College dorm vent connection issues *please read*

[Hillayin]

I just recently moved into my college dorm and the internet appears to work for some applications. In WoW my latency has actually gone down from the connection I am used to at home. However, I can not connect to Vent at all. I select my guild's vent from the drop down menu and it says "Server is available." I hit connect and the message changes to "Connecting to server" and goes nowhere from there. This is not only for my guild's server, as I have tried connecting to other servers as well. As I am in a competitive raiding guild I have to get this fixed, since vent is a must. I appreciate your comments and suggestions and thanks in advance.