Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and coordinator for the STEM enhancement program, Dr. Freddie L. Frazier, was honored Saturday Feb. 26, for outstanding achievement at the 14th annual national conference of quality education for minorities (QEM), and mathematics, science and engineering (MSE) network.He was awarded the Etta Zuber Falconer Excellence in […]

Sickle-cell anemia is a birth condition that is slowly but surely attacking the African American community, without notice. Sickle-cell is an inherited chronic disease in which the red blood cells, which are normally disc-shaped, become crescent shaped. As a result abnormal function sets in and causes small blood clots. From […]

In a season of strapped state budgets, historically black colleges and universities, reliant on government funds and thin on endowments, have been particularly hard hit, according to black educators attending an annual convention Monday in Houston.The majority of students at public black colleges and universities – about 80 percent – […]

Many times we sit and wonder if our prayers are being heard and why we aren’t getting what we ask for. We don’t get what we want because we either don’t ask or when we do ask, the scripture says we ask “amiss” meaning improper or faulty. God says that […]

The most anticipated part of spring is here, no it’s not midterms, but a fresh lineup of television shows that are sure to keep T.V. sets hot.MTV heats things up with its new season of Real World/Road Rules : The Inferno 2, which puts alumni members of the two popular […]

Eight candidates who are running for various student government positions in the April 5 SGA elections presented their campaign platforms to students at a forum held March 15 in the Senate chambers.Jawana Green, SGA elections chair, said, “Students need to get to know the candidates for who they are and […]

Frederick Sims, a native of Dallas, died Friday, March 4, after a performance for the Texas A&M University System Chancellor and other officials who were visiting the campus. Sims, 20, died of heart failure. According to band members, after marching from the New Gym, where the performance was held, Sims […]

Navy midshipmen got a closeup view of Navy training aircraft on Thursday, March 3. A TH-47 sea ranger from helicopter training squadron 8, based at Naval air station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida landed on the open field near Hobart Taylor Hall. The midshipmen were afforded the opportunity to speak […]

Over the past few years, HIV/AIDS has been brought to the world’s attention with astounding numbers showing the devastating effects of the incurable disease. According to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control, black Americans account for more than a third (38 percent) of he 816,149 AIDS cases reported in America. […]

While most of the students of Prairie View A&M University were headed home for Spring Break, several members of the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) headed to Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Spring Competition Training Workshop. The workshop was designed to assist the teams in preparing […]