Voting on Prairie View's campus will be available

Prairie View, TX - Oct. 24, 2018 —Throughout the years, Prairie View A&M University students have faced injustices and obstacles when it comes to voting within Waller county. Students have marched - led by former SGA President, Priscilla Barbour, to fight for the right to vote on campus. The most recent plight against students' voting rights was a rumor that students would be turned away from voting. To keep students informed with the correct information, I reached out to the Elections Administrator for Waller County, Christy Eason.

While speaking with her, she was able to clarify the misunderstanding of placing some students in the wrong precinct. In 2016, many students were registered to vote and informed to use the 700 University Drive address if they lived in the campus dorms. However, it is now known that this address is an actual residential address for the City of Prairie View, which holds a different precinct, 310. The Prairie View A&M University campus' precinct is 309. These precincts determine voting locations; those under 309 can vote on campus, while others in 310 have a voting location at Prairie View City Hall. During the recent Primary Elections, this discrepancy was found. Eason stated, "In the Primary election, we had found that some of the students were registered in precinct 309, which is the university's precinct. But then some of them were also registered in 310, which is the city's voting block."

Eason then went to the drawing board to find a solution, "We have to find a way to get all of those registered in precinct 310 back to 309. Anyone with 700 University Drive as their physical address will be allowed to vote, "no one will be turned away."

Those students with 700 University Drive will need to fill out an address change form at the voting polls. This address change form will place students in the correct precinct for the campus, 309. Students who will be newly registering to vote are encouraged to use the correct physical address for their respective dorm on campus.

Early Voting in the Willie A. Tempton Memorial Student Center October 29th - 31st 8 am-5 pm

Election Day in the Willie A. Tempton Memorial Student Center November 6th, 7 am - 7 pm.

*This article was previously published online for The Panther Newspaper.

New Music Alert: ‘Motivation’ by Normani

Normani has been working hard leading up to the culmination of her solo career. To follow up her "Dancing with A Stranger" duet with Sam Smith, Normani delivers "Motivation." Normani's latest single comes along with an official music video.

The music video draws from her roots and musical influence growing up. The video starts with a young Normani rushing to the TV to watch 106 & Park on BET. As the 106 & Park hosts introduce the record-breaking video, we see Normani's "Motivation" start to play. The next scene is nostalgic to Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love," with the iconic white beater and denim bottoms.

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Normani then continues to pay homage to other 2000s iconic moments such as Ciara's Goodies, JLo's I'm Real, and many more. She adds her style showing how the influence molds whom she is today and the music she wants to make — her "Motivation." In less than 24 hours, the music video has been viewed more than 1.3 million times on YouTube.

Normani has a lot to say and share with the world with her solo career, and this track shows there are more vital career-building moments to come. "Motivation" is available on all streaming platforms.