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[email protected]. Volume 84 - Issue 1 September 9, 2011 When flying whales became torpedoes A personal look at post-9/11 worldviews By Steve Mahr Photo by Brian Moriarty PHOTO BY KATI HENG Junior Hannah Biernacki holds an autographed program and bumper sticker from Tea Party speaker Sarah Palin. Several students hear Palin speak at Tea Party rally BY GILLIAN ANDERSON “Run, Sarah, run” were the words that could be heard coming from the crowd in Indianola, last Saturday, Sept. 3. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin spoke at a Tea Party rally to a generally positive audience that included several Northwestern students. If people don’t remember her from the election three years ago, they may recognize her from the satire of Saturday Night Live or the notable amount of criticism she has received from the media. “She has done very well considering all the criticism she has taken,” said junior attendee Hannah Biernacki. Some at the rally expected Palin to announce her candidacy for the 2012 election and were surprised when she did not. While Palin did not announce whether she is going to run, there is still time for her to enter the race.