By Dinah Alobeid

Correction: The article’s title suggests a single-party event held on campus which is against university code. The watch event was supported by the political science department, UNA, NUUU, the Inter-Class Council, RSA, SGA and the political science student association.

On a day that could host the Red Sox World Series victory parade, the NU Democrats will be partying in afterHOURS, not celebrating the playoffs, but instead watching the results of the presidential election.

Their Tuesday night celebration is an open-to-all event that will be held at 7 p.m. and is an “election watch event.” In conjunction with other student organizations, including the United Nations Association, the NU Democrats will be collecting results and statistics from different races ranging from presidential to senatorial.

The Student Government Association, Class Council, the Resident Student Association and the Unitarian Universalist Organization will also be participating in the event.

The venue will offer free food, and NU ‘ Improv’d, Northeast-ern’s improvisational group, will be performing. Northeastern’s a cappella group, the Downbeats, will also be providing entertainment.

Over the past months, the NU Democrats worked with student organizations to register over 600 voters. The group traveled outside of Boston, making trips to New Hampshire to encourage voting and to talk to people about Sen. John Kerry.

“We haven’t been as out in the community as I would have liked,” said NU Democrats president and junior political science major Heidi Buchanan. “But a lot of our members have gone to New Hampshire to work.”

After spending months participating in and organizing activities for voter registration, the NU Democrats are now focusing on getting people to physically get out and vote on Tuesday.

“[The activities are] our way of getting people aware of the election,” Buchanan said.

Although she sent in her absentee ballot for Sen. Kerry and likes to be hopeful, Buchanan said she is nervous about Nov. 2 and cannot predict who will win.

“I like to be optimistic and think [Sen.] Kerry’s going to win, but [the race] scares me,” she said. “I’m scared mostly for the future if Bush wins again.”