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Taking off my clothes:

Scenario: “An hour has passed as I sit in a dimmed room during an after hours school function. I am anxious as to what’s next because the show has been excellent thus far. The disc jockey turns on the seductive music, which only adds to the steamy, erotic ambience. Then […]

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20 Questions

1. Who has a gap so big that a VHS tape can fit in it? 2. Can it play? 3. Are the Sigmas raising the bar? 4. Doesn’t the guy who drives the red food cart look like “big worm?” 5. Who’s happy that after three years they won’t be […]

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PV Freshest

Norvella HaywoodComing straight out of Austin, Texas, Norvella Haywood is named after her great-grandmother who has 13 children.Haywood is the first of her grandmother’s great-grandchildren to go to college. Haywood is 18 years old and resides in building #42 where the “Classy Ladies of the Harbee” (harbee means unity in […]

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Student angered by several campus issues

Dear Editor,It is already bad enough that every morning I have to commute to school because of the ridiculous cost to live on campus, and then when I get here I can’t find a parking space because residential students are parking in them. Then my professor holds me after class […]

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Lady Panthers win first soccer game of season

The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers split their weekend contests against Alcorn State and Mississippi Valley State at the Lady Panther soccer field on Friday and Sunday respectively. The gray cloud hanging over the Lady Panther soccer team was blown away with its first win of the season over Alcorn […]

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Caught out of sync, Panthers lose state fair classic 50-7

The Prairie View A&M University Panthers (1-2, 0-2) and Grambling State University Tigers (2-1, 2-0) entered the Southwest State Fair Classic with several things in common. Both teams easily won their season openers and entered the game coming off blowout losses. The Panthers and Tigers also entered the game with […]

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How I ended up on the hill

When I tell people I teach English at Prairie View A&M, they tend to respond in one of three ways: “Oh, I’m so sorry!” or “Where’s that?” or “That’s a…black school, right?” One gentleman even said, “Do they even speak English out there?” and then lectured me on why my […]

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Body art: making a personal statement

On Prairie View’s campus there are all forms of body art. Some are body piercings such as naval or tongue rings, but most body art is tattoos. A tattoo is a permanent mark or design made on the body when pigment is inserted into the dermal layer of the skin […]

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Students demand answers, resolution via protest

Attracting the attention of the news media, faculty, staff, and the student body, a protest evolved Monday, Oct. 3, around 10 a.m. in front of the A.I. Thomas Administration building as a result of what the protestors said were unanswered questions, miscommunication, and a demand for change. The protest was […]

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20 Questions

1. Isn’t it about time someone protested against the administration? 2. Aren’t we glad the band finally did a field show? 3. Who is just now finding out they got dropped from the system? 4. Does that mean they cannot do MIP? 5. If an organization demands only good looking […]