Governor Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and other state legislators have proposed tying state funding allocated to public collegiate institutions to graduation rates. According to the university administration, funding has decreased by 5 percent in the 2010-2011 school year and 15 percent in the current fiscal school year. If […]
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From the Hill to Capitol Hill
Every four years, a new president of the United States of America is elected into office. This past term was very special because the very first black president was re-elected into office. Prairie View A&M University has been blessed to witness the inaugural celebration twice, although the first time only […]
Panthers claw Bulldogs in Babydome
School spirit filled the William “Billy” J. Nicks Fieldhouse as the students watched the Prairie View A&M University basketball teams send Alabama A&M home with an “L” on their season record. The men won 65-46 and women 68-59. Each game was exciting, keeping people suspense every second. During the Lady […]
University officials make final efforts to prevent the landfill
The fight against the HWY 6 Pintail landfill continues. With the beginning of the new semester, there has been an increased wave of activism as Waller county citizens and Prairie View students and officials have been working to increase the support against the landfill. Prairie View A&M University engineering professor […]
Students attend presidential inauguration in D.C.
As many students began to settle into their spring semester course load, nearly 250 Prairie View students stood in Washington D.C. to celebrate Barack Obama’s shift into his second term as President. Close to the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, students gathered alongside other Americans from across the […]
TAMU welcomes first black corps commander in university history
Black people were not able to attend Texas A&M University until 87 years after it was founded. It was a bit of a surprise when a black man Marquis Alexander was named commander of TAMU Corps of Cadets. The commander’s responsibilities are to establish the dress code of the cadets […]
A final Panther farewell
As my time at Prairie View draws to a close, I take this time to reflect on my days on the hill. Coming in as a freshman from the south side of the Chicago, I had many different feelings as I entered college in the fall of 2008. What type […]
College students and contraceptives
College students use contraceptives for a variety of reasons. According to an ABC News survey, 63 percent of males expressed favorable attitudes to having sexual hookups, whereas females only represented 45 percent. In this day and age, the younger generation is constantly bombarded by sexualized images through media such as […]
Stress takes toll on students
Most college students have one thing in common which is stress. It comes in many different levels which is why it is important to have a special method to relieve stress because it affects one’s mind, body and health. There are countless number of things that cause students to stress. […]
Food festival highlights many cultures on campus
The music was booming, food was consumed and people were socializing. Students from all walks of life gathered together to participate in the International Food Festival/ Display of Flags at Prairie View A&M University Nov. 15 in the Memorial Student Center lobby. Flags from every country currently represented at Prairie […]