NCCU students have to use hotel's back door

[donsu]

http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-385462.html

DURHAM -- The Durham Hilton recently issued written rules barring students at N.C. Central University, a historically black school, from using the hotel's front door, an act NCCU's chancellor called "unconscionable."


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Hilton General Manager Dent Davis initially told The Herald-Sun on Tuesday that there was no contract for NCCU students.

"It's not that they're signing an agreement. They are giving us their name, their vehicle information, things like that," Davis said. "It's an information package for them with general information."

In a later interview, when informed that The Herald-Sun had obtained a copy of the document, Davis acknowledged that it was titled a contract. Davis said he prefers to refer to it as an agreement.
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more details in the article and it shows the poverty of our schools of higher learning.

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Unbelievable!

This country is racing back in time so fast I'm getting whiplash! :wtf:

[Brewman_Jax]

2. What year is this supposed to be?

2003 or 1953?
:argh:

[ima_sinnic]

3. Durham, home of Duke U as well as NCCU

I lived there for about a year. The disparity between wealthy Duke--which pretty much runs that whole area--and poor little NCCU is shameful. NCCU's tiny campus is wall-to-wall buildings--they have used up virtually all of their land. Nice to hear, though, that they are getting to renovate their dorms.

[Brian Sweat]

5. Duke is a elite private school

NCCU is a public school. The difference between Duke and NCCU is no different than the difference between Harvard and U. Mass.

[Brian Sweat]

4. Having them use the side door was bad enough,

but making them ride in the back of the hotel shuttle is just unacceptable.


</lame attempt at humor>

[mandyky]

6. So much for the 40th anniversary of

I have a dream! We are headed for a full fledged revolution in this country, if this crap keeps up.