The Cooperative Extension Program’s Project DEAP (Diabetes Education, Prevention, Awareness) hosted a diabetes health fair on Wednesday to inform students of the current diabetes based health risks attacking the community. Project DEAP is an educational program aimed at educating and encouraging small communities and lower income families to adopt healthier […]
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A personal testimony
November 5 was a glorious day: I just wanted you to share in celebrating my three-year anniversary of life. Three years ago I tried to kill myself. I was in my apartment and life was a living hell. I thought there was no way out and I could see no […]
Election experiences low voter turnout
With the 2007 Election underway, counties from all over Texas were voting to make improvements within their communities. Brandon Teague and Dwain Stewart both students and agriculture majors at Prairie View A&M University, are looking to get the whole student body involved in Election Day 2007. Teague a graduate assistant […]
From the Editorial Board: Is sexiness a frame of mind?
What defines how sexy we are? As we consider issues of our self-confidence and how we are attracted to other people, the issue of our sexiness becomes more and more complicated. Is how sexy we are just a result of a genetic luck-of-the draw? Is it determined by how attractive […]
Top gadgets of 2007
The end of 2007 is near, and the spike in technology has jumped significantly for the consumer this year. Within a year, we have witnessed a boost in availability of information. From touch screens, hand held mini-televisions, and “Facebook-to-go,” it’s pretty hard to believe that most of us lived at […]
American Gangster Album Review
When Jay-Z saw a private viewing of the film American Gangster he was moved by the story of Harlem hustler Frank Lucas and it reminded him of his days of illegal commerce and inspired him to make a concept album and the movie’s unofficial soundtrack. Throughout the album you hear […]
Talented Tenth HBCU Tour 2007 makes PV last stop with Tavis Smiley
The Navy sponsored “Talented Tenth HBCU Tour 2007” saved the best for last and ended its tour at Prairie View A & M University with its guest lecturer and media personality, Tavis Smiley, Friday, Nov. 9. Prairie View was one of five HBCUs chosen by the Navy to participate in […]
Politicians and MySpace
Drastic times call for drastic measures or it is a case of keeping up with the times because if you haven’t noticed every presidential candidate for the 2008 election has a MySpace page. MySpace has introduced a section dedicated to the 2008 election called Impact Channel. It will be an […]
Christian YouTube imitation turns seminary into Internet businessman
PLANO, Texas- Chris Wyatt is on a mission. Walking hastily through his cavernous fourth-floor headquarters in suburban Dallas, the founder of the Christian version of YouTube is searching for an available conference room. “I thought I was going to be a seminary student and then work maybe a couple hours […]
Winfrey promises shake-up at S. African school where employee was accused of indecent assault
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa- Oprah Winfrey said she wept for half an hour when she heard a dormitory matron was accused of abusing students at her school for disadvantaged South African girls, and promised to “clean house” starting with the head mistress. Winfrey spoke to reporters in South Africa by satellite […]