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HOUSTON, TX - Texas Southern University's Board of Regents has spoken for the first time Saturday after the growing list of complaints that were taken to social media from students under the hashtag #TakeBackTXSU.

"I'm a full-time enrolled student who is also homeless. I live out of my car," TSU transfer student Brett Lincoln tells ABC 13.

According to ABC 13, a new found friend opened her couch to Lincoln, who transferred to TSU last month. But he tells us most nights he sleeps in his care because the university hasn't been able to get him into campus housing.

"A couple of nights I was at the H-E-B. But you get a knock from the police saying hey they just shot a guy sleeping here with his wife and kids, people are walking up knocking people out who are sleeping in their cars and robbing them, you may need to move around," he said.

Glenn O. Lewis, the Chairman of the Board of Regents, told ABC 13 Saturday that he knew some housing issues existed.

He says delays to the 800-bed dormitory that was suppose to open this semester left the Housing division scrambling. "But some of these other things, I was not aware of until I started to pick them up on social media," he said.

Lack of hosing, problems with financial aid, a lose of connection of TSU's history and traditions are just a few of the issues raised on social media with the hashtag #TakeBackTxSU.

Another tweeted, "$130 library fee per semester but the printers don't even have paper in them."

"This movement is not to bash our university," said junior Sociology major Mary Rucker. "We love our university. If we didn't love it so much we wouldn't be here. We love it enough that we want to change it."

Board Chairman Glenn O. Lewis says he contacted the administration, including President Dr. John Rudley, to find out the basis of the complaints.

"We picked up some piecemeal information. But what I told him rather than deal with this piecemeal, what we need for them to do is find out all of the complaints." Lewis says. "Compile all the concerns into the comprehensive report for the next Board meeting in October telling us what they found out and present a plan for addressing those concerns."

84AD9603-00FA-4FE0-BF3B-468D38D88602.png_zpsrnfpee0z.jpegStudents were able to sit in a closed door town hall meeting on campus Monday.

Student Government Association President Crystal Owens says students want to make sure they all enjoy the campus they chose to go to.

"One thing we don't want anybody to misinterpret is that we are on TSU. We are one student body and we all stand together. What affects one of us affects all of us," she says.

Next, student leaders and administrators will meet to discuss every concern raised in Monday's meeting. The Board of Regents has instructed the president to have a plan ready by the next board meeting in October.

TSU's released a statement in regards to the student concerns and the #TakeBackTxSU moverment:

The Board of Regents of Texas Southern University is concerned about institutional issues being expressed in the last few days by some TSU students. Board Chair Glenn O. Lewis says that the Regents are ready to hear student complaints and reach consensus with the university administration. Regent Lewis says Texas Southern's leadership will work swiftly to resolve students' problems and put systems in place to insure that there isn't any reoccurrence of administrative problems.

TSU students have planned a town hall meeting this week to discuss their experiences with academic and institutional issues. Students are expected to offer their ideas about methods of improvement in critical areas.

Texas Southern administrators are respecting the students' wishes to have a private meeting and discuss their specific problems. TSU students will share their concerns with the administration who will respond and go forward with a resolution process. The Board of Regents has asked Texas Southern's administration to deliver a presentation to the board regarding student issues at its upcoming meeting on October 16.

Source: http://abc13.com/education/tsu-responds-to-concerns-students-have-with-campus/992792/



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