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Priscilla Slade and the TSU Three (Conservative Black students fight corruption!)
Houston Press ^ | Vogel | Chris

Posted on 12/07/2007 8:48:12 PM PST by Def Conservative

Spurred on by a fellow student's death, Oliver Brown, William Hudson and Justin Jordan ran a gauntlet on their way to bring down a president

Texas Southern University sophomore Ashley Sloan was talking with friends in the parking lot of a university-owned apartment complex after a late-night party when suddenly a fight that had begun inside the bash erupted onto the streets in a blaze of gunfire. While many of Sloan's friends scrambled to take cover behind a parked car, a bullet tore into Sloan's head, killing her.

It was early December 2004, and amid a raucous outcry of accusations that TSU was not providing adequate security, students Oliver Brown, William Hudson and Justin Jordan took it upon themselves to begin patrolling campus looking for places where the school could beef up its safety measures.

(Excerpt) Read more at houstonpress.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: blackconservatives; corruption; gop; highereducation; houston; texas; tsu
This is a must read. I don't think the article mentioned it, but Justin Jordan is also the state chair of the Texas Federation of College Republicans. He took on a corrupt university system by himself as a freshman.

He's also a rising star in the Texas GOP, keep an eye on the guy and remember the name!

1 posted on 12/07/2007 8:48:14 PM PST by Def Conservative
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To: Def Conservative

This was a fabulous article. God bless these brave young men. Thank you for posting it!


2 posted on 12/07/2007 9:21:04 PM PST by TheWriterTX (Proud Retrosexual Wife of 14 Years)
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To: Def Conservative

bookmark


3 posted on 12/07/2007 9:38:06 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: Def Conservative

Courageous young men.


4 posted on 12/07/2007 9:40:52 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: fieldmarshaldj

WOW! Someone needs to send this story to Limbaugh, Levin, Hewitt, Laura, etc.....these young men are magnificent!


5 posted on 12/07/2007 10:12:40 PM PST by cfrels
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