By Jaleyah “Jalo” Morton with SGJC Student News Network
On Thursday, Aug. 31, Morgan State students walked from the University Student Center to Truth Hall, home of the office of President David Wilson and the Office of Academic and Faculty Affairs, with hopes of voicing their dissatisfaction with the housing process and to demand answers from school officials.
Senior applied liberal arts major Lamar Brooks organized the hour-long sit-in to hold the university accountable for “inconveniencing” students, leaving over 200 students waitlisted for housing.
Brooks believes that if the university is worried about retention rates, the radius for instate tuition should be 250 miles, that way the universities retention rate could rise without inconveniencing students who need housing.
Sixteen students attended the first sit-in.
“We look good in numbers, but we have students who have nowhere to go,” Carlona Brevard, junior business major, said.
Although Brooks hoped for a bigger turn out, he believes the protest was a good start and is determined to create a "ripple effect" by having numerous sit-ins until voices are heard and a solution is brought forward.
Brooks hopes that the protests will raise awareness for MSU's housing crisis and wants to make known that the housing crisis is everyone's crisis.