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Students support SGA debate

The student body questioned the Student Government Association presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2013-2014 school year at the presidential debate Tuesday night in the MSC Auditorium. The audience responded positively to candidates who spoke on scholarship issues, prior experience, and equality among students and student organizations. Due to […]

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Same sex marriage debate continues

A lesbian widow was denied the same rights that are granted to heterosexuals after her wife died serving in the armed forces.  Although the couple was legally married, the National Guard did not recognize it. Tracy Dice Johnson was not the first to be informed of her wife’s death by […]

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Oz no longer child appropriate

Oz the Great and Powerful is not a children’s movie.  Womanizing, open morals, and promiscuity can all be found in Disney’s new prequel to the classic tale, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  James Franco plays Oscar Diggs, or Oz, a circus magician known for never being able to keep a […]

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Lady Panthers wins conference tournament

Prairie View’s Lady Panthers dominated the 2013 Toyota Southwestern Athletic Conference basketball tournament for the third time, defeating Mississippi Valley in four overtimes and earning a guaranteed bid to the NCAA Tournament to face Baylor University Bears Sunday, March 24.  The Lady Panthers have gone 9-0 for the past three […]

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Panthers suffer heartbreaking loss

Prairie View A&M fought until the final buzzer sounded, but an untimely run by Southern late in the second half of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship game spelled the end of the season. PVAMU was defeated 45-44 in a heartbreaker that came down to a final shot attempt. PVAMU held […]

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Statistics show black women wed less

According to the Centers for Disease Control National Survey of Family Growth in 2012, only 26 percent of all African American women are currently married compared to their Caucasian counterparts at 51 percent. Various factors contribute to the significantly low marriage rates among black women. With such low rates, one […]

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Former playmate hosts lecture on the Hill

Rebekka Armstrong questioned who should take responsibility for HIV during her lecture for the Students Participating in Transcendent Knowledge series Tuesday evening in the Memorial Student Center Auditorium.  Armstrong took responsibility for HIV. As a part of Women’s History and HIV Awareness months, Armstrong shared her story of being infected […]

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10 years after the Iraq War

Americans watched President George W. Bush declare war on Iraq 10 years ago on March 19, 2003. President Bush addressed the nation to reconcile America’s role in the Middle East. “Good evening. Tonight in Iraq, the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in a struggle that will determine […]

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Graduate students withheld from certain financial aid

When applying for graduate school many students will come across a question asking, “If you do not receive financial aid, will you still be interested in enrolling in our institution?”  “A part of me wanted to say ‘Yes, I will still attend even if I do not receive aid’ but […]

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Panel of Prairie View men define black beauty

On March 20, the My Black is Beautiful panel discussion was presented by the royal court at the student lounge in the Memorial Student Center at 7 P.M. The panel discussion focused on the different characteristics the average black man on Prairie View A&M University’s campus believes a black woman […]