Howard University students are protesting what they describe as unlivable housing conditions including mold and no heat. NBC News Vaughn Hillyard reports.
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why they cost so much then? open challenge to everybody if u r a parent or want to be a parent write down 10 reasons why just do not include personal benefits. life is worth living not reproducing.
Unacceptable.. This would not happen in “other” schools
Not Howard University !!!!!
Howard, fix this immediately. A legacy institution please. My God.
They out of money
were they able tour visit beforehand?
The revolution shall not be televised
The problem is 3rd party apartment managers though
My god, isn’t that the college that Kamala had gone too. Either way with the price these folks pay for their premiums it’s not right it better be straightened out soon. Despite of what the Republicans and some Democrats might think college is still considered in my eyes, youth education because you still got that youth flame and you pushing you so I really hope this doesn’t put a damper on their spirits and drag down their education. This needs to be fixed yesterday
I don’t know if the students could but they should collect a little bit of mold from each room if they could and send it to get tested it runs pretty expensive but at least you could build a case of your own before they eliminate the evidence
Stand up for you’re rights !!!
Didn’t Trump administration and abiden administration sign monies to go to black colleges. Where is the vice president didn’t she attend this college you attend historical black college and you mean to tell me they can’t even take care of their own students they ain’t right. That’s the same problem with the school system messed up
Refund their tuitions! Like right NOW! This is ridiculous and unacceptable. The most coming their way will be an apology IF that! Can they sue? Can the seek compensation. Coughing up blood, it’s not acceptable, it’s just not and why am I not surprised to hear it’s black students suffering this?! Try this a Yale or any other majority white collage, I think NOT! It’s got to be REALLY bad if you rather be outside than indoors as well as choosing to protest the conditions from outdoors and still keep up with your studies. That means they aren’t using the despicable conditions as an excuse to just not show up to class or give up on their grades.
https://youtu.be/3CGWtWKySe0
I told you all, Hampton University are the real H U
My niece graduated from there
✊🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 we need a better housing
Howard university is very expensive school so this is unacceptable
First, transfer out of that school ASAP. second leave the campus. Screw that school. Education for THIS isn’t worth it. Not in “supposedly” the greatest country in the world. This nation doesn’t give a sh#t about your education. Yes I’m a college grad. Worst mistake I ever made in US.
Howard is a name. There are other Universities.
this is embarrassing
They were expecting a Holiday Inn?
Another bs HBCU. So glad I never went to one. They seem to be synonymous with incompetence and corruption. So this isn’t surprising at all.
I recall stories about one or two of them where they had prostitution rings on campus…with administrators involved. A complete mess. Many of them aren’t viable anymore. The trend lately has been either closure for some of them or turning them into State institutions so they can get more public funding to stay afloat.
bro was FLEXIN in that SICKO
This needs a Kleanification
I hope all the students go to the doctor and get sure their lungs checked out because mode has a long-term effects health-wise. documentation is everything.
Mold not mode
Get all their money back in law suits
this is crazy all the money they pay for school and this is what they have to go through smdh give them there money back
there parents needs to be out there protesting
shame on you
I visited that university. I believe every single word. Most of the buildings are in disrepair over there
Found the whyte supremacist! That HBU is in pristine condition, only racists criticize it. Those “students” are paid actors working to further divide the BIPOC community. Shame on you.
@url: strQuery lol I’m African. By sure whatever 🙄
Sad
Transfer to a different school.
This is fffffffffffffffff up 🆙
March for this
The black leaders .. who run it 36
Give them three days to vacate the hall or give them a trespass order followed by getting kicked off campus.
Their not trespassers, they have paid to live there.
I wish I would pay all that money and get treated like that. What are they doing with those kids tuition money?
Pathetic!! Transfer out, it is NOT worth it. Students need to be able to focus on coursework and enjoying their friendships.
He coughed up blood he needs to go to the er. He must have a gastro bleed and that could be fatal.
This is not a matter of race. Universities in general have had problems with old buildings that need to be replaced or rebuilt. Sacramento State was under construction the whole time I was there. I didn’t know at the time it was affecting my health, memory, and concentration. I should have transferred to another college.
Where is Kamala Harris she’s an alumnus of Howard.
Blame your president he cut funding.
Sounds like a Big lawsuit. They gonna get cash and immediate housing. After this lawsuit
I’ll need my money back. 47 thousand a year. No HBCU for my baby. I wonder how much the medical bills are?
They are paying for this! Just like renting an apartment.
That is unacceptable. WTF.
Solidarity for these students I want to cry
Where the lawyers at? The university needs to be sued into oblivion!
Uuggggh 🤮
WOW, Alumni or Donors can’t buy/rent trailers for those students to stay in…???!!! What’s wrong with you Howard? Oh Howard.
They are too busy paying celebrities to teach and make appearances vs housing students appropriately. Howard has been a joke
Jesus; that is black mold; extremely dangerous. That dorm should be closed off for that alone.
Y’all voted for Biden 😂
That doesn’t make any type of sense. all that money that those kids pay for that tuition when they could’ve probably went to better schools that have better housing I’d rather live outside too then to live inside with rats and roaches. When you don’t live that type of lifestyle that crap is very traumatic to a person. when you come from a decent clean living lifestyle then have to deal with that no way.
Time to Lawyer up!
Two words…TRANSFER NOW.
Wow
This is ridiculous! Completely unacceptable for even one complaint like this not to be addressed immediately. The school needs to provide better accommodations until all issues are addressed.
True.. Iam whit this guys.. Government charges millions for they carees..and they keep and ugly apartments.. But for the rich people universitys they get the best
LOL- Let’s Go Brandon
Glad I got up out that place
Disgusting
SMH
What do you want for free
“I’m paying 5,000 for mold and rats” is on every NYC lease agreement
So untrue 👎🏾 not everyone in NYC lives with rats and roaches. Rats and roaches are pretty much in every city and country on this planet.
Spoiled brats just showing off how much they’re willing to pay for mold and rats.
I’m so glad I went to Da REAL HU.
Self interest wins again. There is no way the University didn’t have the money to maintain quality housing conditions.
Crazy
This is disgraceful. Misappropriation of funds for years.
Where are you Vice President Harris to help your Alma Mater???
😢
Why don’t the Howard students file a lawsuit against the school ? I’m sure the students can win this lawsuit
SUE
SHELTER IN CLASSROOMS
Somebody is pocketing money somewhere down the line. No way tuition is that high and student are living like that.
#StayInSide #9999K money 💰💴💴💴💷💷♻️🌏💛🙏🫂💯 wear masks drink water and pulp fruit juices concentrated #H32 unit welcome (femalesOnly)
I guess their number 2 spot on HBCU rankings is going to be replaced…and where are the notable alumni who have become wealthy? Donate to the house that helped shape you…contribute to our future.
Guess what, big lawsuit and your money back
University trained them and now get to deal with them 🤭☺️😅😂🤣
I hear alot of alligations, but for some reason no one mentioned having video, pictures, or a lawsuit???
Clearly you didn’t see the video from the beginning. Look at it in its entirety. There is video footage. It’s all over the internet as well, pictures too.
Thats a shame only at Black college tho.
This is a disgrace I was going to go there as a transfer student. It’s like they are living in a housing projects.
A lot of ignorance in the comments. This has and is happening any many schools including PWIs. I keep seeing “majority of HBCUs” and nope sorry this isn’t a reflection of the collective. I earned my degrees in the early and mid 2000s and neither of my universities one located in GA and the other FL did we have these issues. As matter of fact we had apartment style dorms as well as traditional that was renovated and is still beautiful till this day. These Black Ivies get millions every single year however the donors are the ones who stipulate how the money is to be used. The administration needs to push hard to let their alumni know where their donations are really needed because these aren’t issues that just happened overnight. These kind of issues take years to develop. The buildings honestly need to be completely gutted or torn down. I would be surprised if they abesos in there too. Other schools need to take notice before they next in the national spotlight
If it wasn’t a HBCU I promise you the issue would have been resolved ASAP
Students at Clark Atlanta are dealing with the same thing, and from what I understand have been for a while. Its sad that these HBCU’s drop the ball on their students. We know if these students were majority white it would be a whole different story. Whether these are white people dropping the ball on black students or even worse(what I suspect) black people are dropping the ball on these black students, what they are doing is reinforcing an inferiority complex. I see so many examples of this in black communities, them not taking care of each other, their surroundings, and what they have. – I’m Nigerian American
Paying all that money smh 🤦🏾♀️ sad , I don’t understand why most HBCU are raggady, like what are they doing with the money! Community college is just fine
And people want me to go to college,I don’t think so,she could have take that $5k to trade forex or invest in crypto…
WHY are they still in tents and on the floors. Howard University administration needs to place them in a hotel until all rooms are safe. I know they would not want their children sleeping on a cafeteria floor. 5,000 tuition and this is what they get. I am totally confused as to why this is okay with them.
Third world country that’s why.
Power to the people. Love to see students standing up for what’s right
Wow Howard y’all got all that money than any more HBCU in the country
This is the same stuff that happened to students at NCCU some years ago.
So nothing has changed since I was a student over 30 years ago? I lived with mice and roaches in Sutton Hall, off campus dorm. Kudos to the students for doing something about it.
gentrification tactic…peep game
And they had the nerve to hold Howard Homecoming last weekend. For shame..
Then why the heck are they there?! This is horrible! We’ve got to provide better for our people!
Yeah imma take Howard off my list. All that money and grants this college gets and can’t seem to update their dorms. I know colleges younger than Howard update and build new dorms. Maybe because they care about the students. SMH!!!!!
Third world country.
What are they doing with all the money they receive? No student should have to deal with this
Since Kamala Harris isn’t really doing any thing for the country she can try to address this with her Aluma mater.
This is unacceptable. Kamala Harris graduated from Howard Law. Why is she not making a few phone calls on the students’ behalf?
I’m not that press for a degree they have to sleep outside and still go to class oh heck no I would’ve dropped out that college immediately and told them to give me my money back
Listen to them! They choose their HBCU for higher Ed and they deserve better. This is embarrassing.