College Prowler Take
The campus of HU is a very strict one. The main complaint about strictness deals with the control of people coming on and off the campus. While students appreciate the added protection to an extent, they become frustrated when trying to have visitors, and are baffled by the concept that while there is security checking every car, anyone is able to just walk onto campus. Once upon a time, students had the opportunity of entering the campus near their dorm or whereever they might be going, but Hampton wanted to exercise power and close outside entrances to commuter students by building one way gates. Since the University has implemented these gates, it causes an inconvenience, primarily for off-campus and commuter students. Additionally, it causes a line when coming into the main gate because students and visitors are frequently questioned of their intended destination and their reason for coming on campus.
HU also has an intolerable strictness with the way students dress. HU specifies in great detail that a female’s straps should be so thick and shirts should be a certain length. Guys really do not have a problem with the code because their typical dress is so basic. However, if they come outside with a tank top or skull cap, they too are subject to discipline. HU often goes overboard with its strictness. It is one thing to run an orderly campus, but it is another when students feel as though their personal lives are being run by officials, when all they want to do is learn. Well, most of us anyway.
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Anonymous says:  |
Hampton has absolutely, positively...
Hampton has absolutely, positively way too many rules. We are not infants and shouldn’t be treated like everything around here is glass and we’re here to destroy it. I’m almost surprised we don’t have to raise our hand and ask permission to go to the restroom like elementary school. |
Anonymous says: |
Hampton’s dress code seems to be...
Hampton’s dress code seems to be so tedious that it seems like you can’t wear anything cool. I understand they want to prepare students for the professional world, but they don’t have to beat the dress code in our heads by including it with every syllabus or making professors go over it in class. Its posted everywhere we go. |
Anonymous says: |
This campus has a lot of rules but...
This campus has a lot of rules but there is a positive and a negative side to that. The positive is that it builds structure but the negative is there is always someone overshadowing us. |
Anonymous says: |
I don’t think all these rules make...
I don’t think all these rules make sense because rules are made to be broken. |
Anonymous says: |
These Police act like they want to...
These Police act like they want to give you a ticket for breathing too loud. The smoke detectors in the dorms are so sensitive that even hair spray can set them off and cause the alarm to sound. They want to make sure you don’t even so much as have anything that will cause smoke. I think they secretly have cameras in the smoke detectors. |
Facts
What Are You Most Likely to Get Caught Doing on Campus?
- Performing some sexual act on campus
- Violating the dress code
- Smoking weed
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