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He doesn’t look like he has AIDS:

Some people continue to believe that they can determine an individual’s HIV status based on outward appearance. HIV status is not determined by the label inside a guy’s shirt or a lady’s dress, but it predicated on exposure to the virus. In the United States, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is a […]

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Church, Inc. comes to PV with an artistic spin

Several artists including some of Prairie View’s own professors recently exhibited their art work in the John B. Coleman Library. The artists purpose was to note the connections between Christianity and commerce. The extravaganza recognized the presence of church elders, while recognizing the importance of ancient tradition in present day […]

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Frank Jackson speaks at black history seminar

Prairie View mayor Frank Jackson gave a riveting seminar Monday in the New Science Building in which he discussed black history and heritage.”The role of black history is to restore your historical memory,” said Jackson as he spoke about the veil that black people live behind. “It is a veil […]

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A biblical legacy: we have one

This month is designated as African American History month: a time when we celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to the world. Those contributions have been varied and have no bounds. From science to math, from history to philosophy, from the great Pyramids of Egypt to the Famous […]

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For my niggas

On the 100th anniversary of Emancipation, James Baldwin warned his nephew, “You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a nigger… it was intended that you should perish in the ghetto, perish by never being allowed to go behind the white man’s […]

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Parking ticket prices on the rise

Parking on PVAMU’s campus is an ongoing confusing problem which causes students to endure the semester-to-semester inflated prices on parking tickets. “The parking situation is not acceptable. and is very limited,” said undergraduate student Uniquka Johnson. “People who choose to drive close to their destination, and find a park close […]

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20 Questions

1. Why was the football team practicing in the new gym on Monday? 2. Were they inspired by all-star weekend? 3. And speaking of all-star weekend how many people spent their tuition and rent money going to the club? 4. If your organization has only two struts, is it neccessary […]

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Do female students really study more than male students

Last spring, female undergraduates at the school had an average GPA of 2.72 compared with 2.46 for their male counterparts, according to the university’s office of Research, Evaluation and Planning. Ask any professor and you’ll hear a good reason: “Females study much better than males,” said physics professor Kinney Kim. […]

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College of Business provides free tax service

In conjunction with the IRS, the College of Business is providing free tax preparation assistance for residents of Waller County, including PVAMU.”In a nutshell, the College of Business is providing free income tax preparation for individuals in Waller County,” said Kimberly Gordon, assistant to the dean of the College of […]

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The importance of stretching

In American culture there’s commonly an attitude that stretching is more a woman’s type of exercise than a man’s. That’s a flawed point of view. Without ease of use, what good is strength? The best athletes are almost always people who stand out as having the kind of quickness and […]