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THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY VOLUME 46, ISSUE 73 | TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ‘We are made for this moment’ Students revel in Inauguration Day atmosphere Inaugural address calls for Americans to look as President Obama is sworn in past partisan politics and move forward By MEGAN DOYLE the message of bipartisan cooperation By MEGAN DOYLE faction.” Managing Editor she heard in his inaugural address. She Managing Editor “For now, decisions are upon us and has studied the ideological divide of the we cannot afford delay,” he said. “We WASHINGTON — On Monday morn- past Congress, she said, and his words WASHINGTON — In a moment of cannot mistake absolutism for prin- ing, most Notre Dame students in South were perhaps a reminder of what the incredible partisan divide on Capitol ciple or substitute spectacle for poli- Bend woke up and went to class on country needs most right now. Hill, newly reelected President Barack tics, or treat name-calling as reasoned campus. “This is the mantra of Congress right Obama called the United States to debate.“We must act. We must act know- On Monday morning, another group now, that we need to come together,” abandon conflict for compromise during that our work will be imperfect. We of Notre Dame students woke up and, Hatch said. “I really believe that is in- ing his inaugural address Monday must act knowing that today’s victories instead of trudging through the snow credibly true.” morning. will only be partial, and that it will be to class or the dining hall, stood in front Junior Mia Counts, who stood with “America’s possibilities are limitless, up to those who stand here in four years of the U.S. Capitol Building to watch Hatch in the crowd, said she felt for we possess all the qualities that and 40 years and 400 years hence to ad- President Barack Obama publicly swear Obama’s inaugural speech was this world without boundaries de- vance the timeless spirit once conferred his oath of office to begin his second “timely,” as he addressed a range of mands: youth and drive, diversity to us in a spare Philadelphia hall.” term. These students are members of the issues like immigration, gay rights and openness, of endless capacity Despite this call to compromise, the University’s Washington Program, a se- and education. for risk and a gift for reinvention,” president spoke with a tone that was mester-long experience working, study- “I thought it was very appro- he said. both unapologetic for the decisions of ing and living in Washington, D.C. priate and the fact that he ad- “My fellow Americans, we are his first four years in office and unwav- Junior Wendy Hatch spent her morn- dressed issues that we made for this moment and ering on the goals of his second. ing in the crowd, squinting at the small all need to work on … we will seize it, so long as Largely bypassing the economic de- figures in the distance on the steps of they’re not Democrat we seize it together.” bates that have thrown Capitol Hill into the Capitol. But as she pursues her goals or Republican is- Much of Obama’s turmoil over recent weeks, the president in politics, she might not be so far from sues,” she said. rhetoric challenged highlighted some of the other areas those steps during inaugurations to “They’re American Americans to work he would take to bat in the future. He come. issues.” beyond the im- challenged the nation to be a leader in “In four years, we could be one of those B e f o r e passe of parti- sustainable energy and climate change people sitting in one of those chairs … Counts was san politics, research, which were issues largely ig- next to President Obama,” Hatch said. born, her a welcome nored in election debates. “We could be senators, representatives, grandmoth- message to “Some may still deny the overwhelm- in Congress, in someone’s cabinet. We’re er immigrat- many. He ing judgment of science, but none can smart, we’re capable. If we wanted that ed to the called his avoid the devastating impact of raging position, if we wanted to be that person, U n i t e d oath of fires, and crippling drought, and more we could be.” S t a t e s o f f i c e powerful storms,” Obama said. “The The alternative study abroad program f r o m one to path towards sustainable energy sourc- thrusts students with interest in politics Mexico “ G o d es will be long and sometimes difficult. or journalism into the heart of current to earn a n d But American cannot resist this transi- affairs in the nation’s capital. her col- country, tion. We must lead it.” As Obama resumes his work in the lege de- not par- Obama spoke directly on gay rights, Oval Office, Hatch said she appreciated g r e e . SARAH O’CONNOR | The Observer ty and which became more and more a part An American flag, perched on the Capital Building, waves in the see STUDENTS PAGE 7 wind on President Obama’s Inauguration Day on Monday. see ADDRESS PAGE 7 History made every minute By MEGAN DOYLE Editor Sarah O’Connor. If you through the impossible se- Managing Editor missed the ceremonies, follow curity lines, I see a little girl, my play-by-play below: tied to her mom with a leash, WASHINGTON — I remem- 7:07 a.m. The first snooze on who is jumping up and down. ber visiting Washington for my alarm goes off, and we drag She’s saying, “I’m going to see the first time as a little girl, ourselves out of bed to get ready Obama!” staring in awe at the towering for the day. I’m not a morning 9:49 a.m. After bonding white monuments and walk- person, but today, adrenaline hardcore with all the other ing until my feet could fall off, and coffee are flowing to wake people in my security line (se- only to rest with my family un- me up. riously, they’ll all be invited to der the idyllic cherry blossoms 8:05 a.m. Sarah and I leave my wedding someday), I’m fi- near the Potomac. I returned to our hotel at L’Enfant Plaza nally through the metal detec- Washington, D.C. this weekend and split up when we get to tors and security line. not as a tourist but as a student the National Mall. My ticket is 10:15 a.m. I’ve made it to my journalist, reporting on the 57th in the red section, hers in the seat in Section 16 of the red presidential inauguration for orange. 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