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Nation elects Ist black president ’by David Espo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Barack WASHINGTON Obama swept to victory as the nation’s first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.

“Change has come,” he told a jubilant hometown Chicago crowd estimated at nearly a quarter-million people.

The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, the Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his historic triumph by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states—Ohio, Florida, lowa and more. He captured Virginia, too, the first candidate of his party in 44 years to do so.

On a night for Democrats to savor, they not only elected Obama the nation’s 44th president but padded their majorities in the House and Senate, and in January will control both the White House and Congress for the first time SEE OBAMA ON PAGE

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President-elect Barack Obama addresses his supporters Tuesday night in Chicago. As of Wednesday morning, news networks were estimating a 338 to 163 electoral vote victory over Sen. John McCain. Obama will become the 44th president and first African-American to occupy the Oval Office.

Students watch election unfold in Sanford by

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Outside rain fell in a steady drizzle, but inside the walls of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy, it was thundering.

Cheers erupted at Duke Votes: The Election Party as media outlets announced President-elect Barack Obama’s victory late Tuesday night.

About 700 members of the Duke community packed Sanford for the campuswide viewing party, filling every nook of its labyrinth-like structure.

“This is history in the making. I’m moved to the verge of tears,” junior

Lina Feng said.

Students on both ends of the political spectrum said this election has engendered a surge in political interest across campus.

Duke Democrats President Ben Bergmann, a sophomore, said Obama’s achievement as the first black president will encourage and inspire students to take a more optimistic stance in the world.

Others, however, seemed dejected by the outcome.

“I think it’s a sad day for this country —this guy is farther left than a selfSEE SANFORD ON PAGE

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applause and raw emotion greeted the election of the nation’s first black president the N.C. Democratic Election Night Victory Party at Raleigh Marriott City Center Tuesday.

Immediately following the that Presiannouncement dent-elect Barack Obama had taken California’s 55 electoral votes, pushing his tally at

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above the 270 required for the win, many broke down, visibly moved by the historic moment. One man fell to his knees, sobbing, and had to be helped to his feet.

“All I want to say to all the naive non-believers, ‘Eat your hearts out. I told you so,’” attendee B.M. Marcus said.

“I started campaigning for Barack Obama when he announced his candidacy and people looked at me like I SEE DEMOCRAT ON PAGE 11

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About 700 students, faculty and community members pack into the Sanford Institute ofPublic Policy Tuesday for an electionwatch party.

Subdued airfills GOP watch party by

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RALEIGH Despite losses in nearly every major state election and a resounding defeat for nominee Sen. John McCain in the presidential race, Republicans at the N.C. GOP Victory 2008 Election Night Party said they were prepared to keep fighting for the cause.

The event, which was held at the Hilton North Raleigh hotel, had a sparse attendance of approximately 150 people. A sub-

dued crowd mingled over drinks as televisions around the room provided continuous updates on the results. Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, N.C. governor and U.S. House of Representatives were all eventually defeated.

“The tide of electoral votes may ebb and flow, but our ideas are sound and they will endure and there will be another day to fight,” said Linda Daves, chair of the North Carolina Republican Party, immediately after SEE REPUBLICAN ON PAGE 11

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Kenyans celebrate Obama win KOGELO, Kenya Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives erupted in cheers Wednesday, singing "We are going to the White House!" as Obama became the first African-American elected president.

In the western village of Kogelo, where the Democratic candidate's late father was born, police had tightened security to prevent hordes of media and onlookers from entering the rural homestead ofObama's step-grandmother, Sarah.

But the elderly woman and several other relatives came outside Wednesday to cheer for Obama in a country where the Democrat is seen as a "son of the soil."

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki declared Thursday a public holiday in honor of Obama's victory.

Across Africa—where Obama is wildly popular—people stayed up all night or woke before dawn Wednesday to watch the U.S. election results roll in. In the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, people chanted "Obama! Obama!" as the results were announced on television.

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Two Afghan villagers alleged.Wednesday that airstrikes hit a wedding party in southern Afghanistan and killed or wounded dozens of women and children.

No Afghan officials could immediately confirm the number of alleged casualties but President Hamid Karzai appeared to refer to the incident in a news conference held to congratulate Barack Obama on his victory.

Karzai said his first demand for the new president was to prevent civilians casualties in operations by foreign forces. He then said that airstrikes had caused casualties in the Shah Wall Kot district of Kandahar province.

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LOS ANGELES From YouTube to Flickr, from Facebook to Twitter, images and sentiments from across the nation flooded into the Internet's media-sharing sites moments after Barack Obama clinched the election.

While crowds gathered at public rallies and millions glued themselves to television news coverage, many spent election night online—and they had plenty of company.

Students at Navarro College posted a video of themselves reacting—screaming, jumping up and down, more screaming—to Obama's win. Another YouTuber uploaded his toast to Obama: He gulped a two-literbottle of soda.

Others used the moment to joke.One wig-clad man posted a YouTube video reminiscent of Chris Crocker's infamous Britney Spears rant, instead shouting "Leave McCain alone!" in front of a sheet. Some shared impromptu songs about the election's outcome.One man at a piano sang:"You all wanted change/And that's what you're gonna get/But the change that you will see/You will most likely regret."

Elsewhere, dozens of Obama supporters clapped, danced and cheered inside the behemoth virtual world Second Life immediately after the Democratic nominee seized the electoral votes. Many avatars were left out of the virtual celebration in Obama's unofficial Second Life headquarters because the digital enclave had reached maximum capacity Tuesday.

"The long nightmare is OVER!"an avatar named Jordanna Beaumont exclaimed.

The Straight Talk Cafe, a Second Life space supporting John McCain, was nearly a ghost town after McCain conceded the race. Volunteers for both campaigns had unofficially important, stumped for months inside the virtual world for the presidential and vice presidential candidates—collecting donaElection sees record turnout � Americans voted in record tions, registering voters, building monuments and handing WASHINGTON numbers, standing in lines that snaked around out virtual hats and T-shirts blocks and in some places in pouring rain. Voters who queued up Tuesday and the millions who balloted jsii, early propelled 2008 to the highest turnout in generations, maybe a century.

Preliminary projections based on 83 percent of the wl country's precincts tallied, indicate that more than 131 millil lion Americans will have voted this year, easily outdistancing had been the highest grand total 2004's 122.3 million, which of voters before.

That puts the 2008 turnout rate of eligible voters hovering around 64 percent, experts said.

That's the best in at least 44 years, maybe more depending on who is doing the counting and how they count. wire TOKYO In concert halls and ballrooms, in plazas and at beach parties, people across the globe hailedBarack Obama's election as a stroke for racial and voiced hopes his presidency would herald a balequality anced, less confrontational America.

Throngs crowded before TVs or listened to blaring radios for the latest updates. In Sydney, Australians filled a hotel ballroom; in Rio, Brazilians partied on the beach. In the town of Obama in Japan, dancers cheered in delight when their namesake's victory was declared.

Observers—many in countries where the idea of a minority being elected leader is unthinkable —expressed amazement and satisfaction thatthe United States could overcome centuries of racial strife an elect an African-American as president.

"It shows that America truly is a diverse, multicultural society where the color ofyour skin really does not matter," said Jason Ge, an international relations student at Peking University in China.

In an interconnected world where people in its farthest reaches could monitorthe presidential race blow-by-blow, many observers echoed Obama's own mantra as they struggled to put into words their sense that his election marked an important turning point.

"I really think this is going to change the world," said Akihiko Mukohama, 34, the lead singer of a band that traveled to Obama, Japan, to perform at a promotional event for the president-elect.

He wore an "I Love Obama'T-shirt Many acknowledged that—for better or worse—America's economic, military and cultural might madethe election globally

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Democratic Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue defeated Republican Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory in the gubernatorial race Tuesday—making history in becoming North Carolina’s first female governor-elect.

Her win continues the reign of Democrats in North Carolina’s governor’s seat—a position that has not been held by a Republican since 1992.

“Jonight, my friends, we’re going to make a fresh start Carolina,” Perdue said at the N.C. Democratic North in Election Night Victory Party at Raleigh Marriott City Center. “The first order ofbusiness in the Perdue administration will be transparency and real accountability.”

McCrory conceded the gubernatorial race around 10:45 p.m. with a short speech at his watch party in the Hilton Charlotte Center City hotel. He had received approximately 1.9 million votes—or 46.9 percent—compared to Perdue’s 2.1 million—or 50.2 percent, according to unofficial results as of a 4 a.m. press deadline.

Libertarian candidate Mike Munger, chair of the political science department, received 120,000 votes about 3 percent. By surpassing 2 percent of the vote, Munger’s win will allow the Libertarian party to remain on the voting ballot in North Carolina through 2012.

Munger’s campaign manager Barbara Howe confirmed his intention to seek the Libertarian party nomi—

nation for governor of North Carolina in 2012.

His achievement Tuesday was the result of three and a half years ofhard work and petitioning to gain access to the ballot, Howe said. Munger collected more than 100,000 signatures in order for his name to appear on the ballot for the 2008 general election.

[We were] able to get the message out that we were there as an alternative, and the people of North Carolina supported us with a very good vote,” she said. “Not quite a record—we did better than 3 percent in 1992 but it’s still a record on other terms.”

The gubernatorial race between Perdue and McCrory has been called one of the closest in 35 years. Public Policy Polling reported Nov. 3 an razor-thin difference of 1 percent between the two candidates, with Perdue leading. The two also held last-minute campaign rallies Monday, making five stops across the state.

The neck-and-neck race did not let up after polls closed. Although Perdue had a lead early in the night, the difference slowly diminished as the evening wore on but remained static with the 3-point margin at the end.

Ultimately, McCrory said he had called Perdue himself to congratulate her on the win and offer his assistance in her future office. In his brief concession speech, McCrory thanked his wife and family for their “

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Governor-elect Bev Perdueaddresses supporters Tuesday in Raleigh after defeating Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory. She will be N.C/sfirstfemale governor.

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Senator-electKay Hagan celebrates in Greensboroafter news of her victory over incumbentSen. Elizabeth Dole.

This election, North Carolina was the site of a U.S. Senate race key to the Democratic Party’s goal of capturing a 60-seat majority and achieving a filibuster-proof Senate.

Although projections indicated Democrats would fall short of that number, Democratic N.C. state Sen. Kay Hagan pulled off a win against incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C. Hagan picked up 52.6 percent of the vote compared to Dole’s 44.2 percent, according to unofficial results as of a 4 a.m. press deadline.

Dole’s seat had once been thought secure, though the race between Dole and Hagan has been heated and close.

In North Carolina’s 4th District, Democratic Rep. David Price was victorious in a race some said would be tougher than many he has faced in his 20 years in Congress.

Price defeated opponent BJ. Lawson with 63 percent of the vote to 37 percent, according to the unofficial results. The proportion of votes for Price this year was slightly less than the 65 percent he won with against Republican challenger Steve Acuff, who captured 35 percent of the vote in 2006.

“It has been a hard-fought campaign,” Dole said in a concession speech Tuesday night. She added that this year’s race was composed of “tough, unfair, negative ads against me.”

Hagan also acknowledged in her victory speech that the Senate campaign has been negative this year, but she encouraged people from all parties to come together. She said she had heard voters’ message to “stop the partisan bickering, work together and get started fixing things right now.”

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GOVERNOR from page 3 support, and his team for running a positive campaign.

Perdue, a former school teacher and health care professional, has worked in the N.C. House of Representatives and Senate, and served as the state’s first female lieutenant governor from 2000 to 2008.

Her campaign emphasized her experience in the governor’s office, and advocated for bringing in more jobs to North Carolina, supporting early childhood education and tightening anti-gang laws. She has been criticized, however, for targeting narrow points of McCrory’s campaign and approving several negative advertisements

against him.

In her victory speech, Perdue credited her win to the people of North Carolina,

and stressed the advent of change. She assured the audience that she would take adequate action to revamp the North Carolina government and boost the state’s economy to survive the financial crisis.

“My executive orders will signal that there’s a new sheriff in town, and she knows how to do business,” she said.

Perdue also took time to thank another sheriff—actor Andy Griffith, from whom she solicited an endorsement commercial for her campaign. Griffith’s endorsement has a reputation of being lucky to candidates running for the governor’s seat—many political experts believe that Griffith’s endorsement of Democratic Gov. Mike Easley won him the election in 2004.

“Andy, I’m sending you a message tonight.... You can count on me and those good time whistlin’ days are going to start real soon,” she said.

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Governor-elect Bev Perdue will be the first female governor ofNorth Carolina.The current lieutenant governor received about 50 percent of the vote compared to Republican rival Pat McCrory's 47 percent.

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At its weekly executive board meeting Tuesday evening, Duke University Union discussed a possible Small Town Records event for the Spring.

Senior Colin Tierney, co-founder of Small Town Records, presented the idea to the rest of the board and sought feedback for the event, which is still in its preliminary planning stages.

“The idea is to get multiple venues on Main Street and to have three simultaneous concerts featuring Duke talent, local talent and signed local talent,” he said. “This could be a pretty big production because we could get a lot of big names locally to come in and get a big Triangle crowd coming.”

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He added, however, that because this idea is still in brainstorming stages, no final decision has been made concerning a date, venues or artists. • DUU President Charaindra Goonewardene, a senior, said the event was a “fantastic idea” and added that it would help DUU expand beyond the campus of the University.

“The cool part about this is that if it’s on a Friday or Saturday night, there will be a gigantic audience,” he said. “There will be people that will be going to Alivia’s or the Joyce anyway, and it’ll capture a crowd that doesn’t really get to see local bands on a regular basis.”

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SENATE from page 3 Speaking in Salisbury, N.C., Dole congratulated her opponent.

“I urge you also to join me in praying to God to guide Kay Hagan,” she added.

Looking back at the months and

weeks leading up to the election, some political analysts said one event tipped the scales in Hagan’s favor.

Dole released a controversial ad Oct. 29 entitled “Promise,” suggesting a link between Hagan and the political action committee Godless Americans.

“I think Elizabeth Dole, well, her last political act—she trashed herself,” said Don Ellis, who attended the N.C. Democratic party’s Victory Party in Raleigh.

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Tuesday that Republicans attributed Dole’s loss in part to record turnout among African-American voters.

Linda Daves, chair of the N.C. Republican Party, said at the GOP Victory Party that Dole can be proud ofher time in the Senate.

“Sen. Dole can rest with great assurance as she returns to her civilian life—a normal life—that she has served her country and her fellow man very well,” she said.

Hagan also had a message for those who were skeptical ofher campaign.

“To the North Carolinians who did not vote for me,” she said, “I am going to be working hard for the next six years to earn your vote.”

Naureen Khan and Will Robinson contributed reporting.

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Tuesday, a pug with an Obama pin on his collar waddled down Parrish Street nonchalantly.

He joined several hundred of his fellow Obama-faithfuls at the Barack N’ Roll election party hosted by Durham for Obama.

As election results flooded in from state and national races, Durham residents gathered in a four-block swath of downtown to wait and later, to celebrate.

“I wanted to be in the thick of Durham when [Sen. Barack] Obama wins,” said partygoer Ruth Eckles around 10 p.m. “This is an Obama kind of town.”

Despite persistent rain, a large crowd huddled near the corner of Main and Corcoran Streets to watch a live feed of the returns on a two-story inflatable television. They waved signs and posters and in one case, a life-size cutout of Obama himself.

Others spilled out of nearby restaurants, where patrons were packed so tightly it was standing room only.

Attendee Steve Hallman clutched a blue-and-white striped umbrella as he kept his eyes glued to the victory speech of Kay Hagan, the Democratic Senator-elect who unseated incumbent Elizabeth Dole.

“I wish it weren’t raining, but it’s fine, it’s all fine/’ he said.

And he was not the only one taking an optimistic view. Even before Obama’s victory was projected by national news outlets around 11 p.m., the mood on Main Street was ecstatic.

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Supporters of Barack Obama carry his cardboard likeness at an election watch party in Durham.

“There’s hope here that the country can

right itself, that Obama will be more than just another faceless politician, that he’ll really bring a change,” said Durham resident Tanya Olson as she pulled the strings of her hooded sweatshirt tighter against

the rain.

Down the block, vendors hawked Obama merchandise from tents and a second monitor projected a slideshow of Durham for Obama volunteers.

Surveying the scene, Obama supporter Tony Leak said he felt a solidarity with the crowd.

“The world is struggling,” he said, “We’re all here for a change.”

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OBAMA from page 1 since 1994 A survey of voters leaving polling places showed the economy was by far the top Election Day issue. Six in 10 voters said so, and none of the other top issues—energy, Iraq, terrorism and health care—was picked by more than one in 10.

Obama’s election capped a meteoric rise—from mere state senator to president-elect in four years.

Spontaneous celebrations erupted from Atlanta to New York and Philadelphia as word ofObama’s victory'spread. A big crowd filled Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.

In his first speech as victor, to an enormous throng at Grant Park in Chicago, Obama catalogued the challenges ahead. “The greatest, of-a lifetime,” he said” “two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.”

He added, “There are many who won’t agree with every (TOP) PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS, (BOTTOM) CHRIS CARLSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS decision or policy I make as president, and we know that can’t solve be President-elect Barack Obama onto the with his steps stage family in Chicago's Grant Park before more than 200,000 supporters (top); Sen. government every problem. But I will always honest with you about the challenges we face.”

John McCain delivers his concession speech at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix (bottom).

McCain called his former rival to concede defeat—and the end of his own 10-year quest for the White House. “The count in the Electoral College, where it mattered most, There, Obama’s audacious decision to contest McCain American people have spoken, and spoken clearly,” McCain told disappointed supporters in Arizona. in states that hadn’t gone Democratic in years paid rich President Bush added his congratulations from the White dividends.

House, where his tenure runs out Jan. 20. “May God bless Shordy after midnight in the East, The Associated Press whoever wins tonight,” he had told dinner guests earlier. count showed Obama with 3SB electoral votes, well over Obama, in his speech, invoked the words ofLincoln and the 270 needed for victory. McCain had 141 after winning seemed to echo John F. Kennedy. states that comprised the normal Republican base, includ“So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of service ing Texas and most of the South. and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and Interviews with voters suggested that almost six in work harder,” he said.

10 women were backing Obama nationwide, while men He and his running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaleaned his way by a narrow margin. Just over half of whites ware, will take their oaths of office as president and vice supported McCain, giving him a slim advantage in a group presidentjan. 20, 2009. McCain remains in the Senate. that Bush carried overwhelmingly in 2004.

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least happy it’s not a landslide.... But overall, America is lost today.”

The usually study-friendly open space at Sanford was turned into a red, white and blue political frenzy, as spectators gathered around a large screen to commemorate the occasion and track the election results over free food and drinks. In addition to balloons, streamers and life-sized cutouts of the presidential candidates, the walls were adorned with maps highlighting public policy professors’ predictions of how each state

would vote.

A Democratic crowd dominated the scene, overshadowing the nearly empty Republican-themed room showing Fox News where conservative students gathered. According to The Chronicle’s election poll, conducted from Oct. 27-30 among undergraduates eligible to vote, 74.8 percent MICHAELNACLERIO/THE CHRONICLE of Duke students preferred Obama over Republican Sen. McCain.

Students cheer watch they as election results come at the watch theSanford Institute of Public Policy. in Tuesday night election party in John “I think [the Democratic crowd has] been representative of the University’s preferences,” said senior Jason Pate, president of the Pyblic Policy Majors Union. “I think everyone’s been very respectful of one another.”

The peace was shattered, however, when a student burst into the Fox News room shouting, “Is anyone here a McCain supporter? Eat sh—!”

‘You don’t see anybody wearing McCain stickers, they’re all wearing Obama shirts and buttons,” sophomore Scott Basford said of attendees. “[Obama supporters] are definitely more visible on campus.”

The disproportional support for the two candidates may have deterred conservative students from attending election celebrations, said Duke College Republicans Chair Vikram Srinivasan, a junior.

Although reactions were strong in Sanford at the sign of a clear winner, many students noted that they were able to predict the election outcome early.

“I think it’s interesting to play [the race] off as so much closer than it is,” said Jay Stringer, a graduate student in pharmacology. “It seems like CNN and other networks are trying to keep people watching even though it is going to be over very quickly.”

Across Towerview Drive, partygoers expressed a more uniform sentiment of hope through an open forum at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture. Ninety-six percent of black students at Duke support Obama, according to The Chronicle’s election poll.

Congregated in a homey environment, participants discussed issues such as the implications of Obama’s presidency for the future of the black community.

“Barack Obama doesn’t solve race problems in America.... This doesn’t mean there is no longer institutionalized racism,” junior Shari Baker said. “Obama is a beacon of light and he is an example that things can change, but not that they have changed already.”

Still, amid the excitement as results were announced, some students remembered their priorities.

“I’m going to the libraryright now,” juniorRacquel Quarless said. “Obama is not going to finish my problem set.”

Kristen Davis and Ally Helmers contributed reporting.

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It had been a long time since George Glover can remember feeling this excited about an election.

In fact, it has been 48 years.

When he cast his ballot for John F. Kennedy in 1960, Glover said he felt like the political paradigm was shifting in Washington. And this year, the candidacy of President-elect Barack Obama gives him the same idea.

“The man just amazes me,” he said. “But I don’t want to get too enthused. I’m 71 and I’ve seen a lot of disappointing times,"' ' Glover was among the approximately 136,000 Durham voters who cast their votes around the city today, rounding out a whirlwind presidential race that begart nearly two . , years ago. But as a drizzle fell on the Triangle for much o£. Election Day, the polls were noticeably quiet. Forty-two percent of North Carolina’s registered voters had already cast their ballots through either absentee or early voting, reducing the number of voters at the polls yesterday.

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of Elections. Durham, a historically liberal county, went overwhelmingly for Obama, with 75 percent voting for the Democratic president-elect.

Around noon, election volunteers outnumbered voters at both George Watts Elementary School and W.I. Patterson Recreation Center, the two voting’sites for Duke students registered to vote at a campus address. Kate Dowd, a volunteer stationed outside Patterson, shivered as she clutched a pile of soggy fliers explaining the Democratic party’s positions on several ballot issues. But she said that despite the weather and the low turnout at the precinct, she was thrilled to be a part of the election in Durham.

So thrilled, as it happens, that she put her life at home in Connecticut on hold for a few days to volunteer for the Obama campaign in North Carolina in the week leading up to the election. During the day, she canvassed in Durham and each night before she fell asleep on a friend’s couch, she made calls to undecided voters in Colorado, another swing state.

“There’s a lot ofenergy here,” she said. “A lot more than in a state that will obviously go one way.”

That energy was echoed by voters and campaign workers across Durham, several of whom said an excited mood permeated the polls.

“I’ve seen a lot of first-time voters,” said Sia Henry, sophomore who volunteered her day to check-in voters the Patterson polling station. “And they’re definitely m

“There's a lot of energy here.... A lot more than in a state that will obviously go one way."

Kate Dow Democratic party volunk just young people.”

Last month, Glover said he drovd an 85-year-old man the polls. When they arrived, the man confessed that he h: never voted before.

But not every voter felt that this election was particular! important. Dante Lunsford, a Durham resident who cast hi ballot at Watts Elementary Tuesday morning, said that m matter which party took the White House Tuesday, he es pected “business as usual” in Washington come January.

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At night, Democrats and Republicans gathered in Raleigh to cheer on their candidates, and the Democratic watch party spilled onto the streets after ail national offices went blue. »

died, but I vote because I feel obligated,” he said, looms large in the minds of many other s. But Durham resident Ava Alston-Brownlee more than an African-American candidate. f diverse himself,” she said. “He’s not just he was in the womb of a white woman.” arly voting on campus meant many Duke sturdy voted before Election Day, several also in to cast their ballots Tuesday. Inside the isters of voters in Duke sweatshirts appeared ie day, eliciting cheers of “first-time voter!” volunteers.

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“McCain will probably win.... Society ain’t ready for a black president.”

—Dante Lunsford, Durham resident

“I woke Up this morning feeling emotional.... I never thought that I’d see a black president, and I’m not even that old.”

—Shannon Davis, at the Democratic Victory Party “Less than 50 years ago, Barack Obama would not have been able to vote, sit on a bus, sit at a counter with his white counterparts.... I am living history. I am alive and thus, I am history.”

—Pax Wade, on the streets ofRaleigh “This is such a change in government. This means more to me than my wedding day.”

—Anna Catherine Dickens, in Raleigh

“I’m still in shock. I’m waiting for it to be recanted.”

—Racquel Quarless, junior “Throughout the election, we’ve come to see that Duke is kind of apolitical. We need to keep people in support throughout the four years, not just during the competition.”

—Christina Burgart, sophomore “Even though I’ve been a supporter this entire time, it was just so hard to imagine. I didn’t think he couldn’t do it, I just wasn’t sure if the American people would do it.”

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piled by the North Carolina State Board of Elections indicated that Obama had taken the state’s 15 electoral votes late into the night by a slim margin of .27 percent. It was a feat no one would have suspected possible four years ago in the once-solid red state that has been listed in the GOP column since former president Jimmy Carter’s victory over Gerald Ford in 1976.

“It’s just been red for so long.

Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined it,” said partygoer Sejal Mehta of the possibility the state could swing. “The best [campaign] I’ve ever seen.”

After Obama’s grueling twoyear bid for the presidency, approximately 500 supporters of all stripes came together at the public event in a jubilant—if cautious—mood as wine and champagne flowed freely. Those in business suits mingled with those in oversized Obama shirts, veteran Democratic insiders with those who had canvassed off-andon in the waning days of the campaign. Everyone’s attention, however, was fixated on the big race.

“If he doesn’t win, I’m going to cry enough to fill up any reservoir,” said retiree Elethea Watson, dressed head-to-toe in Obama gear and spotting a flamboyant, oversized red hat.

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In an unexpected display of confidence early in the night, Jim Long, commissioner of the N.C. Department of Insurance, addressed the crowd with a projection.

“Tomorrow morning, do me a favor,” he said. “Write a thank-you note to George W. Bush.”

Nonetheless, until the last swing states were called, supporters were glued to the big screens with bated breath. Raucous applause filled the room each time a state was projected blue.

It was not until Virginia was called in the middle of Attorney General Roy Cooper’s victory speech that the restless crowd exploded into applause and supporters allowed a collective sigh ofrelief.

“It is a great day in America,” said Randy Conrad, a member of the sizable Teamsters for Obama delegation. “We have been able to

REPUBLICAN from page 1 announcing that Republican Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory was defeated by Democratic Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue in the state’s gubernatorial race. “We did nothing wrong when we stood up for the principles that have shaped our party since the days ofAbraham Lincoln.”

Unofficial results indicated Obama leading McCain by a .27 percent margin in North Carolina, as of a 4 a.m. press deadline. If Obama claims the Tar Heel state’s 15 electoral votes, it would mark the first time since 1976 that a Democratic presidential candidate has won the state.

Daves acknowledged the overall disappointment of the night, but she said her experience in politics had taught her that a

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look past the color of someone’s skin and look at simply what he can do.”

Supporters numbering a few hundred poured into the streets of downtown Raleigh, bringing traffic to a halt on the intersection of East Hargett and South Wilmington streets after the victory was announced. Even motorists got out of their cars to join in the spontaneous celebrations.

“Blow your horns, honey. Blow your horns,” cried Obama supporter Tony Hall joyously as he ran up and down the street. “Ain’t nobody gonna stop him now.”

Even in the chaos, others reflected on the importance of the historic outcome.

“A lot of people died to have this moment. I hope we as a people embrace it humbly,” Ralph Dujour said. “I’m glad I’m alive and my kids are alive to see this....

This is what it’s about.”

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Democratic party supporters cheer as media networks report election results.

party’s successes and failures are cyclical.

“They will be writing the obituary of the North Carolina Republican party and of the Republican party in general [to-

morrow] she said. “I do not want you to think that your time and your effort has been wasted.”

In addition to losses in the gubernatorial and presidential races, incumbent Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole, Woman’s College ’5B, was defeated by Democratic state Sen. Kay Hagan. Attendees at the event said they had been hoping for a different outcome, but they were not surprised by the results.

As the fate of North Carolina’s electoral votes hung in the balance throughout the evening, Republicans said they hoped the state would stay red, even though they had doubted the Arizona senator could attain 270 electoral votes to secure the White House.

Tm still hopeful for McCain and I have worked hard for him, but Obama will be my president and I will support him,” said McCain supporter Aloma Crenshaw, even before many projections were made by major news networks.

Approximately 15 attendees watched McCain’s concession speech on television after most of the crowd had gone home for the night. Disappointment was a common theme cited by the remaining party faithful.

“It’s a pretty big letdown,” said James Liberty, a high school student from Raleigh, who said he had worked as a volunteer at the GOP office in Raleigh.

McCain’s introduction of vice presidential running mate Gov. Sarah Palin produced a rare show of enthusiasm from the small group.

“2012 baby!” said Raleigh resident Amy Arthur at McCain’s mention of Palin. She explained that she hopes the Alaska gover-

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GOP supporters watch election results at the Republican watch party in Raleigh. Unofficial results indicate thatpresident-elect Barack Obama will get North Carolina's 15 electoral votes by the slimmest of margins. nor would be at the top of the party’s ticket in the next election.

But not everyone in the Hilton North Raleigh hotel was so quick to move past the 44th presidency. Staff at the hotel, predominately black, began celebrating Obama’s historic victory in the kitchen with shouts of “Go Obama” before gathering in the ballroom to see the results.

“This is a massive blessing. This is history right here,” said hotel employee Jason Buckman. “You look at the situation and it is a better chance for every race, whether they are a man or a woman, to be

president.”

Other hotel employees expressed excite-

about being able to tell their children they helped elect the first black president.

For first-time voters supporting McCain, however, the experience was bittersweet.

“It stinks to lose the first time,” Liberty said. “The biggest thing is just leaving it up to God. God only puts trials in front of us that we can overcome.”

Others said the losses this year would provide motivation for the GOP in the future.

“It’s spurring me on to take a stand,” said Nick Corbett, a freshman at North Carolina State University, adding that the losses would encourage him to become more active in the party. merit

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But the process of change did not and must not have ended Tuesday. If it did, then we have misunderstood Obama and failed ourselves.

The massive challenges we face in the years ahead can only be solved if we turn to face them as a nation.

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Now is the time to remember that change does not consist ofa speech or a campaign.

Change consists of what you do every day in the long grind, when the cameras are off. All this election has done—and this is not insignificant—has been to give us something to work for: the confidence that this country can take control of its collective future.

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Every class seems great when you are registering when you don’t have to deal with professors, exams, TAs, term papers or other students Every class will be john schneider perfect, with no digressions or busy guard your ears! work. You can set your schedule so you never have to wake up before 11, so you have a four-day weekend or so you have no finals. Your next semester can be both intellectually rewarding and relatively undemanding.

But if there is a Grinch in ACES Christmas, it is the dreaded T-Reqs. The awful setup of Duke’s distribution requirements always rears its ugly head and forces you to drop the class you’ve always wanted to take for an ALP or a QS. Distribution requirements are, in theory, a good thing... in theory. It is true—no matter how much humanities students abhor number crunching and math/science kids hate literary theory—there are certain subjects that every college student should know. Sure you don’t“need” to know Shakespeare or the components of a cell, but you don’t “need” to go to Duke, doyou? Higher education is about learning the things you don’t“need” to know.

Were Duke students really receiving a balanced education, then distribution requirements would be worthwhile.But that is not the case. Everybody knows the easy credits that satisfy our QS (Statistics 10) or NS (Chem 83), and occasionally we find that hidden gem of a class that an industrious professor has managed to get coded a dozen different ways. But we don’t leam anything important in these classes. We sit through them doing the crossword, take whatever grade we get and try to forget about all those classes we could have taken instead.

If Duke really wants us to balance our courseload, then it ought to have a real core curriculum—a la Columbia or the University of Chicago—that students cannot fake their way out of. If not, then get rid of the requirements altogether.

Either option is preferable to forcing students —

you want to see in the world.

Now, more than ever, this country needs its citizens to be active participants, not pessimistic bystanders. In the words of a former president, “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”

After a long 21 months, we finally have the opportunity to put the division and partisanship of a presidential contest behind us and to move forward with grace.

John McCain’s concession speech set this reconciliatory tone Tuesday, and his humility and service provide an excellent standard that we should all strive to emulate.

Today we celebrate the return of hope and the sense of possibility that it brings.

Tomorrow we get to work.

to waste what amounts to a full semester in bureaucratic loopholes, Duke is an elite school—we shouldn’t waste students’ and professors’ time with Rocks for Jocks and other fluff courses.

Unfortunately, the problems with Duke’s course offerings go beyond the worst-of-both-worlds distribution requirements. There is a lack of uniform requirements even within concentrations, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. Since Duke students are not forced to take any “Intro to X” or “Z 101” courses, these departments are free to simply not offer them.As a result, entire departments often seem to serve a specific niche at the expense of the overall subject.

Looking at the history department’s Spring course offerings, for example, you can find a course on Russian Revolutionary Cinema, but not the Russian Revolution. This is the same department that has not once, in my four years here, offered a course on the French Revolution. I suppose that’s not historically relevant.

Introductory courses, in many departments, are often at the discretion ofthe professor, yet certificates like markets and management and policy journalism and media studies are given more careful attention.

Niche fields and new approaches to subjects are obviously important to academic development, but fetishizing innovation often comes at the expense of teaching the more-important basics.

All of these problems can be traced to the faux pas of educational elitism—it is considered arrogant or ideological to decide what “the basics” are. Saying that Darwin or Shakespeare “must” be taught seems old-fashioned and ethnocentric, even if it’s true. As a result, the University talks in abstractions like “modes of inquiry” and “areas of knowledge” instead of simply saying, “If you’re a college graduate, you should know this stuff.”

But that’s what being educated means—being taught the things you are supposed to know, whether it’s the ABCs or the foundations of American democracy. Education at the college level comes with autonomy, of course, but that is not the same as improvisation. Duke cannot just pretend “Baseball in Global Perspectives” is more important than the French Revolution, just like it cannot pretend every QS teaches real math. Doing so is more delusional than any student has ever been on ACES Day.

John Schneider is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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priest stood somberly over the grave of Election, the dead horse.

“We are gathered here today not only to mourn this who horse, passed away the during earliest stages of the presidential pribut maries, also to lament daimyleWlll the incessant bebeatings immaculate stowed upon misconception after him his untimely death. Is there anyone who would like to say a few words on this beaten, dead horse’s behalf?”

A political pundit was the first to arise and step towards the grave. On the verge of tears, he exclaimed, “He showed promise for many great races. It was a shame that he passed, but even more of a shame how much we beat him after his passing. I say ‘we’ because the responsibility lies within us all. No one is free from culpability. Especially—” he let out a great sigh, “especially me and my kindred fellows.” Looking on, Rupert Murdoch shed a ,

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single tear.

A Congolese victim of rebel aggression watched from the back, mustering the courage to speak his piece. He stood up and cautiously advanced, his eyes darting about. As he loomed over Election’s tomb, he bowed his head, in quiet reverence for the departed. “In my country,” he said, still looking down at the coffin, “we do not tolerate cruelty such as you have done to this horse. We do not wait months to bury a dead horse, and we do not beat it.” He turned back to the crowd of onlookers and continued, “Because of your actions, I have lived in this animal’s shadow for the past few weeks. I hope burying Election once and for all will allow my country, and all those forced to cower under the shadow of Election, to come to light.” This touching reflection moved the crowd, except for several AIG executives, who scurried off.

As the Congolese man began to limp away from the grave, Dow Jones had already lifted himself from his seat. He took several steps forward, but, in his weakened state, was unable to stay up. As he fell to the ground, he cried out, “Forget not the promises you have heard while beating this horse.. Its passing may sadden us, but you must never... forget— He collapsed. Thunder rolled, and the rain began to fall.

Ron Paul, tears cascading down his wind-whipped cheek, was the last to approach the grave. “We have both been beaten,” he whispered, “may we both now find peace.” Weeping, the no-longer-presidential candidate walked slowly from the grave. As the pallbearers shoveled the last clumps of dirt over Election, the beaten, dead horse’s coffin, a thick fog rolled over the graveyard and enveloped the onlookers. Tony Rezko, William Ayers, Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher and Levi Johnston slinked away into the black abyss.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Amen.

Danny Lewin is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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wrote this column on Sunday afternoon, when I had no for causes we believe in, the building of a more politically idea: who our next president will be. On this Wednesday aware and empowered citizenry—all these are ways we can inmorning, it is possible that we still don’t know who the volve ourselves more fully in our democracy. And they don’t next leader of our country will be; maybe we’ll have another 'require us to wait every four years.

I’ve heard about a series of ads on television that a lot of election-day fiasco, a protracted and ugly recount, a low point of people don’t seem to like: It’s a bunch ofcelebrities facetiouspolitical wrangling that will last ly telling us, “Don’t vote, because one vote doesn’t matter.” for weeks, if not months Toward the end of the commercial, they change their minds and tell us that, hey, even though you’re just one person, your Conversely, we may have an uncontested victory for one vote does matter! presidential candidate, either And it absolutely does; but it matters less because ofits numeriSen. John McCain or Sen. cal importance than because it marks our collective reaffirmation Barack Obama. When you read of the civic norms that uphold our democracy. But voting isn’t the james tager this column, you may be exultend of our civic obligations; it’s the beginning.

We have a country that has been hit hard with financial ing in the victory of your cansuburban subversive didate or despondent in your disaster, is involved in protracted war(s) and faces increasingly champion’s loss. I don’t know. dire reports of global climate change every day. Meanwhile, it But either way, you may feel that you did all you could. You seems like another government official is arrested every week, voted, you had your voice heard and now political history will for fraud or bribery or unethical behavior, while special intermarch on while we wait another four years for our next act of ests continue to thrive despite their antipathy to our nation’s ideals of fairness and equal representation. Both of our previdemocracy.

I want to ask something ofyou: Don’t wait another four ous presidential contenders have promised change, but even years to have your voice heard. Don’t lay down your civic if they are sincere in their convictions, they will quickly have burden. We hold dear the concept that democracy is away to deal with all manner of crises that will bog them down. Deof life o a collection of ideals and beliefs that define and spite how strongly you might believe in your respective politishape our identity and morals. This democracy cannot be cal party, and despite who is next going to the White House, reduced to filling out bubbles on a piece of paper and putone man cannot change our country all by himself, even if he ting it in a ballot box. It cannot be encapsulated in one is the president. The Greeks entrusted the entire world to the act, the act of voting, but rather it is fulfilled through a less shoulders of one man, Atlas. We know now that no solitary transient commitment. champion can carry all our burdens for us.

The democratic theorist Sheldon Wolin has argued that For all of those who voted, I congratulate you. I voted for U.S. democracy has dissipated to the point that the average the second time in my life last week, and even if the outcome American is not so much a citizen as an episodic participant in doesn’t go my way, I will still be proud to have done my civic our democracy, a stamp of legitimization. We have our opinduty. But voting is not my only duty: I have other obligations ion asked of us every two years, and the political ads tell us to advance the well-being of my community and to show soliwhat our representatives have donefor us, and what we should darity with other Americans (and indeed people around the believe. In the meantime, we become passive spectators of the world) when their rights are violated or when they are subjectpolitical processes of our own nation, consigned to wait until ed to unfair conditions. Democracy doesn’t come with a four we next have the chance to speak. You can hear it in the politiyear timeline; it’s an ideal that manifests itself daily. Today will cal ads; “Just wait until Election Day. Then Senator So-and-so mark a new chapter in American history, and the election of a will know what we really think!” new president isjust the title. It’s up to us to write out the story But why do we wait until Election Day? There are so many of the next four years. avenues of democracy—in addition to voting—that may require from us more commitment, but also offer us more reJames Tager is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other ward. Involvement in our community, grassroots organizing Wednesday.

letterstotheeditor Women’s Studies encourages student engagement As someone who serves on the President’s Council on Women, I read the Nov. 3 editorial, “Council has unfinished business,” with great interest. The major issues raised by the Women’s Initiative and the Campus Culture Initiative have not yet been addressed. It is true that there have been some achievements in the last five years; for example, there are improved childcare facilities (though there is still a long way to go), lactation rooms on campus, events directed specifically for female alums and courses created through Baldwin Scholars. But although the attempts to improve matters are very welcome, “woman” has been conceived in the narrowest sense—as primarily reproductive.

There is no doubt that the situation has improved for reproductive women on campus, but we have yet to tackle, or even set an agenda for, the educational mission of the institution as a whole around issues of sexuality, class, race and gender.

In the Women’s Studies department, we have not seen the lives ofwomen undergraduates improve over the last five years, and we have seen a misogynist backlash unleashed against some. Indeed, morale has been low. We do not see adequate representation of the concerns ofLGBT students on campus.

Although I understand that the development of Baldwin Scholars over the past few years has created a handful of students who are able to address some ofthe gendered constraints and opportunities of leadership, this can hardly be expected to tackle the complex issues for women on campus as a whole. I lookforward to an opportunity to work on the educational mission of the institution as a whole around gender issues. In the meantime, in Women’s Studies we welcome students into our courses where they may find the analytical tools to understand gender and sexuality more broadly.

Ranjana Khanna Professor, Women’s Studies

Duke has cross country?

While reading the Nov. 4 Sports Wrap, I was extremely disappointed. After glancing through the fulland half-page articles on every sport from football to soccer, I arrived at the cross country article. That is, ifyou can call it an article. Whileevery other sport had a picture and a story, the cross country ACC meet was barely mentioned. Ifsomeone still thought that all sports were created equally, this story changed their mind. Now, I understand that Chapel Hill is a whole 10 minutes away but it would have been nice to have someone there representing The Chronicle. The meet was very exciting, with both teams beating UNC as numerous Duke fans cheered the them on. If football had beaten North Carolina, the whole paper would have been about it Granted, football brings in the most revenue ofthe fall sports, but is it too much to ask that someone drives 10 minutes to get a picture and a decent story?

Sorry for assuming that the ACC meet was important Courtney Bowen Trinity’l2

Apologies to Giordano I openly and publicly criticized DSG President Jordan Giordano and DukeStudent Government in my SepL 22 letter to the editor, “DSG actions seem retaliatory,” and that criticism was in a large 1 part inspired and fueled by the wave of indignation propagating amongst the student populous. But in light of DSG’s institution of office hours and their efforts to have Duke students included in the Franklin Street festivities, this feels like an appropriate opportunity torecognize those efforts, and apologize forany unqualified criticism. I’m not even going to bother trying to imagine the spectacle of juggling your own academic careers, while trying to recognize and address the concerns of a student body who is arguably too preoccupied to formalize such concerns.

Kudos to you, Giordano, you’re a gendeman and a scholar.

Jesse Hilaire Trinity ’O9

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