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Texas Southern University

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Saturday Night: Battle Of The Bands At Minute Maid Park

    MLB Urban Invitational Battle of the Bands Minute Maid Park February 18, 2012 When I read the words "Battle of the Bands," I am immediately transported to the summer of 1997, when I trained to become a drum major at Texas Southern University. My band director at Jesse Jones Senior High, Mr. Ronald ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2011

    “You Are Your Own Twin”

    MLB Urban Invitational Battle of the Bands Minute Maid Park February 18, 2012 When I read the words "Battle of the Bands," I am immediately transported to the summer of 1997, when I trained to become a drum major at Texas Southern University. My band director at Jesse Jones Senior High, Mr. Ronald ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Silas Albert, 22, Bayou Body Count No. 106

    Shot and left for dead​A man was found dead on the street near Texas Southern University Sunday night, and police have no idea why he was shot. The body of Silas Albert, 22, was found in the 5000 block of Ennis about 11 p.m. Sunday by a TSU police officer driving home after work, HPD says. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    TSU Sex Tape Scandal Brewing

    A tape sparks arrests.​Fox 26 is reporting that three men have been arrested in connection with a sex tape believed to have been made in one of Texas Southern University's student apartment complexes. They've got a copy of the tape, rumors of which first began to surface in Twitter yesterday. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Which Houston Mayor Would Make the Best Rapper?

    Yesterday, the Rap Round Table at our sister blog Rocks Off pondered the interesting question "Which Houston rapper would make the best mayor?" You can go there for the discussion. Here, we will ponder which Houston mayor would make the best rapper. We have five nominees. 5. Diamond Jim McConn Smo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Federal Pretrial Services: Getting Defendants "Confident" And Less Embarrassed For Trial

    Federal defendents in Houston are learning to expect the worst. ​The federal Pretrial Services Agency in Houston has launched a new program that basically counsels felony defendants who are out on bond and awaiting a federal trial. But in the program's early stages, things haven't gone exactly as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Fifth Ward's DeLuxe Theater Gets Ready For Its Close-Up

    Photo courtesy DeLuxe TheaterThe DeLuxe, back in the day​City Council on Wednesday approved a contract with Smith & Company Architects for the renovation of the Fifth Ward's historic DeLuxe Theater. No opening date has been announced for the 59-year old building, which has sat dormant for over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Tchernavia Sessum, Young & Recessioned: "I Had No Idea It Would Be This Hard"

    ​Today's installment of Young & Recessioned features Tchernavia Sessum, a 26-year-old Clark Atlanta University grad, who struggled for several years in the job market before finding a job that put her schooling to use. Everybody in my family either went to Texas Southern [University] or Prairi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Joshua McMackle, 18, Bayou Body Count No. 84

    ​Police are scrambling to find out who fired the shots that killed a Texas Southern University student at a party over the weekend.Joshua McMackle, an 18-year-old freshman, was gunned down early Saturday morning at a large street party held along the 3700 block of Wheeler, one block west of the Un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    UH & TSU Get A Little Closer To Each Other

    ​The University of Houston and Texas Southern University are near-neighbors across Scott Street, but that hasn't always made them the best of friends. UH has had a (under-the-table, to be sure) tendency to look down on the chronically troubled, historically black school.But these days, it's gettin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    TSU Not So Happy With Being Put Back On Probation

    ​Texas Southern University, for years the never-ending fount of Bad News, rightly trumpeted word this summer when they were taken off probation by the agency that accredits them. (All right, you insist on the name of that group? The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accredita ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Houston 101: An Earlier Time When Shots Rang Out At TSU

     On May 17, 1967 racial tension and misinformation led to a riot on the Texas Southern University campus.At the time, Houston, like the rest of the country, was struggling with race relations. Herman Short was chief of police under Mayor Louie Welch; Short was especially disliked by Houston's b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Meyerland's Nob Hill Apartments Become A TSU Dorm; Hilarity Ensues

    In August, thousands of residents at Meyerland's Nob Hill apartments went from living in a quiet complex to being part of a swinging college housing facility, complete with shirtlessness and extreme sports -- and for some reason, the transition was less than smooth. The experiment ends next week, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Bill Cosby Remembers A Segregated Houston

    Photo courtesy Houston SymphonyFrom time to time, Hair Balls talks to celebrities (real celebrities, not the "I invented a purple potato" type of pseudo-celebrities). And from time to time, those celebrities can be, oh, shall we say, unconventional. (Larry Harlow once slammed us for not being ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2009

    5th Annual Historically Black Colleges & Universities Film Festival

    Web exclusive!

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2008

    Love Wouldn’t Count Me Out

    Web exclusive!

  • Calendar

    October 23, 2008

    Reel Talk: Exploring the Films of kA'RAMUU KUSH

    Go one-on-one with Hollywood writer/director kA'RAMUU KUSH

  • Music

    September 4, 2008

    Houston's Jazz History

    Go one-on-one with Hollywood writer/director kA'RAMUU KUSH

  • Calendar

    August 7, 2008

    “Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom”

    This exhibit explores the horrors of slave life on the plantation

  • Calendar

    February 21, 2008

    “Art Official Intelligence”

    The University Museum at Texas Southern University gives hip-hop its props

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    Priscilla Slade and the TSU Three

    Spurred on by a fellow student's death, Oliver Brown, William Hudson and Justin Jordan ran a gauntlet on their way to bring down a president

  • News

    November 22, 2007

    2007 Turkeys of the Year

    Priscilla Slade is the biggest gobbler of them all

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    This Just In: Deadlock Over TSU President Priscilla Slade’s Spending

    Priscilla Slade is the biggest gobbler of them all

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2007

    23rd Annual Labor Day Classic

    T.S.U. vs. Prairie View, in a fight to the death (almost)

  • Music

    August 16, 2007

    For What It's Worth

    Anniversaries

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2007

    Piling On

    Anniversaries

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2006

    Chamillionaire? Aight, BET!

    Anniversaries

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2005

    Catfight

    TSU and Prairie View A&M claw it out at the Labor Day Classic

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Letters

    TSU and Prairie View A&M claw it out at the Labor Day Classic

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    Letters

    TSU and Prairie View A&M claw it out at the Labor Day Classic

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2005

    Run for the Money

    Catch the million-dollar babies at the TSU Relays

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Quelling Comments -- Not Crime?

    Catch the million-dollar babies at the TSU Relays

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Books, Bullets and Guns

    TSU was failing in campus safety long before Ashley Sloan was gunned down

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2004

    Hot 'n' Heavenly

    Have a hell of a time at Club Envy's Halloween Ball

  • News

    February 5, 2004

    Turkeys Fly

    Houston actually pulls off one crazy week

  • Music

    October 16, 2003

    TSU Homecoming Concert, featuring Tyrese, Mya and Murphy Lee

    Saturday, October 18

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    All in the NAACP Family

    A husband-and-wife team sparks controversy

  • News

    August 28, 2003

    In Line for Arena Pie

    Want to ride the Rockets' revenues? Good Luckett!

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Radio Station

    KTSU-FM/90.9

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    Unmasked At Last

    After a half-century of effort, local African-American artists are emerging to the forefront of the arts, both in Houston and nationally

  • Calendar

    September 21, 2000

    Best Use of School Property

    John Tucker's Old School Celebrity Weekend

  • Culture

    July 6, 2000

    Biggers Is Better

    The inaugural exhibit at TSU's University Museum is a testament to the power of one

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    Letters

    The inaugural exhibit at TSU's University Museum is a testament to the power of one

  • News

    January 2, 1997

    No Problem, Man...

    James Douglas has a plan to return TSU to itsformer glory. But first, he's got to keep the school out of bankruptcy and conservatorship.

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    Third Ward Rising

    One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

  • News

    June 15, 1995

    The Insider

    One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

  • News

    November 17, 1994

    Letters

    One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

  • News

    October 27, 1994

    Letters

    One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

  • News

    October 6, 1994

    The Terminator of TSU

    Last year, Joann Horton was hired to head Texas Southern University. Now the question is: will she save it, or destroy it?

  • Culture

    February 10, 1994

    Lost African-American History

    Last year, Joann Horton was hired to head Texas Southern University. Now the question is: will she save it, or destroy it?

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