Adrienne Perkins

Branson
Brooke

HU Resist Student Administration Building Takeover is Over

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Anchor Intro HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
SUCCESSFUL TOOK CONTROL OF THE
ADMINISTRAION BUILDING AFTER 9
DAYS. NEGOTIATIONS ENDED WITH
ALL OF THEIR DEMANDS BEING MET.
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Students chanting “I believe that we will win” (NATS FULL :03-:-05)

VO THE STUDENT OCCUPATION OF THE

Administration Building operating regularly HOWARD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
IS OFFICIALLY OVER.

VO IT HAS BEEN RECORDED AS THE

Students leaving the administration building LONGEST STUDENT SIT-IN IN HOWARD
UNIVERSITY HISTORY.

VO STAFF AND FACULTY ARE BACK HARD

Staff working, administration building under
normal conditions and President Frederick
leaving the A building after the last
negotiation meeting with students cheering
around
AT WORK IN THEIR NORMAL OFFICES
AFTER PRESIDENT FREDERICK, THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND STUDENT
LEADERS AGREED TO A COMPROMISE
ON THE INITIAL STUDENT DEMANDS

ORIGINALLY, STUDENTS CALLED FOR

VO THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT
Inside administration building b-roll FREDERICK, BUT THE ONCE
NONNEGOTIABLE DEMAND WAS
RECALLED ON APRIL 6TH

VO SENIORS SPECIFICALLY WERE

Students at the financial aid window EXCITED ABOUT THE REOPENING OF
 THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
AFTER RUMORS CIRCULATED OF A
POSSIBLE DELAY TO GRADUATION
DUE TO THE STUDENT PROTEST.

SOT “I’m glad that it ended because I needed to get

Senior Student things done in the A-Building to graduate this
year on time.”

VO ALTHOUGH AUTHORITIES IN THE

Outside of Jazzman’s ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WOULD
NOT OFFER A COMMENT, FACULTY AT
THE LOCAL CAFÉ, LOCATED INSIDE
THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
EXPRESSED THEIR EXCITEMENT TO BE
BACK AT WORK.

TAKE SOT
Jazzman’s Employee “I’m really happy to be back at work”

VO THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS, ALL

Outside of undergraduate library, sign on
undergraduate library that reads “Kwame
Ture Student center,” footage of construction
inside
REMAINING 8 OF THE STUDENT
DEMANDS WERE MET. STUDENTS
WERE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A NEW
KWAME TURE STUDENT CENTER IN
WHAT IS NOW THE ABANDONED
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT LIBRARY.

TAKE SOT “I just heard about that today and I think its
Howard Student great. I think we need that type of place for
the students.”

RECENTLY, PRESIDENT FREDERICK

VO RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING “I
Graphic of statement AM WRITING TO YOU TO PROVIDE AN
UPDATE ON THE UNIVERSITY’S
ONGOING EFFORTS TO REVIEW THE
OVERSIGHT AND OPERATIONS OF THE
 OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID. I WANT TO
ASSURE YOU ALL THAT I AM
COMMMITTED TO GETTING TO THE
BOTTOM OF THIS SITUATION AND TO
STRNEGTHENING OUR FINANCIAL AID
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO
ENSURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS
AGAIN.”

We’re back to business as usual at the Howard

ON CAM University Administration Building. The
STANDUP sleeping bags have left the building and
faculty and administrators are hard at work.
For Howard University NewsVision, I’m
Adrienne Perkins.