Serving as Prairie View’s Black History Month activity and the university’s open house, Pantherland Day showcased the campus to more than 3,500 high school students, their parents, and teachers. The event held last Saturday was sponsored by the Office of Recruitment. It was jointly organized by Murphy Crawford, director of […]

Executive vice president and chief financial officer Dan Williams fears that Prairie View A&M University may be forced to raise tuition another $27.50 on the already proposed tuition increase of $17.00 in fall 2005 if the Texas legislature does not provide the university with $4.2 million. Williams explains that the […]

Last week the African Student Association celebrated African Week in an effort to educate PV students about different African cultures, showcase what the group has to offer, and attempt to help bridge the gap between native Africans and African Americans. The ASA became an official club in the spring of […]

Recently there has been a fight over a position on the Teacher Retirement System Higher Education Board (TRS). The TRS board is made up of nine members, four of whom are nominated by higher education employees and retirees. Among all candidates vying for the position, the governor will appoint a […]

Current and incoming track athletes will soon be able to take advantage of the new Barbara J. Jacket and Hoover J. Wright Scholarship Fund to help defray the costs of education at PVAMU.Carol V. Kellum, vice chair and corresponding secretary, in her letter introducing this scholarship, asks “What better way […]

Christie Cummings, Miss Prairie View 2004-2005, will participate in the First Annual Southwestern Athletic Conference Pageant, hosted in Birmingham, Ala., March 7, at 7:30 p.m. Cummings will be performing her rendition of Home from The Wiz.The winner of the SWAC Pageant will be awarded a scholarship and other prizes. The […]

One of the fastest growing religions in the world today is the five percent nation of gods and earths known as five percenters.What is the nation of gods and earths? It is a splinter group of the Nation of Islam. The phrase “Five Percent” refers to one of the basic […]

As students, there are many things that we let slide out of our grasp. Rent steadily increases, the MSC is always overcrowded, the football stadium still hasn’t been renovated, and tuition is rising. After spending four to five years at this elite university, you would think that the administration would […]

I was recently informed that the speaker for this May’s commencement exercises would be Dr. Joahnne Thomas- Smith, provost and senior vice-president for academic and student affairs. I am a graduating senior, who is very angry about this decision. Graduation is supposed to be a memorable moment in our adult […]

Fellow Panthers, upon researching this topic, it was found that numerous students here in Pantherland are having unprotected sex…with multiple partners.”It doesn’t feel right,” or “they are too small” are just a few of the many excuses used by men to avoid wearing a condom. Well, there are a few […]