Campus watch party kicks off
11/06/12 21:00 PM
by Laura Murphy The SMU Election Watch party kicked off in the Hughes-Trigg ballroom as polls closed at 7 p.m. About 75 students gathered to enjoy chicken from Raising Cane’s, Wing Stop and Tiff’s Treats while watching the CNN and ABC News election coverage on two big screens. College is a pinnacle for many students in America because they are finally at the age to vote for the first time. SMU freshman Mamie Murry voted this morning. “I think the election is more exciting now since I can vote,” Murry said. The ballroom was abuzz with excited students, as people gathered together at tables to chat about who they hope will be the next president of the United States. “I want Mitt Romney to win. I’ll probably cry if he doesn’t,” SMU freshman Brittany LaBossier...University Park votes
11/06/12 20:17 PM
Signs in front of McCulloch Middle School led Highland Park voters to the polling place Tuesday. by Jan Anderson and Jessie Webster A steady flow of voters cast their ballots at Armstrong Elementary, a Highland Park Independent School District school, all day, many stopping on their way home from work. And one common sentiment around the typically Republican neighborhood is the desire for change, but not the kind President Obama is offering. “I would just like to see something new happen, let’s leave it at that,” said Connie Pearcy. Though not all voters agree with Pearcy. Many local voters, even some who voted for President George W. Bush, are identifying with the incumbent for varying reasons. Jacques Vroom III, a 1998 SMU Cox MBA graduate finds himself most...Barley House viewers pull for GOP win
11/06/12 19:58 PM
Members of Phi Gamma Delta, popularly known as Fiji, supported Romney on Election Day by sporting “Fiji’s Comeback Team” T-shirts around the SMU campus. by Billy Embody Around 50 SMU students and Dallas residents are waiting anxiously at The Barley House on SMU Blvd. at an election night watch party. Most of the students there are optimistic for Gov. Mitt Romney to pull the victory here as many are rocking “America’s Comeback Team” shirts or “Fijis for Romney” shirts. “I’m feeling positive as of now, but there are still a lot of votes to come in so it’s anyone’s race. I was able to get my absentee ballot in to Florida, which is a major swing state so hopefully my vote can help bring it in for Romney,” SMU junior Sam Welles said. Despite the small turnout, it can be...Will Obama Let Us Down?
11/06/12 00:27 AM
by Lara Mirgorod, lmirgorod@smu.edu Four years ago many Americans were looking forward to having Barack Obama as the President of the United States. Now that the country has observed what he is capable of doing, many people are reluctant to vote for him for a second election. According to Politico, the nation has 2.5 million fewer jobs today than it did when Obama took office, and consumer confidence is still down. It is hard for me to think that Obama will “change” this country for the better, especially when the economy is walking on thin ice. Although the last recession has been over for more than three years, Forbes states, “If President Obama wins his reelection bid and gets his tax increases implemented, we will get the ‘Obama recession’ of 2013.”...
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