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Groups celebrate election with large turnout By KIM KERBY Staff kdkerby@ius.edu As President Barack Obama won re-election for 2012, IU Southeast brought Election Day to a local level by hosting an Election Watch Party on Tuesday, Nov. 6 in University Center North. More than 30 students attended the event, which included members of the College Democrats and College Republicans and faculty members. Election coverage was shown on projection screens, and several students brought their own laptops to keep upto-date with the incoming results. Joe Wert, dean of the School of Social Sciences and associate professor of political science, said he was surprised by the Joe Wert turnout of people who dean of Social Sciences attended the election screening, and he was glad this experiment was a success. “I was hoping to get maybe 10 or 15 people, but this is really good,” Wert said. “It seems like there are a lot of Republicans and Democrats both here, as well, and there aren’t any fights breaking out.” Victoria Bennett, political science senior and president of the College Democrats, said she thinks
It seems there are a lot of Republicans and Democrats both here, as well, and there aren’t any fights breaking out.
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Nickie Cain, general studies senior, Rhonda Wrzenski, assistant professor of political science, and James Luttrull, political science junior, look at the up-to-date results of the 2012 election online.
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“I’m actually kind of curious as to what is going to happen at the end of the night, so I’m also here to watch the crowd and feel it out to see if any tensions develop throughout the night,” Meredith said. While those in attendance left before the results of the election were released, many of them said they believe this election will have a bigger influence on the country than previous elections. Meredith said this election is a divided issue. “Economically, I’m in the military, so this issue goes both ways to having [former Gov.] Mitt Romney or Barack Obama in office,” Meredith said. “I think that more so than any other election before this.” Wert said this year’s presidential election was very close, and, even in the swing states, it was hard for Americans to figure out the victor. On the other hand, some students had their fingers crossed that their candidate would win. Thomas Geary, political science junior, said he believed Romney would take the win. “Our country is in a bad spot, and we need change,” Geary said. “I think Mitt Romney is going to win. It is the change that America needs.” However, Bennett said she was quite certain Obama would be the right person for the job. “He is definitely more qualified than his opponent to continue literally moving our country forward in the right direction,” Bennett said. She said if Obama won, he would need to rethink polices he has put in place that did not work. “It’s not an easy fix,” Bennett said. “It’s not a quick fix. I think he definitely has done a great job to the point where we need to have him there to continue what he’s done and to just keep trying to make our country as great as it can be.” Meredith said his opinions were split on the issue
Several students and Thomas Kotulak, associate professor of political science, watch the projection screens and react as results are being reported across the nation.
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hosting the Election Watch Party showed students they do have a voice in the election process. “The big point I want to stress to students is get involved but also get informed,” Bennett said. “Know what the issues are. Take a stance — don’t just take what somebody is feeding you.” The Election Watch Party proved to be beneficial to students in other ways. Justin Meredith, political science and Spanish senior, said if he was at home, he would be watching the election coverage by himself because his wife is not a fan of politics. He said he liked having a group of people in the same room who were interested in the same things.
SGA proposes DVD rental kiosk for students on campus By TAYLOR FERGUSON Staff tayfergu@ius.edu The Student Government Association met for its weekly meeting on Thursday, Nov. 8. A probationary senator was introduced and another senator was sworn in during the meeting, among ideas and discussions of implementing a Redbox on campus. Redbox Melissa Hill, fiscal officer and campus card manager, discussed the possibility of a DVD rental kiosk on campus and asked for the SGA’s help. “I wanted to get some feedback from the students to see if this is something they would like to see and use on campus before I exert further effort
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on this initiative,” Hill said. Hill said she spoke with the company Redbox about obtaining a kiosk for campus, but Redbox said IU Southeast was too small of a campus for one. However, IU Southeast may purchase and own a DVD rental kiosk. This is an option Hill is trying to approve with the help of the SGA. “This is a very involved process,” Hill said. “The campus has approved the idea and the funding for it, but it is now stuck in purchasing.” If a kiosk were to be bought for the IUS campus, however, students would only be able to purchase DVDs with their UCards. “Because of the [Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard] compliance and the risk of outside companies having access to our network See SGA MEETING, page 2
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Ashley Kern, secondary education sophomore and SGA secretary, speaks with Dejan Tomanic, political science junior and SGA technology officer, after the SGA meeting on Thursday, Nov. 8. One topic discussed included implementing a Redbox for students to use on campus with their UCards.
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