For her performance last week, Prairie View A&M University outside hitter Crystal Stigler was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference volleyball player of the week. In addition, she was named to the University of North Texas Mean Green Classic all-tournament team.Stigler, a 5-9, junior from Houston, had a .340 hitting percentage […]

Despite holding an early lead, the Prairie View A&M University Lady Panthers soccer team dropped the third consecutive game of the season with a 7-2 loss to Dallas Baptist.For the second consecutive game, the Lady Panthers scored the first goal of the game, when PVAMU freshman midfielder Mayra Castillo scored […]

What comes to your mind when you think of SGA? Do you think of the structure of the campus? Do you think of the eyes and ears of the students? Or do you think of Courtney Smith?Well, if any of these things come to mind, you are on the right […]

Before going further, let me emphasize that I am 100% against the war in Iraq. I sympathize with the Cindy Sheehans of the United States and feel they have more moral fiber than do the beer-bellied counter-demonstrators whose contribution to rational discourse is to bellow out “God Bless America!” and […]

Many things plague the Black community. Among them are economical, religious, social trials, and especially major health issues. In addition to being highly inflicted with HIV and AIDS, on a smaller scale, we are being impacted by skin problems as well.One of the most major skin ailments plaguing our culture […]

The Prairie View A&M University Panthers got their 2005 season under way with a 39-12 victory over the Paul Quinn Tigers. This game became the season opener for the Panthers after the originally scheduled contest between the Texas Southern Tigers was postponed due to relief efforts for hurricane Katrina victims.In […]

Cynthia Cooper, former head coach of the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player, was named the head women’s basketball coach at Prairie View A&M University during the summer, according to athletics director Charles McClelland.A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Cooper has won on every level of basketball. […]

In America we demand excellent customer service when we go out to spend money on goods and services. In my opinion, this situation should be the same here at Prairie View A&M University. When you listen to Dr. Wright speak about his expectations of faculty and staff, I often wonder […]

A couple of weeks ago, one of my professors gave an assignment to his class that really got me thinking. Each semester on the first day of class it has become a tradition of sorts in which he asks his students to write a paper on their interpretation of academic […]

Rising from their original Spanish descent, Latinos have become the largest minority in the United States. According to the 2003 U.S. Census Bureau, Latinos account for 39.9 percent of the population, passing blacks who make up 36.4 percent. To celebrate the culture and vernacular of the Latino race, Prairie View […]