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Tuesday, April 18, 2006
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Slade Not Going Quietly Having been voted out of a job by her board of trustees, Texas Southern University president Patricia Slade will appeal the decision. Slade seems to have spent tens of thousands of university funds on her personal glorification via spectacular houses and gardens, etc. When people search for something good to say about Slade, they always talk about how she doubled enrollment at TSU. But why is it good to double enrollment at a university whose graduation rate is pathetic? Nurture a few people all the way through to graduation; don't fling your doors open merely in order to boast that a lot of people go to your school. Losing her presidential gig is the least of Slade's worries, though. There's the possibility of prison as well: The Harris County District Attorney's Office is also investigating. Officials said if she misapplied more than $200,000, it could be a first-degree felony, which could be punishable by five to 99 years in prison. Slade has decided to cast herself as a Christlike figure, put on earth to suffer for our sins: Shortly after the vote, she spoke to supporters at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Just as well. Her chairs have been repossessed. |