Between class, work, parties and school activities, many students find it difficult to take the time to re-energize body and brain with the real food for the soul, sleep. Failure to get in at least eight hours can result in dizziness, loss of energy and insomnia – all symptoms of […]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Big Moe, a Houston rapper whose 2002 album reached No. 3 on Billboard’s hip hop charts, has died. Big Moe, whose real name was Kenneth Moore, was 33. He died Sunday afternoon at Houston’s Ben Taub hospital after being hospitalized for more than a week, said Bryan […]

The Pre-Alumni Association hosted its first seminar of the semester Oct. 9 in the New Science Building. The seminar titled The True Alumni was to inform undergraduate students at Prairie View A & M University of the PAA’s history and to instruct students of the value and importance of becoming […]

Lyfe Jennings posed the question best in song “She got kids.” Is it OK to date someone who has a child? Or does that require the mate to shoulder the responsibility of the child? Will it have an effect on the relationship? Many of these questions run through the mind […]

First, let me explain that I am a black woman who loves her people, and it is out of that love this view arises. Due to the recent anti-discriminatory hubbub, it has become increasingly necessary for people to develop and stand by their own opinions. It is no secret that […]

HOUSTON- Texas Southern University’s former president betrayed the trust of students, officials and the community when she put her needs ahead of the school’s by misspending funds to lavishly decorate her home, prosecutors told jurors Monday. During closing arguments in the trial of Priscilla Slade, jurors were told she didn’t […]

NEW YORK- Snoop Dogg is usually quick to brag and boast, but even he felt humbled as he was honored for his rap achievements at VH1’s fourth annual Hip Hop Honors. The gangsta rapper was lauded along with Missy Elliott, the ’80s rap trio Whoudini, A Tribe Called Quest, music […]

Some call it an epidemic. Others call it a freedom of expression. Some just don’t care. Wearing sagging pants has become the norm for many young African American men, whichever side of the issue they take. Sagging, as defined by Wikipedia, is “a fashion trend for wearing pants below the […]