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[edit] Headline text

I removed the blurb re: the recent student protest because A) it has no place in the opening section about the school and B) it should go in some sort of history section, in a subsection on recent events. In addition, the blurb contained biased and inaccurate information, and had the affect of implying that he somehow the student's political protest was hunger-based, which I found particularly offensive and demeaning. If someone has a contrary opinion regarding that blurb and can explain why it belongs there and should be so worded, I would certainly love to hear it. 68.166.67.154 05:56, 6 November 2005 (UTC)


What does the adjective "extensive" in the first sentence mean/modify? The word should be deleted, or the sentence reworded.


[edit] Law & Politics, M. Kasim Reid?

M. Kasim Reid, United States Senate, Georgia is listed there, even though there seems to be no such person (all google hits for M. Kasim Reid through up different people, and/or mirrors of wikipedia. I'll remove it soon unless someone provides an actual reference to who he actually was (or if he even was a Howard graduate in the first place). Arun 06:44, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

A quick search shows no one named Reid or Kasim was ever a senator from Georgia. Name removed. --dm (talk) 07:18, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alumni

Howardstudents appears to have recently added many non-notable and/or suspected vanity entries to the notable alumni section, which need to be checked and/or sourced per WP:V and WP:BIO. --Kinu t/c 21:35, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

See Cornell University for an example of a featured article's alumni section. Also see List of Cornell University people. Ccson 16:54, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

The list in the article has been moved to List of Howard University people as well as the above comments to its talk page, Talk:List of Howard University people.

[edit] First_General_Convention

what is the source of the first alpha national convention being held at howard university?! 68.175.26.54 22:09, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

provided source in the article. thanks Ccson 16:48, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
BTW-You learned of the "dubious" template when i used it on the Kappa Alpha Psi article. However; use template verify source [verification needed] instead of {dubious} the next you request a source. I have used the "verify source" on other articles, so you should have known since you follow my every contribution. Ccson 20:41, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sigma Pi Phi and Alpha Kappa Nu

Are the first and oldest Greek Letter fraternities. i move for clean up 68.175.26.54 22:11, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

not among historically black colleges. Sigma Pi Phi has never been affiliated with a college of any type, and of course Indiana University is not and has never been on the list of Historically black colleges and universities. Ccson 20:37, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Source of funding

The Freedmen's Bureau existed for only a few years. It didn't fund Howard University because it was permitted to vanish in a hurry. GhostofSuperslum 21:10, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] H. Patrick Swygert

Someone, 68.45.217.102, keeps removing the paragraph about the recent controversy leading to the resignation of Swygert. This information is very relevant to Howard's history and should not be removed. --Flyte35 02:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

This may just be me but when I attempt to edit this entry the editing section doesn't reflect the article. I'm particularly interested in the section in the article that consists of "The Board of Trustees accepted many of the students' other demands, including promised improvements to campus housing and academic credit for community work.[22] The Division of Nursing faced losing its accreditation and being placed on probation for a second time because of the program's deficiencies." Those two sentences are separated by almost 20 years but in the edit window there appears to be a lot of text between the two sentences.(Flyte35 (talk) 03:44, 21 April 2008 (UTC))

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Omarosa- TV Reality Star, also alumnus

Omarosa is an alum from Howard University. She should be added to the list.

ApsbaMd2 (talk) 16:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)