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Notification System Slow To Catch on SHSU Last Updated: 10:55 PM 08/27/08 - If Gustav were to hit the region, only one in eight Sam Houston State University students would be notified if the campus was forced to close. (Full Story)

Blinn Dancer Joins Houston Rockets Dance Team Last Updated: 11:23 PM 08/26/08 - After a standout career on the athletic field, another Blinn Buccaneer is turning pro. And she couldn't be more excited. (Full Story)

SHSU Update For Week Of Aug. 24 Last Updated: 3:42 PM 08/22/08 - Headlines from the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. (Full Story)

“Blinn Bucs” Debit Card Debuts For Fall 2008 Last Updated: 5:30 PM 08/20/08 - Students attending Blinn College now have their own debit card. (Full Story)

Blinn Moves Forward With Emergency Notification System Last Updated: 10:45 PM 08/19/08 - Blinn students will be able to breathe a little easier this fall. If something bad happens on campus, they'll be among the first to know. (Full Story)

UTEP Launches Border Security, Immigration Program Last Updated: 3:09 PM 08/12/08 - The University of Texas at El Paso today officially became the home of the National Center for Border Security and Immigration. (Full Story)

Sam Houston State University Names New Police Chief Last Updated: 2:47 PM 08/12/08 - Kevin Morris will take over the job once current chief Dennis Culak retires at the end of the month. (Full Story)

Blinn Dance Team Captain Selected As Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Last Updated: 3:15 PM 08/13/08 - The 2007-2008 captain of Blinn College’s Dance Team will be a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader this fall. (Full Story)

Texas Tech Decides To End Medical Examiner Service In 2009 Last Updated: 12:23 PM 08/07/08 - The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center has decided that forensic work doesn't mesh with the school's overall mission, meaning about 80 South Plains counties will have to find a new medical examiner by fall 2009. (Full Story)

College Aid Being Cut Off For Sex Offenders Last Updated: 3:39 PM 08/04/08 - The federal government is cutting off college aid for some of the nation's worst sex offenders. (Full Story)

Regents Select Finalist for Presidency of Texas A&M University-Kingsville Last Updated: 11:47 PM 08/01/08 - The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has selected Dr. Steven H. Tallant as the sole finalist to become the 19th president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville. (Full Story)

University, Feds Reach Deal On Border Fence Last Updated: 11:16 AM 07/31/08 - A South Texas university has reached an agreement with the federal government that prevents the proposed fence along the U.S.-Mexico border from slicing through the campus. (Full Story)

Farmington College Offers Degree With Texas A&M Last Updated: 1:59 PM 07/30/08 - San Juan College and Texas A&M-Commerce have reached an agreement to offer a bachelor's degree toward a career in occupational safety. (Full Story)

SHSU Update For Week Of July 27 Last Updated: 1:54 PM 07/28/08 - Headlines from the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. (Full Story)

Regents Fire Baylor President John M. Lilley Last Updated: 11:17 PM 07/24/08 - The Baylor University board of regents has fired President John M. Lilley, citing his rejection of the board's plan to replace him at the end of his contract next year. (Full Story)

Family Reaches Settlement In Pledge's Death Last Updated: 11:03 AM 07/16/08 - Proceeds from a $4.2 million settlement of a lawsuit against a fraternity will be used to educate fraternity and sorority members about the dangers of binge drinking. (Full Story)

Texas Students Push For Gun Rights On Campus Last Updated: 5:25 PM 07/14/08 - College students in Texas are pushing for legislation that grants the right to carry guns on campus in the wake of last year's massacre at Virginia Tech. (Full Story)

A&M Seeks New Mascot Last Updated: 11:03 AM 07/14/08 - COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Texas A&M wants to find a canine to replace Reveille VII, a 7-year-old collie who retired at the end of the spring semester as the school's mascot. (Full Story)

Roger Stone's Family Sues Over Accident Last Updated: 11:02 PM 07/10/08 - The family of Roger Stone held a press conference Thursday morning in Houston, in which they discussed the investigation into the sinking of the Cynthia Woods. During that press conference, Roger Stone's widow, Linda, announced that she would sue four parties, including the designer of the Cynthia Woods yacht and the boat's builder. (Full Story)

Border Fence Would Cut Through Texas University Last Updated: 2:47 PM 06/27/08 - The steel fence that the government wants to build along the Mexican border would do more than slice through the University of Texas Brownsville campus. (Full Story)

SHSU Update For Week Of June 29 Last Updated: 2:40 PM 06/27/08 - Headlines from the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. (Full Story)

ExxonMobil Foundation Presents $1 Million To Texas A&M Foundation Last Updated: 10:23 AM 06/26/08 - The funds represent ExxonMobil's 3-to-1 match of donations made by ExxonMobil employees, retirees and surviving spouses under the Foundation's 2007 Educational Matching Gift Program. (Full Story)

1 killed, 7 injured After Walls Collapse at Rice Last Updated: 11:21 PM 06/19/08 - One worker is dead and seven others were injured Thursday after several cinder block walls collapsed at a dormitory that was under construction at Rice University in Houston. (Full Story)

SHSU Update For Week Of June 15 Last Updated: 10:55 AM 06/16/08 - Headlines from the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. (Full Story)

Golden Knights Display Drops In Bush Library Last Updated: 10:16 PM 06/09/08 - A new exhibit is flying into the the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Now when you walk into the library's rotunda and look up, you'll see a display of President Bush sky diving. (Full Story)

UTSA Institute For Cyber Security Awarded $1Million From The Department Of Defense Last Updated: 9:52 AM 06/06/08 - Funding part of $7.5 million package award to multi-university team. (Full Story)

Longtime Blinn Staple Remembered Last Updated: 6:59 PM 06/05/08 - The Blinn College family is celebrating the life and mourning the loss of one its longtime members. (Full Story)

Prairie View A&M Awarded $100,000 Grant Last Updated: 2:51 PM 06/02/08 - Funds will be awarded to teachers in urban and rural areas seeking certification. (Full Story)

SHSU Update For Week Of June 1 Last Updated: 11:40 AM 05/30/08 - Headlines from the campus of Sam Houston State University. (Full Story)

Injured Aggie's Attorney Reacts to Bonfire Ruling Last Updated: 10:51 PM 05/29/08 - It's been almost nine years since the bonfire collapsed at Texas A&M University. Now, a roadblock keeping school officials out of civil court, has been removed. An appellate court has ruled that the school's former administrators can be sued individually in connection with the collapse. (Full Story)

Regents Name Harvard Professor As New UT Southwestern Leader Last Updated: 10:30 AM 05/28/08 - A Harvard Medical School professor is expected to be the next president of the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. (Full Story)

Texas A&M System Announces Major Projects in San Antonio and Kingsville Last Updated: 10:45 AM 05/23/08 - More buildings, more programs, more students for the future Texas A&M-San Antonio and refurbishing A&M-Kingsville. (Full Story)

UTSA Among National Leaders In Graduating Hispanic Students Last Updated: 3:55 PM 05/20/08 - Ranks No. 4 for undergraduates, No. 10 for master's and No. 57 for doctoral degrees (Full Story)

Record Numbers Of Hispanic, African-American Students Expected This Fall Last Updated: 3:46 PM 05/20/08 - Record numbers of Hispanic and African-American students are expected to attend Texas A&M University this fall as part of the largest freshman class in the university’s 132-year history. (Full Story)

UT Regents Want To Relax Ethics Rule On Investments Last Updated: 2:44 PM 05/16/08 - University of Texas System regents say they support abolishing an ethics rule regarding investments. (Full Story)

Blinn Scrambles to Correct Scholarship Snafu Last Updated: 10:48 PM 05/13/08 - How would you feel if you were in college and learned you were getting a scholarship, but later discovered it was a big mistake? (Full Story)

Houston Lawyer Gives UT-Austin $15 Million Last Updated: 3:14 PM 05/12/08 - Houston's Joe Jamail is donating another 15 million dollars to his alma mater -- the University of Texas. (Full Story)

SHSU Update For Week Of May 11 Last Updated: 12:39 PM 05/12/08 - Headlines from the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. (Full Story)

Many Aggie Grads to "Boomerang" Last Updated: 11:52 AM 05/12/08 - Its one of parents' proudest moments, when their son or daughter walks across the stage to receive a college diploma. Across the nation, thousands of college seniors are graduating, and soon many of those seniors will get ready for their first move, the move back home. It's called "boomeranging," when a college grad moves back in with his or her mom and dad. Quite a few Aggies are planning to do just that. (Full Story)

Honoree Meets Sam Statue Last Updated: 3:35 PM 05/08/08 - One old soldier got his first look at a new statue of an even older one this week. (Full Story)

College Students Displaced By Building Fire In San Antonio Last Updated: 8:46 AM 05/07/08 - More than 100 students have been displaced from their dormitory after a fire damaged a historic building on the campus of Our Lady of the Lake University. (Full Story)

Nearly 100 Students At San Diego State Arrested In Drug Bust Last Updated: 1:20 PM 05/06/08 - Drugs, cash and guns were seized from sellers and buyers in the bust that followed a five-month undercover operation. (Full Story)

Comptroller Combs Appoints New Director to Oversee College Savings Programs Last Updated: 12:51 PM 05/02/08 - Comptroller Susan Combs has appointed Kevin Dieters to head the new Educational Opportunities and Investment Division at the Comptroller’s office. (Full Story)

New Performing Arts Center Approved at SHSU Last Updated: 12:05 PM 05/02/08 - A new $38.5 million Performing Arts Center has been approved by the university's regents. (Full Story)

Cornell Gets $25M From Saudi Group To Fund Nanotech Center Last Updated: 11:14 AM 04/30/08 - Cornell University will create a new nanotechnology research center with the help of a $25 million grant from a Saudi Arabian educational partnership. (Full Story)

Dave Bliss Breaks The Silence On Baylor Basketball Last Updated: 8:26 PM 04/29/08 - After five years Dave Bliss is finally breaking the silence about his role in the scandal that almost brought down the Baylor Men's Basketball program. It's a story he's never told publicly, until now. (Full Story)

UTSA Hosts Inaugural North American Energy Summit Last Updated: 3:06 PM 04/25/08 - Experts from three countries discuss strategies to meet energy needs of future generations. (Full Story)

SHSU Update For Week Of April 27 Last Updated: 2:47 PM 04/25/08 - Headlines from the cammpus of Sam Houston State University. (Full Story)

Official Opening Of Confucius Institute Is Monday Last Updated: 2:45 PM 04/25/08 - Texas A&M President Elsa Murano and Consul General Qiao Hong, from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Houston, will officiate the opening ceremony of the Confucius Institute at Texas A&M at 5 p.m. Monday (April 28) at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. (Full Story)

Bryan PD Says Blinn Student Murdered Last Updated: 8:51 AM 04/25/08 - For two weeks, Bryan Police have called the death of a Blinn College student, suspicious. Now, police say 20-year-old Jenna Verhaalen was murdered. (Full Story)

Local Sports Headlines

Ag Soccer To Host Heels The 11th-ranked Texas A&M soccer team hosts the Aggie Soccer Invitational this weekend, welcoming some of the nation’s top teams including No. 2 North Carolina, No. 13 Tennessee and Indiana. The action kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday with A&M vs. UNC and at approximately 8:30 p.m. the Hoosiers and the Lady Vols face off. Aggie Football 2008: Past & Present Meet The Future Tonight at 6:26pm On News 3 The Mike Sherman era of Texas A&M football begins Saturday evening against the Arkansas State Red Wolves at Kyle Field. Tonight at 6:26 on KBTX, the News 3 Sports Team takes an in depth look at the '08 Texas Aggie football team during our 22nd annual preview show: Aggie Football 2008, Past & Present Meet The Future. Excerpts of this one-on-one interview with A&M Head Football Coach Mike Sherman will be included in tonight's show. Tarrant Transfers To SFA Sophomore running back Cornell Tarrant has joined the Lumberjack football team Stephen F. Austin head coach J.C. Harper announced Thursday morning. Tarrant has spent the past two seasons in College Station, Texas, with the Texas A&M Aggies. OSU's Riley To Sit For One Game The NCAA suspends Oklahoma State point guard Andrea Riley for a game for fighting with an LSU player last season.