Situated in the heart of the black culture, Prairie View students have an up close and personal interaction with black stereotypes, perceptions, and realities. Prairie View students don’t need BET’s College Hill to get a glimpse of life on a historically black campus. Prairie View students don’t need to watch […]
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The Drought is Over
7,224 spectators witnessed Prairie View defeat Jackson State, 30-27 to capture its first winning season since 1976. With the win, the Panthers move to a record of 6-3 overall, and 5-3 in the conference. After the game, head coach Henry Frazier III said, “We are 6-3, we are winners, no […]
Buildings 35 & 48 UCFL champions
The UCFL Super Bowl once again brought another heated match up, which ended buildings 35 and 48 becoming UCFL champions. The first game of the day was between buildings 37 and 35. Marking the first points of the game was building 35’s Artavia Woods who returned the opening kickoff for […]
Lady Panthers earn number one seed in SWAC tourney
After the Grambling State loss, the Lady Panthers hit the road Oct. 31 to Lake Charles, La. to battle the McNeese State Cowgirls. As the Panthers fought hard, they lost in three straight sets, 22-30, 27-30, and 22-30. Michelle Paul had 20 digs, and Erin Fondel had nine. The very […]
Preseason 101: men’s basketball
The 2007-2008 basketball season is approaching and recently the Panthers men’s head basketball coach Byron Rimm said what he expects from the team this season. Rimm mentioned that two of the problem areas from last year were free throw shooting and rebounding. He added that they were at the bottom […]
Preseason 101: women’s basketball
The Lady Panthers of Prairie View A&M University have found themselves making history once again before their season has even started. They are picked to win the Southwest Athletic Conference (SWAC), over the nine other teams in the conference. The selection was done by a poll conducted by the conference […]
Football drops to 5-3
The Panthers football team lost a tough game to Arkansas Pine-Bluff 21-19 Saturday before 15,200 fans at Golden Lion Stadium in Pine Bluff, Ark. Prairie View dominated the game statistically, outgaining Arkansas-Pine Bluff on offense 430-190 and gaining 26 first downs to Pine Bluff’s seven, but costly turnovers and special […]
Winfrey promises shake-up at S. African school where employee was accused of indecent assault
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa- Oprah Winfrey said she wept for half an hour when she heard a dormitory matron was accused of abusing students at her school for disadvantaged South African girls, and promised to “clean house” starting with the head mistress. Winfrey spoke to reporters in South Africa by satellite […]
Christian YouTube imitation turns seminary into Internet businessman
PLANO, Texas- Chris Wyatt is on a mission. Walking hastily through his cavernous fourth-floor headquarters in suburban Dallas, the founder of the Christian version of YouTube is searching for an available conference room. “I thought I was going to be a seminary student and then work maybe a couple hours […]
Politicians and MySpace
Drastic times call for drastic measures or it is a case of keeping up with the times because if you haven’t noticed every presidential candidate for the 2008 election has a MySpace page. MySpace has introduced a section dedicated to the 2008 election called Impact Channel. It will be an […]