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One Week And Counting: Howard University Student Protesters Still Aren't Budging

It has become the longest protest ever at the historically black university and still the school's president has ignored calls to resign following a financial aid scandal.
People gather outside the Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Building in Washington D.C., during a sit-in at Howard University last week. By Thursday the students were entering their second week of protest and say they won't move until they are satisfied.

Student protesters in Washington, D.C., entered their eighth day of occupying Howard University's administration building on Thursday, and while school officials have shown signs of bending to their demands, the students say it is not enough.

is spearheading the protest and that might resonate on campuses across the country, such as: affordable housing, an end to "unsubstantiated tuition hikes," and greater focus on student safety, including mental health issues and preventing sexual

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