Clark Atlanta band suspended for possible hazing
A high school marching band played at Clark Atlanta University's football game Saturday night after the university's band was suspended over possible hazing, officials...
Tammy Hamlet, FAMU events director arrested on charges of travel expense, per diem fraud
Tammy Hamlet, Florida A&M University’s director of university events, has been charged with eight misdemeanor counts of fraudulently claiming per diem and travel expenses.
Hamlet,...
Republicans working hard to make it harder to vote
Dreams of a vote deferred?
The year 1929 saw the stock-market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression, the global economic disaster which remains...
Howard Football players declared ineligible for season-opening games, including Nations Classic
Up to 14 Howard University football players have been declared ineligible to participate in season-opening games by the NCAA, the result of the organization’s...
Morris Brown College facing foreclosure
Morris Brown College is facing foreclosure of its property on Sept. 4, the African Methodist Episcopal Church said Tuesday.
According to a news release, a...
Concordia Cross Country Coach on leave with West Nile Virus
Concordia College men’s cross country coach Garrick Larson is on medical leave while recovering from West Nile virus. It’s been a battle of fatigue...
Tennessee State Faculty Senate leader, Jane Davis taken away in handcuffs from meeting
Tensions at Tennessee State University reignited Monday as a vocal faculty member opposing university leadership was taken away in handcuffs from a meeting.
After campus...
Ronald Weekley Jr., Xavier University in Louisiana Student becomes punching bag for LAPD Officers
A cell phone video (below) of Los Angeles police officers holding down and punching 19-year-old Ronald Weekley Jr. in Venice, California, has surfaced.
Weekley Jr....
Jawuan Paul Trotter, NC A&T Freshman Dies At Student Event
A Charlotte freshman at North Carolina A&T has died after passing out in A&T's Memorial Student Union, school officials say.
Jawuan Paul Trotter, 21, was...
FAMU moves to settle Champion hazing lawsuit – Good or Bad Move?
Florida A&M University wants to try to settle a family's lawsuit against the school over the hazing death of a band member. FAMU trustees on...
Gunman, officer, bystander dead in shooting near Texas A&M
College Station police say a gunman killed a Brazos County constable and a bystander and wounded a police officer and another bystander near Texas...
Michael Teasley, President of NAACP at HBCU, found dead
Michael Teasley, a white student who became the first white president of an NAACP student chapter at a historically black college, was found dead...
Penn State could learn from FAMU
Earlier this week, the NCAA imposed sweeping penalties on the Penn State football program. The penalties, which were in response to the heinous findings in the now-infamous Freeh...
No Magic Pill; WSSU and other UNC System institutions Needs the Money
There is no quick fix. WSSU and other UNC system institutions need money to make the vital repairs to their infrastructure. But they are...
UPDATE: Chavis Carter Shot Dead After Police Stop
Chavis Carter, a 21-year-old, was shot in the head during an arrest made on Saturday night in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Officers say Carter was...
NCCU receives a sub-grant of $120,000 from United Negro College Fund Group for a...
The Department of Political Science at North Carolina Central University has received a sub-grant of $120,000 through the United Negro College Fund Special Programs...
Roland Watts dies; formerly led WSSU Fine Arts Department
A former chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Winston-Salem State University died Saturday.
Roland Watts, 77, taught at WSSU for 39 years and was...
Cheyney University sanctions its own athletic program
The athletic department at Cheyney University is in trouble with the NCAA again. “Cheyney University has self-imposed two years of probation on its athletic...
