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Prairie View A&M University Digital Commons @PVAMU PV Panther Newspapers Publications 2-13-2002 Panther- February 2002 Prairie View A&M University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pv-panther-newspapers Scholarship and Service leads the way By Tina M. Ellis Entertainment Editor At the inception of pledged to serious endeavor Delta Sigma Theta on Janu and community service, de- ary 13,1913 on the campus of emphasizing the social side of Howard University, 22 Black sorority life. college women created anew They believed that the sisterhood to establish and strength of the organization would lie in the personal in The Ladies of the Eta maintain a high standard of tegrity and character of the Beta chapter of Delta morality and scholarship individual member. Sigma Theta Sorority, among women. Incorporated. These women envi sioned an organization Deltas on Page 5 5th Annual African-American Rich heritage celebrated, protected and enhanced Legislative Summit plans to By Keith Seafous Special to the Panther Founders Dr. Ernest E. Just, Professor Frank make a difference On November 17, Coleman, Dr. Oscar J. Cooper 1911, three Howard Univer and Bishop Edgar A. Love iy Tenesia S. Mathews sity undergraduate students, selected this phrase as the Editor - in- Chief summit was entitled " Mo with the assistance of their motto. On Saturday, Febru- mentum to Move Through Manhood, scholar "Leadership makes ary 9,2002 the congressional faculty advisor, gave birth to all the difference in the the 21st Century." the Omega Psi Phi Frater ship, perseverance and black leaders of Texas held Black political lead uplifment were adopted as world, and good leadership nity. its 5th Annual African- ers such as Representative cardinal principles. This was causes people to follow," ex From the initial of American Legislative confer Julius Widier, Senator Royce the first fraternity to be claimed Congresswoman the Greek phrase meaning, ence. West, Senator Rodney Ellis, founded on a black college Eddie Bernice Johnson. The theme for the "Friendship is essential to the Congresswoman Sheila soul," the name Omega Psi campus. Jackson Lee, Congress- Phi was derived. Omega on Page 5 woman Eddie Bernice Johnson and Govenor candi date Tony Sanchez were all participants in this confer ence to delete the struggle of African-American equal ity in education, politics and simplicity put in every day The Brothers of life. the Rho Theta Congresswoman chapter of Sheila Jackson Lee Omega Psi Phi capitilized on the theme of Fraternity, the summit in just one ques Incorporated. tion. She asked those elite politicians, students and all other attendents "Are you COMING NEXT WEEK INSIDE going to be a part of the Fraternities and sororities membership or the move who have contributed to the Are you a part of the ment?" upliftment of the African- membership or the move In her monologue American community. ment? Page 3 Next week, the Jackson charged the audi All Star Jam in brothers of Phi Beta Sigma ence not to just have a mem Philadelphia gets rave Fraternity Inc. and the la bership to their perspective reviews from PV alumni. sororities, fraternities, dies ofZeta Phi Beta Soror churches, the NAACP and ity Inc. Page 7 WEATHER Representative Sheila Jackson Lee speaks of being a Greater Prairie View Area weekend forecast: mostly sunny and cool; High 71, Low 30 part of the movement. See Summit on page 5 The Panther Wednesday, February 13', 2002 page 2 IN BRIEF The Panther Wednesday,Februaryl3,2002 page 3 •State* •World* •National* VIEWPOINTS Tyson fight unwanted Bell causes brawl Chest makers warn Fort Worth, Texas Cairo, Egypt St. Louis, Missouri The Stop Complaining! AP- Texas Motor AP- An argument over AP- The maker of ce Speedway officials decided whether a church's bells tolled dar chests in which a dozen Are you a part of the membership or the movement ? children have died including Panther against bidding for Mike too loudly turned into a brawl Tyson's heavyweight title three in St. Louis in August is that left 11 people lightly in pushing hard to replace the Sheila Jackson Lee asked a ing worse than a person who movement to get Prairie View fight against Lennox Lewis. question that not many of us "Mike Tyson makes jured and led to 50 arrests in automatic locks on some 6.5 is too fickle to stand up for professors that can teach and Prairie View A&M University's could answer and many of you this fight undesirable for us," southern Egypt, police said million chests. what they believe in, but they teach well. TMS general manager Eddie Monday. Lane Furniture In official student publication probably can't either. dustries, created airtight sit around and criticize. Become a part of the Gossage said Monday. The violence broke out She asked "Do you just Listen! This is not the '"We've wound up chests that lock automatically The Panther is a publication sup movement to not only vote in the village of Beni Walmas, have a membership or are you institution of slavery or the where t expected it all along. from the inside a feature that ported through advertising and stu for SGA president, but to 135 miles south of Cairo, dur is ideal for long-term storage a part of the movement?" We cannot sell our values. dent activity fees. Views expressed '60s. We have the right to vote for the President of the ing the opening of the reno of heirlooms but potentially That question is apow- Texas Motor Speed within the publicationare not neces stand without being whipped United States. deadly for children who play erful one because many of us way is a clean-cut, family ori vated Virgin Mary Church. sarily those shared by Prairie View or hosed. I also challenge you ented venue." inside them. just sit and complain about A&M University or the Texas A&M We have the power to to write articles that are im situations on campus, and we Saddam object to U.S. Public school showcase University Board of Regents. All elect a president that is right portant to you, so that all Jury selection begins articles, photographs and graphics rarely agree with those par Baghad, Iraq Oklahoma City, Oklahoma By Tenesia S. Mathews for us. students will know what Brownsville, Texas are property of The Panther ticular situations or how many AP-President Saddam AP- Fourth-grader Editor-in-Chief We have the power to some of the more important AP- Jury selection be decisions are made that we gan Monday in a $20 million Hussein said Monday his Waleed Ovase's fingers darted Anyone who reads The Panther get professors that are here to issues are on campus besides don't agree with? lawsuit filed after two U.S. country opposes any U. S. at across the computer keyboard, can submit a letter to the editor by On Saturday Febru teach and teach us well. We the parties and what not. tack on Iran, adding the U.S. feverishly punching in data to fax, e-mail, or postal service. All Border Patrol agents were ary 9, 2002,1 was honored to The answer should be don'thave to sit and complain. So, my fellow col description of Iraq and Iran as show how he found the range, submissions are subject to editing all of us, but how many of us killed in a 1998 shootout. be a guest at the 5th Annual We can stand and be heard! leagues become a part of the The defense continued part of an "axis of evil" proves median and mode of colored and must include the author's name are doing something about the United States considers candies in a bag of M&Ms. African-American Legislative So, I challenge you movement to make this a to pressure for a change of and telephone number. Summit. these situations? None of us. venue due to publicity about Muslims and Arabs evil. "You can see the data in PVAMU students to not just first class university, to the case. Last month, U.S. Presi a line graph, a bar graph or a Submission Policy And out of all the So, we are just a part have a membership to Prairie make us a better people, and Agents Susan Lynn dent George W Bush said in pie chart," said Ovase, a stu for Letters to the Editor speeches that were presented of the membership, but we're View as a student, but be his State of the Union address dent at Truman Elementary to this a better world for Rodriguez and Ricardo and out all the challenges that not doing anything to change come a part of the movement Guillermo Salinas were shot that Iraq, Iran and North Ko School in Norman. The Panther these situations. rea comprise an "axis of evil" Ovase joined dozens were given, there was only one to make this university one of while helping Cameron Spring 2002 Staff thing that really stuck with All we do is complain County sheriffs deputies and accused them of seeking of students, lawmakers and the best in the world. track down Ernest Moore, a weapons of mass destruction. state education officials Mon Editor-in-Chief: me throughout the whole day. and complain. There is noth Become a part of the day in the Capitol. Congresswoman See Summit Page 5 suspect in a double-murder, Photo by AP/ Pete Sanders Group Tenesia S. Mathews on July 7,1998. Assistant Editor: Lou Gossett Jr. joins the cast of the Kander and Ebb musical Kalyn Bullock News Editor: Russia warns US.