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We already knew that we had attracted Republicans to our campus through the Koch’s (see our previous post on Koch money funding CJR) but why do we have to host Senator Ted Cruz also? https://transparencystate.blogspot.com/2020/07/hbcu-for-salesold-part-3.html?m=1 Isn’t this the same senator who opposes an African American woman on the Supreme Court?  What benefit does it serve us as an HBCU to host a man who does not wish to be a part of history in the making, ironically being hosted by a school named after 2 civil rights icons?     https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/01/ted-cruz-biden-supreme-court/ Subject:   Senataor Ted Cruz's Visit to TSU Campus  Dear All, Good afternoon and hope you are doing well. I would like to inform you that Senator Ted Cruz will be visiting our TSU campus  on February 22, 2022 . Please share the information with undergraduate and graduate students in your programs and encourage them to attend the meeting in SOPA  from 10:30 am...

 Dr. David Baker, longtime Administration of Justice (AJ) Interim Chair (almost 9 years) has suddenly and without any warning retired and left TSU as of December 31, 2021.  It seems that even Dean Kieh was caught off-guard unexpectedly and mentioned his surprise in the opening SOPA meeting.  Additionally, it seems that for months there has not been an AJ Graduate Program Director (GPD) for the AJ Department who manages the MAJ and Ph.D. programs.  In a previous post, we discussed the strange hiring of Ms. Mason who does not appear to hold the work experience or credentials as EMAJ Director.  It appears that the EMAJ program continues to spiral downward with a loss of students.  We anticipate other low-producing programs also are having similar and serious enrollment problems.  https://transparencystate.blogspot.com/2021/10/who-is-kaelynne-j-mason.html More interesting it seems that sometime after the SOPA Faculty meeting, Dean Kieh appointed Dr. Jasmin...