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Preparing productive (but financially illiterate) people

How is it that we – faculty and administrators at PVAMU – are allowing our students to graduate without knowing what they need to build wealth when they leave here? I don’t know many students who go to college so they can become poor, especially minority students. They come here […]

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Panther tennis members participate in invitational

Prairie View A&M tennis team members Kundzai Chiridza, Nicholas Bateman, Xavier Godoy and David Herrera recently competed in the 2005 Crowne Plaza Invitational held at Rice University in Houston, Texas on September 9-11.Chiridza and Bateman competed in singles competition while fellow teammates Godoy and Herrera competed together in doubles competition. […]

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Head to head, UCFL returns with revived intensity

University College has wasted no time in beginning the second installment of last year’s first intramural football tournament. The University College Football League, which held its first games of the season a week ago, has once again began to set the bar for intramural sports on Prairie View’s campus. University […]

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Prairie View stumbles against Southern

The Prairie View Panthers (1-1) entered their contest against the Southern Jaguars (1-1) on a high note after a convincing 39-12 victory over the Paul Quinn Tigers in their home opener on September 10. However, the Panthers’ quest for their second consecutive season with a 2-0 start fell short due […]

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Labor Day classic postponed

The Annual Labor Day Classic football game between Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University has been rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. in Houston’s Reliant Stadium. The game, originally scheduled for Sept 3., was postponed due to relief efforts for hurricane Katrina victims. The time and […]

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Student wants problems with financial aid to be address

Award letters, lines, bad attitudes, sound familiar? Well, after months of busy tones, non returned calls or e-mails, and bad attitudes, many of us are finally getting to settle into a normal life here on campus after a horrible chaotic semester start due to issues with financial aid.Now I must […]

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Why oh why?

I am a freshman, and I am proud to be here. Despite things said about this college, I came here anyway because I am proud of the black culture and wanted to see what this school had to offer in the Architecture Department. I did not come here to be […]

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To the women of PVAMU:

I will start with a list of things that compelled me to write this letter: * The articles and poems by female students about giving their bodies and sex on the first date.* The letter to the Editor from the Broken Hearted Senior about hurting and punishing herself. * I […]

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Sex on the first date

Dating used to be very different. The typical date would consist of your date showing up at the door with a rose, and being nervous about your father’s ” bring my daughter home by 11 o’clock,” speech. Having sex on the first date was not even heard of. As a […]

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The “N” Word

From today’s music, comedy shows, and top blockbuster movies, the “N” word, also known as “Nigger,” is thrown around without a single thought. Sitting in the library one will experience multiple conversations using the downgrading slur as if there is not another way to express love to his or her […]