I have been sitting here for the past two hours completely staggered. People have been streaming past my window celebrating the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. They are cheering, honking car horns, and changing "Yes We Can." I…
More from my former student, Doug, who is in Grant Park watching Obama speak:"Yes he is amazing. And yes I have completely lost all control of my bodily functions."I think that sums it up, folks.
A festival was held in Obama, Japan, Monday in honor of the election today.Barack Obama is the life of the party in a Japanese fishing port sharing his name! This "sleepy" town awoke to cheer on the Democratic candidate before the major election. Dancing, singing,…
Welcome President Barack Obama! Just moments ago, the 44th president of the United States of America was named. History has just been witnessed, and before our nation's eyes, the very first African-American president was elected. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will be…
Barack Obama won!!!!!!!!! After months and months of campaigning! 284 votes!!! Barack Obama, projected President of the United States of America. Any thoughts???
I have a former student who attends University of Chicago and is texting me from Grant Park. He says, "The feeling here is incredible. I have never seen so many people in such a diverse crowd..."He went on to say that when they call a…
Here's a kind of neat electoral map calculator on CNN. It's time-consuming, but you can update it through out the night. You predict who will win in each state, and if you are correct, see how many states are needed to get 270 electoral votes…
Some polling stations are about to close on the East Coast. Kentucky and Indiana's polling stations have already been closed and results are pending. The biggest issue right now is that at some stations across the nation, there are simply not enough voter booths and…
As a sidenote to our election coverage, Obama's grandma, who he has said multiple times was influential in his life, died yesterday. National Public Radio did a short feature on her and how she affected Obama. The story is here. It's got to be really…
In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.
