Codie & Shone – Howard University

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“I met my best friend sophomore year at Howard University (we’re class of 2005), and she says I just came up to her and told her we should be friends. I don’t know if it went down like that, but we have been besties ever since! On the surface, we have almost nothing in common. I’m 5’8″, she’s 4’11” (like that movie Twins with Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenegger LOL), she is from Brooklyn and I am from Texas, she’s a little sexy and I’m a little conservative, but we are simply there for each other. We love Howard, Black people, and we are ride or die for each other. We’ve been friends 20 years and I joke that we have had a long-distance relationship for 15. Through DC/NYC, NYC/LA, LA/Dubai, LA/Seattle, and now we both live in LA, there is nothing that has stopped our friendship, and we are so grateful to Howard University for bringing us together!” -Codie Elaine Oliver

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