A shooting that left one person dead at Tennessee State University started after an apparent dispute over a dice game, police have said. CNN.com reports: Two others were injured in the shooting at an outdoor courtyard at the campus in Nashville. They were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, said Kelli Sharpe, a university spokeswoman. The wounded […]
A Savannah State University student in Georgia was shot and killed late Thursday in the student union building. NBC News reports: Christopher Starks, who is from the metro Atlanta area, died at a local hospital, the college said in a statement. The campus had earlier been locked down “due to a shooting incident.” A reporter for […]
Police are investigating a mysterious shooting on the campus property of Texas Southern University. ABC 13 reports: The shooting happened on Blodgett Street around 8:30pm in the parking lot of an apartment complex owned by the university. According to TSU Vice President Eva Pickens, the victim was rushed in critical condition to a nearby hospital. A […]
Ty Simpson from Spectrum Management, LLC presented the Tom Joyner Foundation a check for $50,000, Marc Battle, Vice President of Pepco Region and a 1998 UDC graduate donated $5,000 and the 3rd district of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. donated $2500. Click the link above to hear the entire interview! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
Texas Southern and Southern University Women’s Basketball Team got into a brawl this weekend at a game that ended in one of the biggest fights the schools have seen. HBCU Sports reports: As a result, Texas Southern and Southern split the regular season championship. Texas Southern, however, will enter the SWAC Tournament as the No. […]
What happens when rumors surface that a historic institute of higher education might be closing amid financial reasons? Cue upset Alumni, disappointed and confused students and a stressed Administration. Such is the case for South Carolina State University. In an unlikely move, Dr. Thomas Elzey, the school’s President, isn’t suing an outside entity he’s suing his […]
2/27/15- Albert “Berte” Mitchell and the Winston Salem State University National Alumni present a $2500 check to the Tom Joyner Morning Foundation at the CIAA Tournament. The North Carolina school will be the Tom Joyner Foundation March school of the month. In addition, a representative from South Carolina State University clears the air about the […]
Editor’s Note: StartClass.com who originally reported and gathered the data for the list of “The 25 Most Dangerous Colleges” has released the following statement regarding inaccurate information in their findings: We identified an error in the original analysis of the data used in the Feb. 3, 2015 report on dangerous colleges in the United States, […]
Sontus Mitchell, a deputy with the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Department, does not think he did anything to warrant receiving a special honor, but he is grateful for the community’s support. “Everybody knows I go out there and do my job in good faith. I guess when I go out there with a bullet-proof vest every […]
If you’re wondering what’s going on regarding the hazing death of FAMU band member Robert Champion, here’s the latest. Former FAMU marching band member Dante Martin has been sentenced to 77 months (over six years) for the incident in which Champion was killed. Prosecutors said Martin, 27, organized the initiations that required fellow band members […]
Months after coming under fire for comments made about women and sexual assault, Lincoln University president Robert Jennings has resigned. The Associated Press reports the university’s board of trustees accepted Jennings’ resignation Monday morning. The move comes after Jennings apologized for his comments earlier this month. In September, Jennings voiced his views at an all-women’s […]
Fayetteville State University is the latest HBCU to receive a federal grant to prevent substance abuse and HIV/AIDS infection on campus. Fayettville joinins Southern University, North Carolina Central University, Morgan State University and Bowie State University in the fight to curb drug use and unsafe sexual practices among young adults with The Substance Abuse and […]
