By Hannah Hiles -- Black College Wire
Over the past two months, North Carolina Central student Roderick Howell has been fighting to be re-admitted. As a result of his suspension, Howell is without health insurance because the University was his provider, he is without work and food stamps because he lost his on campus job, and will soon lose his housing, he said.
It all began on Aug. 18. Howell was having a rough day.
He was stressed about work and school. He hadn't been eating or sleeping. His car had died that morning. He had one thing on his mind — reading his Bible.
"I was so wound up I couldn't hardly read the Bible in front of me," said Howell, who was in the James E. Shepard Library at the time.
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"When I started to read it, I couldn't focus. I asked this random girl, who I didn't know, I said, ‘Will you please read the Bible with me?' And she said ‘no.'"
And that's when something snapped. He grabbed her by the arm. She screamed. And then the police arrived.
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