Spring Break
Following decision, jubilation erupts on campus
Peter Hironaka
Issue date: 11/5/08 Section: News
Roman Garza, a freshman meteorology major, was just one of Democrats excited of the results.
"I am so overjoyed!" Garza said. "I have been an Obama supporter since Super Tuesday."
The caucus president, Andrae Macapinlac, said he was impressed with the support Obama received across the country.
"People have heard Obama's message of change, and they responded to it pretty well," Macapinlac said. "This is probably the election with the highest voter turnout, and it's mostly because of Senator Obama."
Although he said he was happy with the result, the senior political science major said he realized that there will be a long road ahead in the White House.
"A lot of the problems aren't solvable in the next four years," he said. "I think that might drag his numbers down in the (approval rating), but I think he will do what he thinks is right."
Nwaigwe, who celebrated around the Smith-Carlos statue, said Obama's presidency will be a step in the right direction, but making drastic changes will be a challenge.
"I feel that we're in a state of emergency," he said. "There's a lot of turmoil going on as a whole. We're in a lot in debt, so it's going to take a long time, and it's not going to change while he's in the presidency - at least not for this term, but he's going to set the tone so that we can follow."
*Angelo Lanham contributed to this story.
"I am so overjoyed!" Garza said. "I have been an Obama supporter since Super Tuesday."
The caucus president, Andrae Macapinlac, said he was impressed with the support Obama received across the country.
"People have heard Obama's message of change, and they responded to it pretty well," Macapinlac said. "This is probably the election with the highest voter turnout, and it's mostly because of Senator Obama."
Although he said he was happy with the result, the senior political science major said he realized that there will be a long road ahead in the White House.
"A lot of the problems aren't solvable in the next four years," he said. "I think that might drag his numbers down in the (approval rating), but I think he will do what he thinks is right."
Nwaigwe, who celebrated around the Smith-Carlos statue, said Obama's presidency will be a step in the right direction, but making drastic changes will be a challenge.
"I feel that we're in a state of emergency," he said. "There's a lot of turmoil going on as a whole. We're in a lot in debt, so it's going to take a long time, and it's not going to change while he's in the presidency - at least not for this term, but he's going to set the tone so that we can follow."
*Angelo Lanham contributed to this story.
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