Month: March 2011

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Brown shares poetry

American poet Jericho Brown visited to Prairie View A&M University to share his success story and multiple poems in his award-winning book “Please.” He entered the room, gave a very brief introduction, took a long pause, glared across the room to grasp everyone’s attention, and began reciting his poetry. The […]

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Inside the life of a student athlete

Chris Townsend is a native of the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. He is a linebacker for the Prairie View A&M University football team and poses as the ideal definition of a student athlete; studying agronomy during his current sophomore year. Townsend has been playing football since fifth grade and loves […]

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Lady Panthers prowl into NCAA tourney

#8220;Our defense won the Championship today, the team was resilient and never thought they would lose,” is what Head Coach Toyelle Wilson said Saturday after the Lady Panthers came out on top against the Southern University Lady Jaguars in the 2011 SWAC championship game in Garland, Texas.With ESPNU cameras and […]

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Oil, gas prices hit hard

As turmoil continues to spread in Middle Eastern and African countries, turmoil is also beginning to brew at gas stations nationwide as consumer sovereignty does not favor the sharp increases in gas prices. Recent revolutions in Libya and Egypt have caused oil prices to soar above $100 per barrel and […]

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Search for award recipient begins

As the midterm point of the semester approaches, the search for the 2011 Prairie View A&M University Humanitarian Award recipient has began. As a campus that prides itself on its service to the community, PVAMU wanted to encourage and inspire its students to promote contribution to social change through action. […]

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One win shy of gold

#8220;It’s a bit frustrating to lose to the same team back-to-back seasons,” head coach Glenn White said in response to the 0.5 point loss his team suffered in the championship game against Southern University Sunday evening. After earning a No. 4 seed in the preliminary round of the tournament, the […]

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West delivers “Hatitude” address

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Women’s Leadership Council hosted its 3rd annual “Hatitude” Bows and Brims Tea Party Wednesday evening. The First Lady of the Church Without Walls, Sheretta West, attended the tea party, as she does every year. Standing beside a display of hats, West asserted her […]

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Students collaborate with Papa Leo’s

Students in Free Enterprise and the American Marketing Association have teamed up with Papa Leo’s in an effort to construct a new marketing plan to better capture the attention of college students. SIFE and AMA received a grant in the amount of $1000 to fund a project designed to assist […]

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Students lobby at state capitol

Prairie View students attended the Legislative Summit in Austin which carried the theme “African-Americans Staying Relevant in the Midst of Changing Demographics” Monday to express their thoughts on issues affecting state funding for historically black colleges and universities. Hosted by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, students and legislators met to […]

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Student passes

Prairie View A&M University lost another student Wednesday when graduating senior and chemistry major Latisha Ansah passed away. A graduate of Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas, the 23-year-old died from medical complications after recent surgery. She tranferred to PVAMU from Saint Louis University in 2008. She was vice […]