Pre-election tensions gave way to celebration as students gathered at the Memorial Student Center Tuesday for an election watch party. News of Obama’s victory across key states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio filled students with anticipation as they waited out the final word on the presidential race. Several organizations came […]
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Students march to polls for voting rights
Prairie View A&M University students made history again Oct. 23 by marching to the Prairie View Community Center in hopes of regaining their on-campus voting rights. “Voting is a way of expressing our thoughts, views and how we feel on everyday situations,” said Jemiah Richards, a senior accounting major. “We […]
PV plans to go green to make green
SGA held a “Go Green” forum Oct. 23 in the Alvin I. Thomas administration building with Richard Norton, assistant vice president of physical plant administration, along with Dawn Self-Steph, AbitibiBowater recycling coordinator, in an effort to start a recycling program on campus. Self-Steph introduced the university’s AbitibiBowater Paper Retriever Program, […]
Rose class inducted into UMA
Many future doctors earned their white coats in the Undergraduate Medical Academy at the induction ceremony last Saturday night in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. The white coat ceremony began in 2004, bringing in the 2004 charter class and the start of the UMA. Next was the 2005 gold class, […]
ABPsi addresses domestic violence
In celebration of Domestic Violence Awareness Month ABPsi hosted a relationships and domestic violence seminar in the Juvenile Justice building on Oct. 22. The purpose of the seminar was to discuss why relationships go wrong, and how to fix them once they go astray. The seminar served as an information […]
Agriculture students recognized as student leaders
Four agriculture economics majors were picked by the Monsanto Company, one of the largest agricultural companies in the country, to participate in its annual Council of 1890 Universities Student Leadership event in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 19-21. Sophomores Bobby Smith II and Krystal Blakemore, junior Brady Faggard and senior Johnie […]
Multicultural affairs invites Latinos to the Hill
The Office of Multicultural Affairs in conjunction with Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc., presented the program “Inviting all Latinos to the Hill” on Oct. 23 in the MSC Ballroom. The program was hosted by Elma Gonzalez, director of multicultural affairs, who gave the audience a sense of togetherness that […]
From the Editorial Board-How black is black…
How black is Condoleezza Rice? What about Tiger Woods? Lenny Kravitz? What about Akon? Are their experiences accurate reflections of the African-American experience (remember, the last of them is actually from Senegal-not America)? The answers to these questions are multi-layered, and all of them are impossible to think about without […]
Obama: A black president or a president who’s black?
So, the other day I had a conversation with a fellow student about the upcoming general election on Nov. 4, and the possibility of electing a black president. To this notion, my fellow Panther expressed his desire for Sen. Barack Obama to win because “it is about time for a […]
What is the importance of casting your vote?
What is the whole purpose of voting? Sure, it’s fun if the person you vote for wins, but why do people vote? Many freshmen said they’re voting to make a difference, but some say that is not the correct reason for voting. Celestial Hall, a sophomore at stated, “The reason […]