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Beta Gamma Sigma inducts new members

One faculty member and 32 students were inducted Thursday into the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society in recognition of their accomplishments. Beta Gamma Sigma is affiliated with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Less than 30 percent of business schools worldwide are AACSB accredited. Only AACSB accredited business […]

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Students see world during festival

The Prairie View A&M University Office of Multicultural Affairs gave students the opportunity to learn about various cultures that exist around the world Wednesday at the International Festival. Cultures united as one to give the students a taste of the world with food, drinks, candy. El Salvador, Ethiopia, Mexico, Jamaica, […]

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Miss PVAMU, Mayor Jackson share history of university

Miss Prairie View A&M University Tiffany Ward highlighted the past, present and future of the university in her first seminar last Tuesday titled “From Whence We Come.” Guest speaker Mayor Frank Jackson explained how the university’s history relates to the world. “This is just as much about Texas as it […]

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Seminar aims to empower students

Reigning Mr. Prairie View A&M University Malcolm Copeland inspired students to have a mindset of empowerment at his first seminar, “Awakening of the Prairie View Student,” Thursday. He opened the seminar with a video clip of news coverage highlighting a student revolt in London for a 300 percent increase of […]

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Symposium introduces new research methods

The Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center and the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center based at the University of California at Berkeley offered expertise in the biology field and introduced their agendas to students Friday during the Synthetic Biology Symposium in the MSC lounge. Research scientist Raul Cuero gave his […]

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All-Star Challenge

Fourteen teams of PVAMU students gathered in the MSC auditorium last Wednesday for the Honda Campus All-Stars Challenge, to decide who would defend last year’s Quiz Bowl team’s title in April. HCASC, an academic knowledge and quiz bowl, is a competition among historically black colleges and universities nationwide. To qualify […]

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Wilson gears up for first as head coach

#8220;The way we ended was a disappointment, the whole season was a disappointment. We lost in the first round for the first time since I’ve been here. Our girls had about six injuries last season, all from returning players,” said newly hired women’s head coach Toyelle Wilson. After serving four […]

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Jackson State wins first SWAC championship

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Jackson State University won its first ever South West Athletic Conference soccer championship on Sunday, Nov. 7. The Tigers defeated Mississippi Valley State, 2-0 at University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff at Pumphrey Field. JSU earned the SWAC automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The score was knotted […]

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Skit, discussion address consequences of unhealthy decisions

Panthers Promoting Healthy Decisions and the Charles Gilpin Players presented a skit and round table discussion about health issues on college campuses in order to inform students of the risks associated with drugs, STDs, and HIV/AIDS. CGP performed a brief skit displaying multiple scenarios that many students experience during college […]

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“For Colored Girls” movie review

#8220;For Colored Girls” by Tyler Perry was introduced in theaters on Nov. 4. The movie stems from the original stage play consisting of 20 choreo-poems by Ntozake Shange. Tyler Perry wrote and directed his own version. Perry’s version included a storyline that exhibited each character in the poems. Each character […]