Students organize petition against pesticide use on The Green
Review staffers interview Fun., Walk The Moon band member
Hens’ postseason football dreams end vs. Towson
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Election Night: second term for Obama, significant firsts for United States history BY SAMANTHA TOSCANO AND BEN COOPER
Copy Desk Chief and Student Affairs News Editor
While the passing of the DREAM Act is certainly new for Maryland as is the legalization of recreational marijuana for Washington and Colorado, the election of President Barack Obama is nothing new for the country. In a historically close victory, Obama defeated Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney by 100 Electoral College votes (303-203, according to Politico at the time of press printing) carrying key swing-states including Wisconsin, Iowa and New Hampshire to his advantage. Some states were still considered “too close to call” by the very early hours of the morning, but the race was officially declared a Democratic victory just before midnight. Though the university seemed to remain quiet unlike the city of Chicago and other politicallycharged cities throughout the country, some university students voiced strong opinions on an otherwise somewhat apathetic campus.
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Newark weathers Sandy, narrowly avoids disaster BY KRISTYN DALY Staff Reporter
As Hurricane Sandy ripped up the East Coast last week, high winds and heavy rains left millions of people without power and caused severe damage in several states. Although Delaware was expected to be directly hit, Newark residents remained mostly unaffected by Sandy. Christine Maiese, communications manager at the American Red Cross, said the organization in the Delmarva Region provided shelter to those who were
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mandatorily evacuated from the area. She said there were many people who had nowhere else to turn when the hurricane struck. “We meet the immediate emergency needs that people that have been affected by a disaster need,” Maiese said. “Whether it’s a house fire and a family has lost everything or a large scale disaster like Hurricane Sandy, we’re there to provide emergency needs like shelter, food and clothing.” According to Maiese, 25 shelters were opened during the peak of the storm throughout the entire state of
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Delaware, nine counties in Maryland and two counties in Virginia. She said the Red Cross was able to aid 1,878 people during the storm. Maiese said seven shelters were open in Delaware, allowing 1,022 people to seek shelter who were either mandated by Gov. Jack Markell (D-Del.) to evacuate or whose houses were significantly damaged. She said the Red Cross prepares for different disasters by anticipating how many people are going to come and alerting their volunteers. “Even though thankfully storms like Sandy don’t hit frequently, we’re
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ready for them because we know that they can,” Maiese said. “It’s not if a hurricane hits the Delmarva Peninsula, it’s when.” MCpl. Gerald Bryda of the Newark Police Department said a week before Sandy hit, the department was briefing tropical storm models, most of which were expected to make landfall in the Mid-Atlantic region. He said the department evaluated areas that could potentially cause problems and set up an emergency operations center with representatives from various police departments, public works, fire and
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electric departments. “We are all at the ready before, during and after the event for anything that may come up,” Bryda said. With only a few reports of trees down, Bryda said Newark had no power outages, road closures or flooding. State officials made executive decisions, such as enforcing the driving ban, and the police department relayed the information to the public. Bryda said Newark residents were compliant and took warnings seriously.
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