Individuals between the ages 20-45 are more at risk for yet another disease. However, this disease called lupus is still being researched and its causes and preventions are unknown. Dr. Dennis E. Daniels, director of the Undergraduate Medical Academy said, “At this time, we do not have an active lupus […]

AIDS. A four-letter word packed full of misconceptions and misunderstandings. Who is at risk for contracting AIDS? How does one prevent oneself from getting AIDS? How serious is AIDS in the black community? The black AIDS Institute, based in Los Angeles, is the only national HIV/AIDS public policy, training and […]

#8220;Love…a word that comes and goes, but do people really know what it means to really love somebody?” This is the question proposed to the world by Kirk Franklin and one that I ask every student at this university. What is love? What does it mean to love somebody? Before […]

Who all watched the slam dunk contest on Saturday? I know most of ya’ll were at the step show….well I was too, but I still taped it.It was a little entertaining but there still was something or someone missing, Lebron James perhaps. Although James didn’t participate, certain players did come […]

After a 2004 Panther football season that saw many changes in the football program, coach Henry Frazier III and his staff seem to have not missed a beat already getting spring practice underway, and by increasing their national letters of intent list to 23. This year’s list ranges in diversity […]

University College really has been stepping it up, this year. Last semester they branched off from intramural football, and created the UCFL. Now they have the UCBA (University College Basketball Association). Like the UCFL, the UCBA operates using each building in University College as a team, consisting of the residents […]

The Prairie View A&M Panthers (4-18, 4-9) returned home after playing two conference games on the road against Grambling State and Jackson State, both losses. The Panthers hoped to return home and put together a great game against Mississippi Valley State to get their confidence back. Played in the Williams […]

The university is getting closer to hiring a new director of Student Activities to replace interim director, Charles Lewter IV, who is also dean of the Johnson-Philips All Faiths Chapel. Lewter has served as interim director since Feb. 26, 2004.Dr. E. Joahanne Thomas-Smith, provost and senior vice president of academic […]

Number one Blackboard Bestselling author Kimberlah Lawson Roby has done it again with her page turning, never want it to end book entitled Too Much of a Good Thing. This book is the sequel to her best-selling novel Casting the First Stone. In the prequel, the handsome Reverend Curtis Black […]

Lately a lot of the “testosterone” on campus have been curious as to whether or not I am attempting to preach the gospel of “boy bashing,” and to all those inquiring minds the answer to your question is no. As much as I love my ladies, I can honestly feel […]