For nearly four weeks, Howard University students have protested the historically Black university’s administration for their failure to address and amend serious housing issues.
Throughout the last few months, students have reported cases of mold, mice, crumbling ceilings, and frequent flooding in Howard’s on-campus housing units, and yet their pleas for living condition improvements have fallen on deaf ears.
In response to the negligence, student-led protests began on October 12 as a way to hold Howard’s administration accountable for their lack of proper care and continued complacency in the face of their students’ dimini
The disagreement came as a shock to those in the Howard community, many calling out Rashad’s lack of empathy for the students who have fought for better living conditions, but have been met with radio silence.
Allegedly, Howard protesters have not met with President Frederick to discuss further housing plan reconciliations since October 14 and many students remain camped out in tents at the university’s Blackburn University Center. Currently, it has been 27 days since the protests first began.
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