall meeting. With remarks like “The library? Do you mean Club Coleman?” and “Financial aid is helpful when they want to be,” being uttered by students, the meeting addressed many issues […]

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Johnson, Hughes settle in

Recreational sports at Prairie View have a couple of new faces with Chondra Johnson coming in as Director for Recreation Sports along with Michael Hughes, who now serves as coordinator for Aquatics and Outdoor Pursuits. Prior to being hired at Prairie View, Chondra held a similar position at Jackson State […]

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Volunteers collaborate with SEARCH

SEARCH Homeless Services collaborated with the Office of Volunteer Services Saturday to provide freshmen with an opportunity to participate in the initial effort of the Semester of Service with University College. Semester of Service is a program geared toward freshmen students to lead them into the habit of serving their […]

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Accessible or unprepared?

Students remain shocked at the passing of freshman Tanika Owens, who failed to receive emergency medical attention after fainting in class. Many students have been questioning whether the main campus is accessible to emergency situations. Senior business management major Patrick King said, “It feels as if this incident shows the […]

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University College hosts recognition banquet

The University College hosted a recognition banquet Tuesday, Jan. 25, to honor freshmen who earned a 3.5-4.0 GPA for the fall semester of 2010. Success by the Books” was the theme of the event. The advisors wanted to personally congratulate the freshmen who worked hard during their first semester. The […]

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Baylor Bears feast on PVAMU Panthers

The Prairie View A&M men’s basketball team has yet again received a disappointing loss for their fifth straight game. Monday night in Waco they competed against Baylor University ending in a ridiculous final score of 90-45. The loss follows their appearance at the Cancun Challenge over Thanksgiving break. Baylor completely […]

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SWAC well represented in Russell HBCU Bowl

Birmingham, Ala. – The SWAC is well represented with 27 players selected for the 2010 Russell HBCU Bowl, to be held on Dec. 18 in Atlanta, Ga. Each school has a player named to the HBCU Bowl. Prairie View A&M leads the way with seven selections, while Grambling State has […]

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Where they do that at?

College students. That’s what we are right? So why aren’t we acting like it? I sat in my cognitive psychology class, a class free of freshmen, and listened to my peers complain and hassle our instructor about his syllabus and his willingness to give us extra credit. Extra credit was […]