Everybody Got Jokes

I see things haven't changed much since I left Howard. I found these little gems in the online version of the Hilltop. Anyone who has attended either a black college or a State run college can relate to most of these. I guess they might fall into the category "why we can't rise":

"can you be on full scholarship for a Division 1 sport that students and staff don't even know exists."
--Iram Abdullah, senior broadcast journalism major and HU women's lacrosse team member

"does BET not work."
--Christina Burton, sophomore print journalism major

"do the dorms have more roaches than residents."
--Shanon Morris, senior nutritional sciences major

"do you have professors that have already missed 3 out of 4 classes."
--Melba Ross, sophomore biology major.

"will you spend more time in the "A" building then in class."
--Carla Durandisse, sophomore telecommunications management major

"can you receive a scholarship and not be validated."
--DJ Johnson, junior accounting major

"do you have guys claiming to be thugs with a 3.8 gpa."
--Ethan Ashley, junior political science major

"can you have a chicken, watermelon, and kool-aid picnic."
--Jamil Wansley, sophomore architecture major

"do dudes come from Detroit to sit on the booty wall."
--Nyla Funderburk, sophomore speech pathology/audiology major

"does the concession truck try to get business during the Quad fire drill."
--Makula Dunbar, freshman print journalism major

"can the students not afford to shop in the bookstore."
--Calvin Simmons, freshman finance major

"do I have to walk."
--Chris Quest, freshman psychology major