The reason for my title is simple. When attending yardfest, the parade, and game, there were more people from the surrounding communities, then actual students. It wasn't anything that I expected, but I still enjoyed myself. It was a sense of community and unity between African Americans, that Howard brought together. I viewed the amount of locals as both a positive and negative in some ways. I wasn't excited about the fact that I didn't get to see the majority of the students. It wasn't like highschool homecoming's where you take great pride in your school and you celebrate it together. It wasn't about Howard this weekend. More attention was shown to alumni than actual students. For example at the game, 100's of Howard current student's couldnt sit on the side with their school. I feel like students should have gotten first priority to everything. I could understand why alumni got a lot of priority seeing their financial contributions, but as students who pay tuition I think we should be granted priority especially as freshman.
Everyone told me that Howard's homecoming was the best. In many ways it trully is the best, but in some ways it's not. I think at other schools they focus on the students and the actual school and not just trying the impress the community. On a positive note, I had fun in general. It wasn't everything I expected, but overall I enjoyed myself. I attended the comedy show, the step show, the game, the parade, yardefest, and midnight madness. They were all extremly live and exciting. The celebrities was a great asset.
Reflecting back on homecoming overall it was once again another Howard experience. I enjoyed myself and I got to experience new things. I'm really sorry that the community acted the way they did and the amount of violence they called, but I'm really proud of Howard students not being involved in any of it.
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