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In an article published by the Washington City Paper, Howard University announced that effective immediately they will be suspending all athletic teams for what appears to be violations of NCAA rules. University spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton released this statement. It is with great regret that we have temporarily suspended intercollegiate athletic competition. This is a self-imposed action while the University conducts [...]

“They’ve killed my son, now they want to kill his reputation.” This was said by Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin yesterday during a press conference in central Florida in response to the unearthing of Trayvon’s past. Now, there are some who are trying to hold Trayvon in a negative light. According to recent reports, Trayvon was suspended from [...]

A case involving the fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teen, which has sparked outrage and calls for justice, is in the hands of the state attorney’s office. Police say Trayvon Martin, 17, was returning from the convenience store to his father’s home in Sanford, Florida. A neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, 28, saw the teen and called 911 to [...]

Kevin Matthews, the compliance officer for the Alabama A&M Research Institute, is facing a felony charge for allegedly breaking into an office at the research institute. Police and court records show Matthews — a key player in the rift between the research institute and Alabama A&M University — was arrested last Thursday for an incident that allegedly took place last [...]

A North Carolina Central University basketball player was arrested Thursday after Durham County deputies found marijuana and thousands of dollars of cash in his apartment. Deputies searched 5308 Penrith Drive, Apt. F, and found 84 grams of marijuana, $12,008 in cash and drug paraphernalia, authorities said. Landon Christopher Clement, 23, and Kalifa Fletcher, 20, were each charged with possession with [...]

Four Alabama A & M students, three of them A&M football players, have been arrested for allegedly being involved in a shooting at Normal Hills Apartment Complex over the weekend. The apartment complex is located across the street from Alabama A&M University. Monica Ray, executive director of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, said in a statement that the Alabama A&M University [...]

Two former Texas Southern University players, one male and one female, have been charged with theft after the home of TSU men’s basketball coach Tony Harvey was ransacked. Warrants have been issued for the arrests of 23-year-old Whithworth Treasure of Cypress and 22-year-old Jasmine Payen of Houston. Both are charged with theft. Court records don’t list attorneys for the two. [...]

A 12-year-old boy has drowned in a pond near the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff campus. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the boy, his brother and a cousin were playing on a dock on private property Sunday morning when the child got into the water. Deputies say the boy apparently didn’t know how to swim. The boy’s brother and cousin [...]

The illness keeps spreading! In a statement released this afternoon, Howard University has confirmed last week’s 40+ cases of gastrointestinal dysfunction were, indeed, norovirus. According to the university, 42 Howard students, one UDC student, three Howard University Hospital employees and one D.C. resident  with the virus were seen at Howard University Hospital between Feb. 22 and Feb. 26. Two of [...]

The D.C. Department of Health is investigating a possible outbreak of Norovirus at Howard University. Officials from the school say they reported “a number of cases of gastrointestinal illnesses among our students” to the health department. “Additionally, we have notified our students, faculty and staff to take precautions to prevent contracting this illness.” Noroviruses are a group of related viruses [...]

Attorneys for Alabama A&M University are scheduled to be in court Wednesday afternoon to argue for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former professor fired last year. Regina Colston sued Alabama A&M President Andrew Hugine and the board of trustees on Nov. 30, 2011, that she was wrongfully terminated in June 2011. Colston said in her lawsuit that she [...]

Authorities are still looking for a suspect who robbed and shot an 18-year-old student at Tennessee State University student in the leg early Sunday morning inside Watson Residence Hall. The student, a freshman from Memphis, was inside the campus residence hall when, at 4:30 a.m., he was forced into his dorm room by a man who tried to rob him, [...]

A 15 year-old valedictorian honor student and football star – Nicholas Jackson II – told his family that he dreamed of one day being on the college football team at Alabama State University – a dream that came true last Saturday at his funeral. Several senior ASU officials went to Jackson’s funeral at their own expense at the Hopewell Missionary [...]

Recently, the Alpha Omicron chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. seated of Johnson C. Smith University were suspended for acts that disobeyed the campus judicial laws for Greeks on campus. An estimated 14 students were suspended from campus, losing scholarships, grants, and federal aid. Two of these students were actual members of the Greek fraternity and were caught in [...]

Plaintiffs rested their case Monday afternoon in a sexual and racial harassment lawsuit against Alabama State University. Three women who used to work for ASU allege that they were repeatedly subjected to racial slurs, being called “bitch,” comments about their bodies and inappropriate touching by Lavonnette Bartley, who is associate executive director in the office of Executive Vice President John [...]

One Bethune-Cookman University student was killed and four others were injured this morning in a single-car crash in the 300 block of S. Martin Luther King Boulevard, Daytona Beach police said. Marcus A. Thomas, 18, of Birmingham, Ala., was killed in the crash which occurred about 8:30 a.m., police spokesman Jimmie Flynt said. Thomas was riding in the front seat [...]

An Ohio college student has been arrested after allegedly telling campus employees he wouldn’t be afraid to carry out a mass shooting along the lines of the 2007 Virginia Tech killings. A jury trial has been scheduled next month for 27-year-old Charles McCornell, a Central State University student charged with inducing panic and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. The Dayton Daily [...]

An 18-year-old male has been release from jail following his arrest for sexual assault by Alabama A&M University police.Jefferson Le’Frank Chandler was booked into the Madison County Jail at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday. He has been charged with first-degree rape, according to jail records. The alleged incident took place on the Alabama A&M campus, according to school officials. Campus police took [...]