Election '08
Election '08
Five flat-screen TVs faced the crowd gathered in the basement of the restaurant, Rotelli, all of them showing the result many members of the crowd worked for months to achieve.
On March 30, Barack Obama spoke to a cheering crowd of 22,000 on the steps of Old Main. On Nov. 4, in the wake of his election to the presidency, students crowded those same steps in celebration.
In a room of about 70 black students Tuesday night, the sound of hope was deafening.
Listening to violin players or a cappella singing groups, talking to football players or reading the newspaper -- these were a few things thousands of Penn Staters did while waiting in line to vote Tuesday.
Standing on College Avenue Tuesday afternoon outside her precinct's polling place at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Kaitlin Myers said that there was something more important than attending her classes.
More ballots were cast in State College during this year's general election than in any past presidential elections, according to unofficial figures released early this morning on the Centre County government's Web site.
Republican Glenn Thompson, of Centre County, will succeed Congressman John Peterson for the 5th Congressional District, winning with 53 percent of the vote, according to the Centre County Elections Web site as of press time.
House of Representatives incumbents Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre, and Scott Conklin, D-Centre, held onto their seats for another two years.
Centre County voters appeared to reject one and pass a second ballot measure Tuesday, voting down a State College referendum to eliminate borough council term limits and passing a $400 million state water infrastructure proposal, results available early this morning indicated.
Hundreds of Penn State voters were being entertained by a group of various a cappella singing groups today while they waited to cast their ballots at the HUB-Robeson Center. Updated 1:44 PM
With record voter registration numbers in Centre County, student voters will take to the polls today to choose between two unprecedented tickets for president.
Dustin Bunta never registered to vote.
In a final attempt to reach college students, U.S. 5th Congressional District candidate Mark McCracken spoke at a rally Sunday afternoon along with Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Centre.
In the days before the general election, Austin Manelick recalled memories of his former "hockey mom" before she was the first woman to be named a Republican vice presidential candidate.
At a Wednesday afternoon speech in Rec Hall, Bill Clinton said while he and Hillary are campaigning for Barack Obama on Saturdays, they have been exchanging phone calls that go something like: "Did Penn State win again?"
Moments after "Zombie Nation" played a second time in Rec Hall Tuesday night, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her husband Todd emerged onstage to a gymnasium filled with about 7,500.
As Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin prepared to speak in Rec Hall Tuesday night, supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama set up across the street.
Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin spoke to a large crowd at Rec Hall just one week before Election Day.
Bill Clinton is scheduled to speak at Rec Hall Wednesday, Andrea Mead, Pennsylvania spokeswoman for the Obama campaign, said. Doors open at 2 p.m. and the program is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., she said. Updated 12:51 PM
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