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About two thousand students, faculty and staff flooded the FAU Football Stadium’s field. They laid out their blankets and towels to watch the final presidential debate, which was 4 miles down at Lynn University, on the Jumbotron monitor.

CBS News’ Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer asked President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney questions on foreign policy.

Student Government, Program Board, Resident Student Association, Students Advocating Volunteer Involvement, and the Division of Student Affairs sponsored the event.

“I thought it was a lot of fun just to kind of have fun in the beginning of Homecoming, for everybody to have a good time, and represent your organizations.” Candace Harrinarine, a junior criminal justice major, said.

Before the watch party, around 5 p.m., carnival games and bounce houses were free for students on the lawn beside the stadium. Corn dogs, ice cream, cotton candy and pretzels were also free for students and Program Board gave out free hats, cups and T-shirts to students who arrived early.

Student Body Vice President April Turner hosted the event and was excited to see how students would react. “I was hoping that everyone would react so positively,” she said.

“We weren’t really sure, this is our first time we’ve done an event like this. So, when everyone got excited, we were like ‘OK, good, this is what the community wants.’”