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Mistrial declared in the Slade case
The criminal trial of former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade (previous posts here) ended in a mistrial Friday afternoon after four days of jury deliberations could not break a deadlocked jury that was essentially evenly split. The trial had...
Slade elects not to testify
The defense rested Thursday in the criminal trial of former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade (previous posts here) without the defendant taking the stand in her own defense. Slade told the Chronicle that she felt "wonderful" about the conclusion...
The Slade trial begins
The criminal trial of former Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade on charges of misappropirating TSU property begins today at the county criminal courthouse in downtown Houston (previous posts here). Harris County prosecutors and Mike DeGeurin, Ms. Slade's defense counsel,...
What to do about TSU?
Earlier this week, the discussion in Texas education circles was the University of Houston's proposal to establish a third medical school in the Texas Medical School in conjunction with The Methodist Hospital and Cornell University. Today, the discussion turns toward...
Piling on in the Slade case
This Chronicle article reports that the criminal case of former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade does not appear to be moving toward an amicable resolution: The Harris County District Attorney's Office is investigating suspicions that former Texas Southern University...
Academic wrangling
Turns out that former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade's decision to teach accounting at the school -- while under indictment for accounting irregularities -- was not a good idea. The school announced yesterday that Ms. Slade has been put...
Priscilla Slade is doing what?
Former Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade, who is currently under indictment on charges relating to alleged use of as much as $1.9 million of school property for her personal benefit, and who is currently suing TSU over her firing...
Say what?
According to this Chronicle article, State Representative Harold Dutton chose the keynote address at the summer commencement ceremonies of Texas Southern University to declare who is truly responsible for the recent scandal involving former TSU president, Priscilla Slade: Along with...
Former TSU President Slade indicted
After a six-month investigation, the shoe finally dropped on former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade. A Harris County Grand Judy indicted her yesterday on charges relating to alleged use of up to $1.9 million of school property for her...
TSU cans Slade for cause
The Board of Regents of Texas Southern University voted Monday to terminate the employment of embattled TSU president Priscilla Slade for cause after an outside law firm's report concluded that Slade and TSU's former chief financial officer had violated TSU...
The "Hail Mary" strategy
Embattled Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade has apparently decided to take a page from the playbook of Steve Spurrier -- that is, an aggressive offense is the best defense. According to this Matthew Tresaugue/Chronicle article, President Slade -- who...
The $138,000 oversight
Something tells me that this is not going to turn out well: Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade has reimbursed the university more than $138,000 for the cost of landscaping her new home, according to records released Wednesday. Slade, who...
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