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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Layout Editor Lisa McGough publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. Andrea Ramsay November 5, 2008 3 Obama clinches victory BY LYDIA WOOLEVER ing his electoral count at the time to be 324 Voter registration was up approxi!1late­ Obama expressed his gratitude to City News Editor votes, far exceeding the necessary 270 votes ly 7 percent since the last presidential elec­ McCain as well as his own family, cam­ After two, long years of campaigning, to win. McCain had exactly 200 fewer elec­ tion. paign members and his vice president-elect, the 2008 election [mally came to a close toral votes, coming in at 124. From his hometown of Phoenix, Sen. Joe Biden. He spoke about the nation's his­ with the election of Barack Obama as the Battleground states almost entirely McCain conceded his defeat and congratu­ tory, democracy and the American people. 44th president of the United States and the favored Obama as he claimed Pennsylvania, lated Obama on his victory, pledging his "The. road ahead will be long, the first black person in history to hold the posi­ Ohio and Virginia. Obama was favored with allegiance in the future. climb will oe steep, we may not get there in tion. the majorities of young voters, women, vot-· Just before midnight, Obama ascended one year or one term, but Americans, I have At 11:06 p.m., Obama defeated Sen. ers whose main issue was the economy and the stage in Grant Park of his hometown, hope and I promise you we will get there," John McCain and was declared victorious in the white working class. Chicago. Obama said. the race that had overwhelming turnout and Red states such as New Mexico, "Tonight, because of what we did on "Yes we can," he said to conclude his challenged racial barriers. Colorado and Virginia - all states that had this day, at this moment, on this defining speech. "Yes we can." Around 11 p.m., Obama won Florida voted for President Bush in the 2004 elec­ election, change has come to America," and California in a matter of minutes, bring- tion - turned blue throughout the evening. Obama said durin~ his speech. Pennsylvania Democrat: 55% Republican: 44% elaware emocrat: 62% \ \!,~-pnublican: 37% Virginia Democr RepubJlC4CHr. ida D McCain ·_.... ocrat: 51 % II Obama ' .....,lican: 48% - Missouri Colorado Democrat: 49% Democrat: 53% Ohio Republican: 50% Republican: 45% Democrat: 51 % Republican: 47% 4 November 5, 2008 Students, profs gather at Trabant on Election Night BY JAMES ADAMS SMITH At one screen, Joseph Entertainment Editor Pika, professor of political sci­ As the results from the election drew to a close Tuesday ence and international rela­ night, professors and students - rather than watching the tions, explained which states election from home televisions - gathered in tb-e Trabant were key battleground states University Center to experience the election process pointing to Ii projected image through a fusion of multimedia and expert scrutiny. of the red and blue states. He Election Central, held from 8 p.m. to midnight in mentioned the Democrats' Trabant Multipurpose Rooms, provided a forum to converge effort to invade the Deep media important to the election. Students could not only South states such as North watch the results, but could actively engage in the political Carolina It'lla Georgia, before process through live polling, expert lectures and · more . continuing to explain other key recent developments such as the online community Second states including Indiana, Ohio Life. and Virginia. "I think there's something special about experiencing Lindsay Hoffman, a communi­ election night in a group," Ralph Begleiter, professor of cation professor, lectured communication who helped organize the event, said. "The about the new media. As anx­ difference is like going to see the Super Bowl in person - ious students gathered around as opposed to watching the Super Bowl on TV at home." her to listen in, a screen above Begleiter introduced the event over the blaring news listed six important-trends in programs and conversing. The theme of discussion would "new media." start with traditional media and move toward newer forms "We're seeing a backlash of media - and even exotic media, including the blogos- of . media," Hoffman said . phere and Second Life, he said. explaining Internet · media . "Don't just stand at one table," he said to the crowd. "People are starting to say 'I'm "Use it as a cafeteria. Snack on all the different forms of going to do it myself' after media." being displeased with media In the middle of the room ornamented with patriotic coverage. Media has changed balloons and tablecloths, large monitor screens blared dramatically in the last four results across the room. The screens changed between years." broadcasting news nefworks, such as CNN, MSNBC · and The Internet allows citi­ ABC News. On a timed schedule, professors gave lectures zens to feel more empowered THE REVIEW/Steven Gold on specific topics such as exit polling and media bias. than ever, which is appealing While the wide array of multimedia provided insight to younger people, Hoffman Students watch the results of the election at Traban University Center. for many students, the noise of the event often overpowered said. President-elect Barack lectures as professors' voices grew louder for surrounding Obama's campaign has worked hard to reach younger peo- the election results. students to hear. ple through Internet campaigning, she said. The university's virtual.island on Second Life is grow­ Bill Dowd, president of Youth Vote, said the event had The blogosphere kiosk projected political blogs onto a ing more popular, Jeffers said. The island has several virtu­ some unorganized aspects. screen, displaying minute-by-minute coverage by partisan allecture centers, which Jeffers said she expects professors A lot of the problem is flat crowd noise," Dowd said, bloggers. will use in the near future. The island also features several "The event is a good idea, but I was trying to listen to a pro­ Chelsea Sizemore, a senior political science major who Delaware historic sites and a walkthrough art gallery. fessor earlier and couldn't hear." worked the kiosk, said blogs are helpful because they offer Over the increasing noise as Obama won states, Another problem was the screens changing news chan­ partisan perspective, but are biased in that there is little Dannagal Young lectured about the role. satire and humor nels rapidly, he said. Students watching CNN wonld have to oversight to their content. .play in politics. With references to Smothers Brothers, Jay walk to the other side of the room to continue following the "Anyone can post about an election," Sizemore said, Leno and Pete Seeger, she explained political humor as art. same program. "which is both good and bad." "The media seeks profit," she said. "The result, in real­ David Wilson, a politi­ ity, is both sides become involved in putting on a show." cal science professor specializ­ A table with four laptop computers allowed students to ing in polling, lectured on participate in an online poll, which asked questions such as problems with exit polls. He the candidate choices, which issues they were voting for and clarified the meaning of "mar- whether or not Sarah Palin should host her own talk show­ -gin of error" in polling. a slight majority chose "no." Lindsay Koenings, who helped Margin of error is the greater arrange the poll as part of a political science class, said she variation in statistics, which was pleased with the poll, noting that it was not me.ant to could often slightly skew the necessarily represent the student body, but just those who exactness of accuracy.