Students munch wings for candidate

Instead of celebrities and free concert tickets, all-you-can-eat wings brought students together Thursday to support presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama.\nCommunity members, IU students and faculty and Mayor Mark Kruzan all showed up to BuffaLouie’s to learn more about Obama.\n“I’m thrilled with the turnout,” said Eric Love, the event organizer. “At any given time, the restaurant was filled with people. We had international students, community members and first-time voters. Barack is attracting a huge amount of support. Of course international students can’t vote, but they wanted to show their support.”\nAbout 70 buffets were purchased to support Obama and about $600 was raised all together.\n“This is a large part of why I support the Obama campaign,” Kruzan said. “Because his sincerity on the issues are motivating people who have never been politically active before. The Obama campaign is putting fun back \ninto politics.”\nIU Students for Barack Obama were also present at the event, registering people to vote and answering questions to anyone who wanted to learn more about the Obama campaign.\n“I find it a lot more relaxing,” said graduate student Nick Baciu, a member of IU Students for Barack Obama. “They are eating here and asking questions. It’s also more relaxing for us than waiting outside. People come up to you and ask about the event and Obama.”\nFor those who are still undecided on who to vote for in the primary, pamphlets and information were readily available to them through IU Students for Barack Obama.\n“I’m trying to learn about both (Democratic presidential candidates) and McCain and become the most educated voter I can be,” said graduate student Hannah Moss, who isn’t sure who she will be voting for on the May 6 primary. “The fact that Chelsea and Bill Clinton have both been here proves that they are aware of Obama’s threat. I think our parents’ generation is disenfranchised, and we’re the one’s expected to pick up the reins.”\nWith today being the last opportunity for Indiana voters to register to vote for the primaries, the event brought many community members who were strong Obama supporters.\n“A lot of times people our age don’t know enough or care enough and especially with the war, they are more apt to vote,” said sophomore Jane Waggoner, who plans to vote for Obama. “With our age, it’s really important that they just vote.”