Western Front - 2008 November 7

              OBAMA VICTORY
PHOTOESSAY
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MEN'S SOCCER
HEADS FOR PLAYOFFS
AFTER WIN
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Friday; November 7, 2008
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ELECTION NIGHT 2008
STUDENTS REVEL IN OBAMA VICTORY
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Students celebrate President-elect Barack Obama's victory Tuesday night on Stadium Piece, the sculpture on the lawn in front of the Communications Facility and Academic Instructional
Center. Thousands of students marched through campus to downtown and back after the election results were announced.
Ian Wright
THE WESTERN FRONT
As Barack Obama was elected the na­tion's
first black president Tuesday night,
Western students were among the millions
of people to celebrate a new day in Ameri­can
history.
Two-thousand miles away from Chi­cago,
where Obama was giving his accep­tance
speech, Western students took to the
streets in excitement over the results.
Starting at Nash Hall with less than
100 people, the crowd marched down
High and Indian Streets to Holly Street
and throughout downtown. By the time
the crowd returned to Red Square almost
an hour later, it had grown to approxi­mately
3,000 people. Speakers stood up
on Red Square's fountain to make short,
impromptu speeches. Members of the
crowd started singing "The Star-Spangled
Banner."
Western sophomore Maddie Neunan,
who joined the parade when it passed by
her house, said she was shocked and ex­cited
Obama had won.
"I have never seen so many people
our age come together like that," she. said.
"Everyone was extremely excited and it
all felt cohesive. I bonded with strang­ers
I didn't even know. This day is defi­nitely
going to go down in history and I'm
stoked to be a part of it and one day tell
my grandkids about it."
Western sophomore Ahmed Abdi-rizak
was in the Communications Facil­ity
when he heard the marchers' cheers.
He said he joined in because, as a black
American, he.recognized this as a historic
moment in black history, one that filled
him with joy and pride.
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AS drops local hip-hop group from rap show bill, cites lyrical content
Ian Wright
Katherine Garvey
THE WESTERN FRONT
In a controversial move last week,
the Associated Students (AS) Board of
Directors dropped local artists The Roam­ing
Moanies from the recent Method Man
and Redman show on campus, citing com­plaints
about misogynistic lyrics.
AS Pop Music coordinator Hunter
Motto booked the band within two weeks
of Sunday's show. After receiving com­plaints
abput the content of the band's mu­sic
from members of the Women's Center,
AS productions manager Aaron Garcia
chose to drop The Roaming Moanies as
the opening act.
Fairhaven College graduate John Al-lis
and Western senior Nathan Oglesby,
the two members of the group, said those
on the AS board refused to comment any
further or provide an explanation of the
decision until an internal review could be
conducted. This review was discussed at
a Board of Directors meeting on Wednes­day
night.
"At first I didn't think it would stand,"
Allis said. "I thought it was a pretty clear
censorship issue."
Allis argued the AS has given Motto
"almost complete sovereignty" in his de­cisions
to book opening bands for the AS
in the past.
Addressing the board, Motto said he
felt the situation has caused rifts between
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photo by Graig Hill THE WESTERN FRONT.
John Allis (left) and Nathan Oglesby (right) of the hip-hop group The Roaming Moanies ad­dressed
their concerns at the Associated Students Board of Directors meeting Wednesday.