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Subject: Re: Segregated housing at UD Author: Michelle Guobadia [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:20:02 05/02/02 Thu In reply to: Latoya Griffith 's message, "Segregated housing at UD" on 22:41:42 05/01/02 Wed I think the reson so many black people live on Laird is not just for the social aspect and the family feel, but rather for prefrence. Mnay black student on this yard like having their own bathroom(Towers) or share their bathroom with limited people (Pencader and Ray Street)...However we must consider the soical aspects...many of us are not putlling good and repectable grades due for our need for constant social interaction. Have you seen the Tower's commons on any given night??...It looks like a HBCU and we all know it;s not condusive to a proper study environment. I agree with what Jen Davis said: we're here for our education and the social aspect should be secondary to that only after you have established a good habits and your grades are above C level....We do miss out on a whole other world when we segregate ourselves on UD's yard...Did you know Perkins food court was banging???? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Segregated housing at UD Author: Ambi Palmer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:31:32 05/02/02 Thu I agree that the reason why blacks are attracted to the Laird Campus is because of preference as far as living conditions, but I also believe that the reason why so many move to Laird campus is because this is where most of the black people live. I, along with many others of my class of 2003 were just put into the towers as freshman. As a matter of fact, the year that we came into UD was the first time that freshman were ever put into the towers. Laird Campus is all that I know and I have gotten used to living over here. I wouldn't know how to react living anywhere else. This is why I still remain here. I have made lots of friends that can relate to the same situations as I, and I feel that if I started off living "across the tracks" I would not have met as many friends (as far as black friends) because there aren't hardly any black people on that side of campus. It's a shame and it shouldn't have to be this way, but that's the way it is and I really don't see it changing much. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]