Talk:Prairie View A&M University

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Contents 1 Prairie View A&M? 2 Plagiarism 3 Fair use rationale for Image:PVAM.PNG 4 Athletics

[edit] Prairie View A&M?

I thought the A&M no longer stands for Agricultural and Mechanical? This is the case for Texas A&M. After all, Prairie View offers degrees in business, engineering, juvenile justice, nursing, etc. These fields would not be offered in an agricultural and mechanical school. Thus, I think the article's name should be changed to "Prairie View A&M University."--Blueag9 06:08, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

The page has been moved accordingly. — User:ACupOfCoffee@ 01:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism

This article has been directly copied from pages of the university's website.

• The second paragraph has been directly copied from: http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/599.asp
• The section on history has been directly copied from: http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/605.asp

Please rewrite the article and avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism is against Wikipedia policy. Blueag9 00:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:PVAM.PNG

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BetacommandBot (talk) 16:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Athletics

It's been proposed to create a new article for Prairie View A&M Panthers (as I write this it is a re-direct) to cover their athletic programs. This is a good move from my point of view, as many colleges and universities have similar articles. Prairie View has been active in sports for over a century and it should be no problem to create a quality article.--Paul McDonald (talk) 12:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)