University of Northwestern-St Paul Top Questions

Housing. The fact that I'm a music major but due to not enough credits and numerous incoming freshmen I was housed two miles "offcampus" makes practicing somewhat difficult.

The worst thing about this school is that it is slow on intervention for diversity and cultural unity. This is a predominantly white campus and we have some students that come from different culture that does encounter different culture shocks. Although there is somewhat of a progress of trying to ensure the comfort of all students here, there are still a lot of ignorance from the staff and faculty side as far as the inner-city culture is concerned. There is still a lot of stealth racism and its getting them to admit it is the hard part.

An effort to bring about cultural unity backfired, causing a rift between students due to a racial battle. There has been bitterness on both sides because of events in the distant past, and Northwestern students are still trying to mend the breach. I hate the word racism worse than ever because of the constant struggle and hope to see better unity before I graduate.

The worst thing about Northwestern is "visiting hours." Visiting hours is a great concept but it hasn't been done right. Visiting hours is where people can't go into the halls of the oposite sex unless it is within the time frame of "Visiting hours."