Month: September 2012

Sports

Panthers fumble in North Dakota

The Panthers football team suffered a devastating loss to last season’s NCAA Division 1 champions, the North Dakota State Bisons in Fargo, N. D., at the FargoDome.  The game did not start off well for the Panthers. The North Dakota Bisons scored a touchdown the first three and a half […]

Lifestyles

West Nile case in Hempstead

The recent reporting of 21 cases of the West Nile Virus has the citizens of Hempstead extremely cautious and aware of their surroundings. In addition, Harris County has also experienced its own influx of cases with a whopping 51 reported cases. According to Fox 26, a Hempstead local died last […]

News

Leach joins office of student engagement

The office of student engagement is welcoming a new face to the department which houses the Campus Activities Board, Student Government Association, Greek life, and student publications.  Christian Leach, the new program coordinator is a native of Fort Worth, Texas, but attended college at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, […]

News

Obama declares 2012 HBCU week

Sept. 25 commences the National HBCU Week Conference in Washington, D.C. Entitled “HBCUs Enhancing Innovation and Advancement,” the two-day conference is a facet of the White House initiative to memorialize the national contributions of all historically black colleges and universities. University presidents, chancellors, congressional members, academic officers, federal agency representatives, […]

Sports

Dominating the competition

Dominating the competition, the Lady Panthers soccer team crushed the Nicholls Lady Colonels on their home field.  Thibodaux, LA. was the site, as the Panthers added another win to the season, giving the soccer team a 2-5 record.  The Lady Panthers started the game on fire. Sophomore goalkeeper Bianca Garza […]

Sports

Turnovers key in Panthers loss

Prairie View A&M was its own worst enemy as they committed five turnovers in a 42-30 loss to Alabama A&M University on Saturday night at Lewis Crews Stadium.  Alabama A&M struck first as the Bulldogs needed only one play to score as quarterback Deaunte Mason threw a 36-yard strike with […]

Lifestyles

Blair educates students body about personal and presidential goals

Life is repeating itself for Prairie View A&M University’s 2012-2013 student government president and senior political science major Harrison Blair.  Blair was the 2008-2009 student body president of Townview Magnet School in Dallas, Texas and president of the Dallas County Teen Board the same year.  “Our biggest task was to […]

Sports

Volleyball Struggles at Molten Invitational

The Lady Panthers come out of the Molten Invitational 0-3 losing to Lehigh, Texas Christian, and the No. 3 ranked team in the nation, the University of Southern California Trojans in Ft Worth, Texas.  Texas Christian (13-25,12-25, 11-25) and Lehigh (19-25, 19-25, 23-25) came on top with a great lead […]

Lifestyles

Prairie View celebrates cultural diversity

Prairie View A&M University hosts its 8th annual Multicultural Affairs on Thursday, September 18th, “Welcome to the Hill” reception. The purpose of the event was to educate the student body about the increasing diversity on campus. Graduate student DJ Elevated set the ambiance with various genres of music that helped […]

Lifestyles

An inside look at Greek Life

#8220;I’m not just Darrin Enemuoh anymore, I am Darrin the Omega,” saysthe junior chemical engineering major.  As we watched new Greeks probate at the spring yard show this past semester, we are left to wonder how much they will change or if their letters will create a new character, a […]