As the Indiana Daily Students bids farewell to 44, our journalists look back on eight years of presidential coverage and embrace the future.
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April 14, 2008
Obama crashes Women's Little 500, Nick's
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama made an appearance at the Little 500 women's race in 2008 before heading to Nick's English Hut and signing his name on the wall.
May 2, 2008
Obama: 'I need every Indiana student'
Barack Obama returned to Bloomington less than a month later, this time to speak at a rally in Assembly Hall. His message: "I need every Indiana student to vote for me."
Nov. 5, 2008
After 21 months of campaigning, then-President-elect Obama took to the stage in Chicago and greeted thousands as the first black man elected president. In Bloomington our editorial board looked on hopefully.
Jan. 21, 2009
Two million people watched from the National Mall as President Obama took the oath of office and outlined the nation's challenges in his inaugural address.
“Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious, and they are many,” Obama said. “They will not be met easily or in a short span of time, but know this, America. They will be met.”
Nov. 7, 2012
President Obama once again won the popular and electoral votes and kept his title. He delivered a speech from McCormick Place in Chicago.
“Tonight, in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the us of a the best is yet to come,” Obama said.
Jan. 22, 2013
Obama inaugural emphasizes unity, equality for 2nd term
President Obama called for unity in his second and final inaugural address.
“Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life,” he said. “It does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to happiness. Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.”
Jan. 17, 2017
With a critical eye, the IDS Editorial Board reflected on President Obama's legacy.
