Hampton University Allegedly Lectured New Students About The 'Dangers Of Twerking'

Via allhiphop.comHampton University freshmen were apparently welcomed to campus this week with an unusual message: do not twerk.

As Hampton students are in the midst of New Student Orientation, multiple photos posted on social media websites show a slideshow presentation from the school's Center for Information Technology with three distinct "takeaways":

1. Hampton Ladies Do Not Twerk!!!

2. Hampton Men Do Not Take Twerkers Home To Mother

3. Employers Do Not Discriminate Between Twerkers And Twerkees

According to MediaTakeOut.com, Hampton has banned the dance from the school's campus and will seek disciplinary action against anyone caught twerking.

"Multiple sources confirmed that [Hampton] gave a lecture to entering Freshman about the 'Dangers Of Twerking.' During the lecture they said that students who were caught twerking (presumably on Instagram) could face school penalty," they report.

One Hampton alumnus defended the school, writing in a column on theGrio:

Twerking gained notoriety this week following Miley Cyrus' performance Sunday at the Video Music Awards and the term's inclusion in the newest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The OED defines twerking as "to dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance."