The campus of Howard University was abuzz with energy on Monday (November 4) as the school in the heart of Washington, D.C. prepared to host Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris for her election night watch party. - REUTER
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00:00It was just so surreal seeing them building the construction on the yard, which is iconic
00:13in itself.
00:14And just being a current student on the university who has so much notable alumni, it's just
00:22honestly I don't believe it.
00:24I see it, but it hasn't hit me yet.
00:27It does have an impact on Howard, all in all, because not only is she black, but she is
00:31a woman from Howard, and so that basically opens up a new road for all the girls that
00:36are trying to aim to do the same thing.
00:44We're going full throttle this week.
00:46Reporters, photographers, videographers, illustrators, everybody is going to be around campus, in
00:53dorms, in spaces where students are to capture the atmosphere and to capture the moment of
00:58this week.
00:59She was a student leader on campus.
01:03She ran for freshman class representative of the Liberal Arts Student Council.
01:08Obviously she joined the AKAs while she was a student here, and they talked about what
01:14she was like.
01:17Our reporting shows that she was very vibrant.
01:20She was well-respected around campus and things of that nature.
01:24Our reporting has shown what people are saying about her and what she was like as a student.
01:29And obviously tomorrow, on election day, we're hoping to bring that all into a neat story
01:36about her time at Howard, the process of running through the presidential election, and then
01:42the results.