Talk:Howard University/Archive 1

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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.

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)


 * Kasim Reed (BA 1991, JD 1995) is the current mayor of Atlanta and a former Georgia state senator. I see he is on the notable alumni list, so I will leave him off this page. Burdell619 (talk) 17:26, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

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.

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  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)

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)

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)

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))

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)

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)

Copyright problem removed
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Alumni, redux
the short list in this article of famous alumni is out of balance. ben ali? even i could do better in choosing a sampling, and im not an expert on this area. either make it a short and sweet list of the most obviously well known alumni, or include none and just have the link to the main article.(mercurywoodrose)75.61.133.174 (talk) 06:32, 17 June 2011 (UTC)


 * The list of alumni is very heavy on entertainers and politicians. Happily, alumni had contributed in many more fields. I suggest that the list be edited to show the wider contribution of Howard alumni. Pete unseth (talk) 15:56, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Faculty Section
Many of the people listed as faculty are deceased. Some clarification is probably in order distinguishing current notable faculty from former notables. -  Ro   Bo   Tam   ice 15:26, 20 July 2011 (UTC)


 * describing the late Charles Drew as a "blood shipment pioneer" is an outrageous understatement of the man's pioneering work in the development of blood banks and transfusions. Irish Melkite (talk) 22:10, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Could you give us a specific 2–3 word descriptive phrase for this context? DMacks (talk) 02:01, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll give it a shot - was distracted earlier - "renowned physician Charles Drew" - best I can come up with that falls in line with the styling that's used in the other entries Irish Melkite (talk) 05:08, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I like including "physician", but I also like including something about blood, since his notability (per his article) is about his speciality not just for treating patients. Maybe "physician who pioneered transfusion medicine"? DMacks (talk) 13:18, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ...eh, "transfusion medicine" sounds weird. At least yours is more clear about his qualifications (but excludes any of the details of what you and I agree is his most important work). Maybe best for now, I agrees as you say, in parallel with the others. DMacks (talk) 13:21, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Campus
Howard University Hospital, opened in 1975 on the eastern end of campus, was built on the site of Griffith Stadium, in use from the 1890s to 1965 as home of the first, second and third incarnations of the MLB Senators, as well as the NFL's Washington Redskins, several college football teams (including Georgetown, GWU and Maryland) and part-time home of the Homestead Grays of the Negro National League.

The first sentence of the second paragraph under this section should read as follows:

"Howard University Hospital, opened in 1975 on the southern end of campus, . . . "

Basis for correction:

I am a 54 year-old native Washingtonian and a graduate of Howard University Class of 1980 and Class of 1983. In 1975, the year I entered Howard as a freshman, Georgia Avenue, (which runs in a north/south direction from Florida Avenue to the northern boundary of the city and beyond), was and still is the western edge of Howard University's main campus, with the exception of various physical facility support buildings/lots and the Howard Plaza Residences (built in the late '80s ?) west of Georgia Avenue. Howard University Hospital's street address is 2041 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC, 20060, which is on the eastern side of Georgia Avenue. This address is approximately 1/2 of a normal city block, if that, from the corner of Florida Avenue and Georgia Avenue. The "eastern end" of campus (more accurately eastern "edge" of campus) was Fourth Street, which runs north and south, separates the main campus from the McMillan Reservoir (note a line from the first verse of Howard's Alma Mata ". . . Far above the lake so blue Stands old Howard firm and true . . ." The only buildings on the east side of Fourth Street were (and still are) the Tubman Quadrangle ("The Quad") and Bethune Hall (now known as The Bethune Annex).  A check of the "Griffith Stadium" entry on Wikipedia states the boundaries of the stadium, now the site of the hospital, as ". . . between Georgia Avenue and Fifth Streets, and W Street and Florida Avenue." (I believe the southern border of the stadium to have been V Street instead of Florida Avenue - the buildings on Florida Avenue's northern side, east of Georgia look to be as old as the old stadium itself.)  Prior to the erection of the hospital, the southernmost buildings on campus were the College of Medicine and the College of Dentistry, which are on W Street. I know this because as a child, I used to go to the Dental School for check-ups.

This is my first attempt at contributing/editing. Any and all advice and assistance is welcome!

Wvbpg1 (talk) 05:09, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * It would be much better if that whole graf had sourcing, particularly that part about how it's on the site of the old stadium. But a look at a campus map shows the hospital is basically on the SW corner of campus. So is fine to just make the change.Flyte35 (talk) 14:15, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Afro Blue (choir)
diff. In ictu oculi (talk) 19:43, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Ribeau's Resignation
I am a current student who attends Howard and I think that it may be pertinent information concerning the current direction of the university. As of the 1 October 2013, Ribeau called for his resignation and by the end of the calendar year seeks to leave office as President of the University and be replaced with an interim president.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/howard-university-president-ribeau-retires/2013/10/01/8d2f4004-27ac-11e3-b75d-5b7f66349852_story.html

04:01, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

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Howard Seal
Can someone please put back the Howard Seal back in the infobox. I knew that white supremacists would troll the Howard page due to the university's alumnus starring in Black Panther. Before then the seal has always been there. Broadmoor (talk) 13:59, 19 February 2018 (UTC)