The Lady Panthers trekked to Houston to take on rival Texas Southern in a pivotal match to determine SWAC tournament qualification. In a close contest, the Lady Panthers fell 2-1 to a very well prepared Texas Southern squad. The first half was a defensive struggle as both teams went scoreless […]

COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M University System regents voted Monday to authorize school president Elsa Murano to settle a lawsuit brought by families over the deadly bonfire collapse nearly a decade ago. In 1999, the wedding cake-like bonfire structure collapsed while students were building it. The accident that killed […]

Do the clothes make the man? Young men and old will stand in line at 5 o’clock in the morning for a pair of Jordan’s or Air Force Ones, but why? Men will actually resort to stealing and killing each other just to rock the “right” gear, but is it […]

CHICAGO – Shielded by a black umbrella on a dreary Chicago day, Jennifer Hudson arrived at a nondescript county building Monday with a heartbreaking task to identify the body of her 7-year-old nephew. Tragically, it was a scene all too familiar to the Oscar-winning actress. Only three days earlier, Hudson […]

1. Why did that girl get on stage with those overalls on thinking she was the stuff at Ode to Music? 2. Why didn’t anybody tell her to sit her a** down? 3. Should we ask Tau Beta Sigma if hazing is real? 4. Why was the girl walking around […]

The University Village presented a spectacular talent showcase titled “An Ode to Music” at the MSC auditorium on Oct. 21. The showcase featured many of the well-known and amateur talents on Prairie View’s campus that took the audience on a journey of a variety of music genres in our culture, […]

Come next Tuesday we will know who will be our next President. The many comments, debates, sound bytes, political rallies, e-mails and stump speeches will mercifully come to an end. I, like most Americans, want this process to end and for us to move on with life. But can we? […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]