Texas Southern University

Citing "War," Threatening Lawsuits, Fearing "Blackball": TSU Ph.D. Students Bring Forth Claims of Program's Suffocating Politics

Toward the end of her 2011 Race and Crime course in Texas Southern University's Administration of Justice Ph.D. program, Natalie Hinshaw raised her hand. She, and the rest of her classmates, had not yet received her mid-term paper back. The course's final project was coming up, and Hinshaw wanted to ... More >>

The New Crusaders

TSU restarts its jazz program, tapping into the talents of the fabled Joe Sample and kids looking for a place to play.

Cover Story: Joe Sample Attempts to Bring TSU Back to Relevancy

Teaching jazz at Texas Southern University was probably the last thing on the mind of Joe Sample when the Phillis Wheatley High School graduate returned to his native Houston after tearing it up in Los Angeles for 40 years. But Sample, who left TSU in 1958 with members of the Jazz Crusaders -- whi ... More >>

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 >>

“You Are Your Own Twin”

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

5th Annual Historically Black Colleges & Universities Film Festival

Web exclusive!

Love Wouldn’t Count Me Out

Web exclusive!

Reel Talk: Exploring the Films of kA'RAMUU KUSH

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

Houston's Jazz History

“Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom”

This exhibit explores the horrors of slave life on the plantation

“Art Official Intelligence”

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

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

2007 Turkeys of the Year

Priscilla Slade is the biggest gobbler of them all

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

23rd Annual Labor Day Classic

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

For What It's Worth

Anniversaries

Piling On

Chamillionaire? Aight, BET!

Catfight

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

Letters

Letters

Run for the Money

Catch the million-dollar babies at the TSU Relays

Quelling Comments -- Not Crime?

Books, Bullets and Guns

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

Hot 'n' Heavenly

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

Turkeys Fly

Houston actually pulls off one crazy week

TSU Homecoming Concert, featuring Tyrese, Mya and Murphy Lee

Saturday, October 18

In Line for Arena Pie

Want to ride the Rockets' revenues? Good Luckett!

Best Radio Station

KTSU-FM/90.9

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

Best Use of School Property

John Tucker's Old School Celebrity Weekend

Biggers Is Better

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

Letters

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.

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?

The Insider

Letters

Letters

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?

Lost African-American History