Howard University Sit In!

Sit in at Howard University after a scandal erupted.

There is a sit in going on at one of the nation's oldest historically Black universities. Howard University is facing some controversy.

The financial aid department bilked the university and caused students to suffer. Word of mouth spread quickly. A man named Tyrone Hankerson, Jr. was seen on social media showing off his lavish vacations, clothes and his new car.

Now people who saw that were steaming mad.

The guy who took $429K in missing funds.

They believe Howard president Wayne A.I. Frederick was complicit in this scandal. He quietly fired the whole financial aid department and kept it under the rug.

A whistleblower tipped the junk food media about the misappropriation of federal grants earmarked for low income and struggling students.

Now there is a student protest demanding that Frederick resigns as Howard president. They demand that the campus police are disarmed. They want all of those involved held accountable for this scandal.

• We demand that Howard University provide adequate housing for all students under the age of 21 and extend the Fall 2018 housing deposit deadline to May 1.
• We demand an immediate end to unsubstantiated tuition hikes and complete access to administrative salaries.
• We demand that Howard University actively fight rape culture on campus in an effort to prevent sexual assault.
• We demand that Howard University implement a grievance system to hold faculty and administrators accountable in their language and action toward students with marginalized identities.
• We demand that Howard University hire more counselors and implement an inclusive attendance policy that accounts for mental and emotional health issues.
• We demand the immediate disarming of campus police officers and the formation of a Police Oversight Committee controlled by students, faculty, staff and off-campus community representatives.
• We demand that Howard University allocate more resources toward combating food insecurity and gentrification within the LeDroit-Shaw community.
• We demand the immediate resignation of President Wayne A.I. Frederick and the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees.
• We demand that students have the power to democratically influence the decision of the administration and the Board of Trustees by way of popular vote.

The student sit in started as soon as Henkerson's photos went viral.

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Henkerson denies bilking Howard University of over $429,000 in student aid. He sat with Roland Martin and his lawyer to discuss the matter.

He claims he gotten death threats and a calls to not receive his graduate's degree.

Howard Students lost faith in Frederick. They were outraged he shared some insight with Donald J. Trump and his crony Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.