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When we heard that former TSU President Priscilla Slade — who was fired and indicted for allegedly spending nearly $2 million in university funds on personal expenses — was back on campus this semester teaching accounting, we can't say we were really surprised. After all, very little about TSU surprises us anymore. But we did think it was an extremely bad PR move for the troubled university, and we apparently weren't alone: Fearing Slade could... more ›

Looks like the flow of bizarre news from TSU won't be drying up anytime soon: In his keynote address to the school's graduates Saturday, state Rep. Harold Dutton blamed the TSU board of regents for contributing to the problems with ex-president Priscilla Slade, saying they mishandled the investigation into her spending and her dismissal. Slade, you'll remember, was fired and later indicted for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of university money on unauthorized personal expenses during her presidency. But Dutton said the regents are as much to blame as anyone: more ›

Ah, Priscilla Slade — we hadn't heard anything from the soon-to-be-former TSU president in a while, but today there's news that she has decided not to attend the public hearing she requested to try to clear her name and keep her job. Slade, accused of spending nearly $1 million in university funds for unauthorized personal purchases during her seven years as head of TSU, said through her attorney that she won't get a fair hearing, so she's staying home. Anyone want to bet that she complains later that no one listened to her side of the story? more ›

So TSU's embattled president Priscilla Slade has decided to defy the university's board of regents by talking about her questionable spending — we could say Slade went public, but in reality, it's anything but public. Slade, remember, is accused of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of university money on personal expenses not allowed under her contract. Last week came news that she spent nearly twice her personal allotment in 2005 and nearly $650,000 in... more ›