The City of Prairie View Police Department has created a traffic safety unit in response to the large number of accidents that have recently occurred on campus and in the surrounding community. Sergeant Garrett of the Prairie View Police Department said, “We will be increasingly more visible to curtail traffic […]
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Faculty participates in Fotofest 2008
Houston art museums and 107 other spaces are celebrating photo-based art with 145 exhibits as part of Fotofest 2008 China, the 12th International Biennial of Photography and Photo-related Art, March 7 – April 20, 2008 in Houston, Texas. Fotofest 2008 focuses on one of the most compelling cultural, political, and […]
TxDOT begins University Drive widening project
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), with insistence from the city of Prairie View, recently began the year-long task of widening the section of University Drive from Highway 290 to the street’s intersection at Owens Road just off-campus. TxDOT’s $3.9 million remodeling plan, phase one of a three-part process, will […]
Workshop builds unity among female students
Prairie View A&M University celebrated Women’s History Month through various events around the campus. On March 26 in the Alvin I. Thomas Building, young women joined together to evaluate their friendships in the workshop, “Healthy Relationships with My Sisters.” Facilitating the event was First Lady of The Church Without Walls […]
Stars show out for media conference
Sigma Tau Theta hosted its second annual media conference Tuesday, April 1, in the Willie Albert Tempton Memorial Student Center ballroom. The event was separated into a session for journalism and public relations and another for radio, television, music, and sports entertainment. The journalism session featured Tracy Ferguson, editor of […]
Campus team falls short in Honda
Students from Prairie View traveled to Orlando, Fla., last Thursday to compete in the annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge trivia competition. The contest pits students from HBCUs around the country against one another in a battle of the minds. Prairie View was selected to be a part of the “Strong […]
Casino night a ‘full house’
Prairie View students piled into the Willie Albert Tempton Memorial Student Center ballroom March 26 for a night of thrills and adventure, as they moved from table to table at Casino Night. A part of SpringFest, Casino Night provided students with music from a live DJ as they entered the […]
Annual SpringFest ends with well-played step show
The “Stomp the Hill” step show, the closing event for Campus Activities Board’s SpringFest 2008, was held Saturday in the William “Billy” J. Nicks Fieldhouse. The SpringFest step show doesn’t get as big a crowd as the Homecoming step show, but the contestants were still going to put on a […]
Hurry, spring into fashion
Winter has now passed and the new weather change is allowing Prairie View students to put away their puff jackets and suede boots and bring out their new spring collection. If you haven’t worn your Rocawear pioneer jacket or your waterproof 14-inch premium Timberland boots yet, you may consider storing […]
Prairie View mourns loss of longtime employee
Prairie View A&M University lost one of its longtime employees, Jimmizine Beth Taylor, Friday, March 28 following a lengthy illness. Taylor, 88, passed away in the Tomball Regional Hospital after serving 62 years with the university. Taylor began her career in 1946 as a librarian. She served as a reference […]