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Former Howard University Vice President for Human Resources James Jones referred himself and others as “H.N.I.C.,” or “Head Nigger in Charge” and now he and the university faces a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, according to the Washington City Paper. Jeannette Frett worked under Jones during his stay at the university and said he repeatedly used the expression in 2011 to “emphasize [...]

ATLANTA — Three Morehouse College athletes and another student have been accused of rape and other charges. These stem from two alleged assaults in March and April. Chukwudi Ndudikwa and Malcolm Frank face rape and aggravated sodomy charges. Tevin Mgbo is looking at charges of aggravated sodomy, kidnapping and reckless conduct. In an unrelated incident Lucien Kidd was arrested and charged with Rape in [...]

Vic speaks out after chief placed on leave The victim of a sexual assault spoke exclusively to WAVY.com the same day her university’s police chief was placed under investigation. WAVY.com has confirmed Elizabeth City State University Police Chief Sam Beamon was placed on administrative leave on April 25, stemming from the campus’ handling of a complaint of assault and sexual [...]

The apparent hazing death of two Virginia State University (VSU) students has renewed the debate over universities’ responsibility to combat hazing abuse. In Virginia’s Chesterfield County, police have charged four men, including two VSU students, with hazing after two students drowned in the Appomattox River on April 20 as part of an initiation rite for the social club Men of [...]

A member of the Mississippi Valley State football team died in a one-car accident which injured three of his teammates Thursday night. The driver, Kevin Monzon, a 19-year-old sophomore place-kicker from Crystal Springs, Miss., died at the scene in Leflore County, the Southwestern Athletic Conference university said in a release. Marcus Thompson, a junior from Houston, Texas was air-lifted to [...]

Both Sen. Gladys Robinson and Sen. Angela R. Bryant once served on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors but aren’t too happy with their latest course of action. Find out why they believe North Carolina’s five HBCUs could face an extremely unfavorable experience by the state’s university system: On July 1, when newly elected members of the UNC [...]

Four men have been charged with hazing following the drowning of at least one Virginia State University student, who was swept to his death as he attempted to cross the Appomattox River as part of an initiation rite, police said on Tuesday. A second student remained missing on Tuesday, three days after seven male students were pulled down the river [...]

A man with a knife and a broken glass bottle attacked two students Thursday in front of Livingstone College. Livingstone students Daulon Sampson, 28, and Charles Thomas, 21 were walking back to campus when Jaivon Alonzo Scott, 24 attacked them. Salisbury Post: Sampson and Thomas told police that Scott yelled at them and threatened them, and when he approached them [...]

Howard University’s Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter was recently accused of witness tampering in the ongoing lawsuit case of Laurin Compton and Lauren Cofield. (On Feb. 28 in federal court, the two seniors at the University and sisters alleged that their human rights were violated by sorority members when Compton and Cofield could not wear sorority colors of pink and green, among [...]

After the Department of Education began to implement stricter requirements for PLUS loan applicants under 34 CFR § 682.201 (c)(2), over 14.616 students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were forced to abandon their studies in the fall of 2012 after a dramatic spike in loan denials.  The parents of the students applying for Parent PLUS loans suddenly found they could be [...]

North Carolina A&T State University has been put on lockdown after reports of a man with a rifle on the Greensboro school’s campus. A University Alert is in affect NCAT is on lockdown everyone is NCAT A University Alert is in affect NCAT is on lockdown everyone is informed to stay inside per the message on the ncat.edu page — [...]

Two Tennessee State University football players have been suspended from the team indefinitely after allegedly causing thousands of dollars in damage to another student’s car on Feb. 9. TSU’s starting quarterback, Michael German, 21, and defensive back Joseph Johnson, 20, were accused of jumping and dancing on the roof and hood of a student’s 2011 Ford Fiesta. Those actions caused [...]

The Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would allow Oklahoma State University to offer accounting courses at its Tulsa campus, something currently reserved for Langston University. Senate Bill 59, by Sen. Brian Crain, now heads to the House after securing approval by a vote of 36-10. Currently, only Langston is allowed to offer courses in accounting, sociology and [...]

A man charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major is going to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors, his attorney said Friday. Caleb Jackson will plead guilty to felony hazing and manslaughter as soon as April, attorney Chuck Hobbs said at a hearing at the Orange County Courthouse. Jackson currently is being held in the Leon [...]

A 20-year-old Raymond man is charged with two counts of felony cyberstalking for allegedly threatening Jackson State University President Carolyn Meyers via social media, officials said today. Jhamerius Darshawn Mack of Raymond, who investigators say is not a JSU student, is jailed at the Hinds County Detention Center at Raymond, JSU spokesman Eric Stringfellow said today. He confirmed that the [...]

When it was established in 1998, the James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina was supposed to be a major hub for transportation, education, and research in the country. It was also a chance for Rep. Jim Clyburn—an alumnus of South Carolina State University, where the center is housed—to restore “a unique mission” to his alma mater, [...]

Jairus Rayshawn Dantzler, 18, has been arrested for an alleged sexual assault on the campus of Paine College in Augusta Georgia. Dantzler face multiple charges, including rape, burglary, and obstruction of a law enforcement officer. “As we move the campus from campus safety to a campus police department, we’ll further strengthen our abilities to deter people from coming on campus and [...]

Twelve former students now face manslaughter charges in the November 2011 hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion Jr., attorneys familiar with the case said Monday. Ten of them were previously charged with felony hazing resulting in death. They and two new defendants will now also be charged with manslaughter, said Craig Brown, the attorney for one [...]