The university based center for domestic violence, The P.E.A.C.E. Project, held its open house on Friday to inform students of domestic violence on and off campus and to introduce them to “Domestic Violence Awareness Month,” during the month of October.The P.E.A.C.E. (prevention, education, awareness, courage and elimination) Project, which is […]
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Students face administration on campus jobs, financial aid
Tensions were high and patience was low as students demanded answers to student employment and financial aid problems at the first general town hall meeting held in the administration building on Wednesday, Sept. 27. Sponsored by the SGA (student government association) and administration, the purpose of the event was to […]
Police department gets new chief
Algray L. Pettus has assumed duty as director of the department of public safety at Prairie View A & M University.Pettus said he came to Prairie View on a career growth option. “You can be in a profession for so long that there comes a time when it’s healthy to […]
Queens host breast cancer program
Several students gathered Monday evening in the MSC ballroom as Miss Prairie View, Miss Black and Gold, Miss 20 Twenty Pearls, Miss Lady of the Dove, and the class queens conducted a program that provided information about breast cancer. Supported by the slogan “Celebrating Life at Prairie View, While Preparing […]
Why are blacks still accepting the title of ‘nigger?’
I often sit and wonder why my people act the way they do? When I say my people I mean African Americans, the black folks, the colored people, my niggas, that nigger, or any other term that refers to people that have a dark phenotype. I am talking about us. […]
Prairie View Vs Grambling
On Saturday, Sept. 30, Prairie View A&M University and Grambling State University will battle it out for bragging rights at the annual State Fair Classic in Dallas, Texas.In this Texas-Louisiana rivalry, Grambling State leads the series. The Prairie View Panthers haven’t been victorious since 1986 with a final score of […]
Historically black colleges face declining enrollment
RICHMOND, Va. – When prospective college student Jessica Page trundled off to Hampton University in March, she’d considered the visit a formality. She’d already made up her mind to attend the waterside school, considered by many a jewel among the nation’s historically black institutions.Then she saw the campus. The dorms […]
Winning ways
For years now Prairie View has been looking for a resurrection to its once unstoppable football program. Several different coaches have come to Prairie View in search of a winning record since Coach Hoover J. Wright’s 5-4 season in 1967 but only two, Theopolis Danzy in 1972 and Haney Catchings […]
First home game suspended in third quarter
After being delayed twice due to weather conditions the Prairie View versus Langston football game was eventually suspended with 4:01 remaining in the third quarter. Langston scored first at the 6:51 mark of the first quarter on a Jimmy Early touchdown catch from quarterback Kendrick Dozier. Trint Rust’s extra point […]
Would you marry someone who is not college educated?
For many of us, coming to college with the dream that we are going to find someone to marry is exciting. Typically, for those who romanticize about the sweet ambiance of spending the rest of their lives with someone like your college sweetheart can be more than an illusion. However, […]