On the Yard of Howard University, there are bouncy houses, 360 photo booths, games, activities, and celebratory balloons; it’s homecoming. Near the Armour J. Blackburn University Center, flooding over onto plots of grass near the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts are tents, flyers, picket signs, and several students boycotting the very event happening a few feet away. On Oct. 12, Howard University students took over the University Center after no administration attended the town hall the Howard University Student Association (HUSA) invited them to in the same building. Students have been living inside and outside of the center in sleeping bags, blow-up mattresses, and tents since that night. Student protestors are demanding an in-person town hall with Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, the president of Howard University, before the end of October. Students are also seeking the reinstatement of all affiliate trustee positions on the Board of Trustees, a meeting before the spring...
