Howard University students continue protests, claiming dorms have roach, mice and mold issues

For a second week, students at Howard University are protesting what they call "unlivable" housing conditions, claiming mold, roaches and mice are common inside the dorms on campus. They are pitching sleeping bags and blankets inside the university's social hub, the Armour J. Blackburn University Center, and claiming the university has ignored the issues and failed to take action. 

Howard senior Jaelan Trapp said he spent a night outside of the student center and helped pass out food to protesters. Trapp claimed university dorms are often filled with mold and mice, and said some upperclassmen students had trouble getting placed in dorms at all. 

Trapp currently lives off-campus, but said he remembered having issues with housing as a freshman. He said he paid for a single dorm but was placed in a double because of shortages.