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Hope for Better Housing

We all understand that Hampton University is an HBCU and that does mean its historical but its not necessary for us to feel as if when W.E.B. DuBois attended the school and now not much has changed for living arragements. The housing at Hampton is absolutely horrific to say the least. You have hot water when your fortunate enough to enjoy that, heat and air come on when the semester is almost over and the season is about to change and its no longer needed. You learn to adapt to all the mishaps you are dealing with daily at Hampton and although you pay so much to stay in these crap dorms if something goes wrong they will get to it at THEIR earliest convience. So whether or not your parents call and complain and are under the influence that the issue will be dealt with you as a student know better and most likely nothing will change. The major plus to on campus housing is the relationships you build with people and your forced to adapt and learn ways of other people and that may be the only good that comes out of campus housing. Among this the dorms do have nice views of the "home by the sea" and even when you are fed up with the lack of service to the housing and tired of dealing with such harsh living conditions when you look outside you can atleast appreciate God mades creation the water that seems to temporarily remove all your issues. But after your first semester, if you make it through the year you know to GET OFF campus faster than they can bill you for another dorm.

Zero Tolerance.. or Not

Hampton has zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol. If your caught with drugs you will have a hearing and most likely be out by 5 depending on the circumstances. Alcohol is strict for underage students but they are able to allow a second chance. If caught with alcohol or drunk you will be on early curfew until you have a hearing and explain your actions. You will then be sentenced to some time for community service so you are punished and the next time its out for good! So the idea is good they just aren't as strict as they advertise to parents and in every meeting saying any possesion is out by 5 no questions asked. Don't worry the first time is passable and then your on your own