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This was not a flash-in-the-pan incident that quickly blew over. This was not an isolated incident limited to one or two teams. This is an incident with significant historical and contemporary weight with significant ramifications for this university. I am hard-pressed to imagine how it's desirable to omit all mention of this incident from this article. ] (]) 02:22, 16 March 2015 (UTC) This was not a flash-in-the-pan incident that quickly blew over. This was not an isolated incident limited to one or two teams. This is an incident with significant historical and contemporary weight with significant ramifications for this university. I am hard-pressed to imagine how it's desirable to omit all mention of this incident from this article. ] (]) 02:22, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

== External links ==

The same editor mentioned above who is edit warring to remove the NCAA sanctions is also edit warring to include several external links that I believe are unnecessary and contrary to our ]. Specifically, these links are:

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I contend that none of these links are essential for readers to understand this topic and all fall afoul of ]. (I concede that it's common for university and college article to have links to the athletics webpage but I blame myself for that since I added many of those links and have overtly encouraged them, a decision I now regret and will be working to overturn.) ] (]) 02:25, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

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Bat infestation

Is the bat infestation worth mentioning here? --Ezeu 20:09, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Multiple ommissions in this article

This article reads more like a PR notice than an objective article:

1. I question some of the information about the age of their college of pharmacy.

2. There is virtually no mention of their history of financial scandals.

3. There is also no mention of their graduation rate of only 20%, and the fact that their law school has one of the highest bar exam failure rates in the country.

http://www.blackcollegesearch.com/texas-colleges/texas-southern-university.htm -- Actually only 15% graduation rate.

http://www.ble.state.tx.us/Stats/stats_0708.htm -- Links to TSU's bar passage rate for July 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.64.42.246 (talk) 16:35, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Cowboyathlete 22:43, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Simply cite your sources and your claims can be duly justified in the article as you write it. I am a student at this school, so simply stating this information will serve no purpose to the general population other than as slander against the university. You can also bring up all the other financial scandals at other well-known schools such as the University of Texas, etc. Just GOOGLE Don't try to bring down this fine university. Thank you. Nguerrero03 01:09, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
WHere is mention made of the 1967 Riots? Those riots were quite significant in the history of the school and the city. How can they be left out? Misplaced Pages is weak. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.220.193.142 (talk) 21:59, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
The Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs snippet appears (9/20/2012) at the end of its section, instead of at the top alongside the School of Business, School of Law, etc. I suggest organizing the various colleges in the university alphabetically. I will also add the information missing from the school above about the Urban Planning and Environmental Policy graduate programs.--Paulsuckow (talk) 14:33, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

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clean up section tag...

Could be applied. Emesee (talk) 03:48, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

List of people

These entries need references

WhisperToMe (talk) 01:48, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Murals

Spanish name

WhisperToMe (talk) 03:58, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Proposed requirement for all state universities to have closed admissions

I found this article

WhisperToMe (talk) 05:37, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Controversy of having one of the lowest graduation rates in the country

Quotes:

- "With a mere 3 percent of Texas Southern University students graduating within four years"

- "But Glenn Lewis, the chairman of TSU’s board of regents, said that the university’s low numbers, among the nation’s worst, reflect a school willing to take chances on a high volume of students who are inadequately prepared — culturally, academically and economically — for college."

Sources:

http://www.texastribune.org/2012/03/04/tsu-works-bring-grad-rates-bottom/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/50-state-universities-with-best-worst-grad-rates/

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/texas-southern-university-3642

2012 NCAA sanctions

An editor is edit warring to remove all mention of the sanctions imposed by the NCAA in 2012. As described by the NCAA, in 2012 when the sanctions were levied the university "either has been on probation or had violations occurring on campus, or both, for 16 of the past 20 years." Among the many problems the NCAA cited in its sanctions: "the university allowed 129 student-athletes in 13 sports during seven academic years to compete and receive financial aid and travel expenses when they were ineligible. The majority of these student-athletes had not met progress toward degree or transfer requirements. The committee noted “particularly serious violations” occurred when the former head football coach knowingly allowed a booster to recruit for the football program and the former head men’s basketball coach provided false or misleading information during the investigation."

The sanctions placed all sports teams at the university on probation for five years (2012-2017 so this is still in effect), put the football and men's basketball teams on a post-season ban and reduced their scholarships, and vacated ALL team records from 2006 until 2010. There were many other sanctions; please read the full report or any of the press articles for more details.

This was not a flash-in-the-pan incident that quickly blew over. This was not an isolated incident limited to one or two teams. This is an incident with significant historical and contemporary weight with significant ramifications for this university. I am hard-pressed to imagine how it's desirable to omit all mention of this incident from this article. ElKevbo (talk) 02:22, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

External links

The same editor mentioned above who is edit warring to remove the NCAA sanctions is also edit warring to include several external links that I believe are unnecessary and contrary to our policy regarding external links. Specifically, these links are:

I contend that none of these links are essential for readers to understand this topic and all fall afoul of WP:EL. (I concede that it's common for university and college article to have links to the athletics webpage but I blame myself for that since I added many of those links and have overtly encouraged them, a decision I now regret and will be working to overturn.) ElKevbo (talk) 02:25, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

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