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Post-11/4 survival guide

“Western civilization had an Age of Reason and an Age of Enlightenment. In those periods, the quest for reason and enlightenment was the dominant intellectual drive and created a corresponding emotional atmosphere that fostered these values. Today we live in an Age of Envy.” – Ayn Rand As of the writing of this column, it’s not yet known whether Americans chose as our next president the liberal quasi-socialist with little executive experience or his Democratic opponent, who’s even worse. But it really doesn’t matter, because either way, we’ve got a lot of work to do if we want to spend the rest of our lives knowing the freedom and prosperity we experienced growing up. We must devote precious time and energy we normally would’ve spent pursuing our own dreams fighting for the very right to pursue these dreams at all.

Separation anxiety ’08

As is the standard protocol here on the IDS opinion page, I’m turning this column in on Monday, and you are reading it on Wednesday. I don’t know the outcome of the election yet, though I am quite looking forward to making the long walk to Read – my designated polling place – and casting my first presidential election vote. At this point, I’m positive my e-mail inbox is at least half full of e-mails from Barack Obama, Joe Biden and David Plouffe. And I really have no idea how the Obama volunteers got a hold of my phone number, but I’m really glad they’ll finally stop calling me now.

Obama supporters ecstatic after lengthy campaign

CHICAGO – Believe. For a campaign based on that very slogan, some Barack Obama fans still can’t believe it. After 21 months of campaigning, they have their president. An endless sea of 125,000 jumping, screaming and singing fans gathered in Grant Park on Tuesday to witness a historic speech as Obama became the 44th president and first black president of the United States.

Baron Hill re-elected

A fight between two long-time rivals ended in a landslide Tuesday.

Barack Obama gets his chance

Welcome to the Obama-verse. It’s been a drawn-out, hard-fought battle, but it seems Barack Obama will be heading the good ol’ US of A for the next few years. You cast your ballots, you “rocked the vote” and you voted for change. Now, change is what you’re going to get. Well, sort of. After completing an exhausting, multi-year campaign, our new “numero uno” has his real work cut out for him. It’s time for him – and all of us, for that matter – to accept the reality that he will not be able to follow through on a good deal of his campaign promises. That’s just the way it works, especially in budget crunches like this. No matter how favorably disposed Congress might be toward him, it’s going to be an uphill battle to pass each new spending bill and to establish each new program.  The economy, education, energy, the environment, ethics, foreign policy, health care, homeland security, Iraq, Social Security, taxes and veterans’ affairs are all in shaky upkeep and are vying for his attention like excessively needy 2-year-olds. Obama inherited his dominion, rather than building it from the ground up, and as such, he has more than a few messes to clean up before he can move on. Despite the multitude of constraints he faces, we hope that our new commander in chief will try his hardest to remain true to his commitment of stronger leadership and a better perspective for this country – that’s why we endorsed him.

Indiana still undecided hours after Obama declared winner

GARY – Indiana voters split nearly down the middle in what was perhaps the closest race in the nation between president-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Obama was close to snapping Indiana’s streak of backing Republican presidential nominees for 10 straight elections, but counting continued late Tuesday as unofficial vote tallies by The Associated Press showed him holding a lead of about 8,000 votes out of some 2.6 million cast.

Long Thompson’s loss expected by some

INDIANAPOLIS – As the announcement came over the big screen at 7:15 p.m. on election night, not many people noticed inside the Marriott hotel downtown. They were too busy mulling over the 7:01 p.m. announcement that Indiana was “too close to call” in the presidential election.

McCain concedes presidency, congratulates Obama

PHOENIX – Republican John McCain conceded the presidential race to Barack Obama, saying the Democrat has achieved a “great thing” for himself and the country with his historic victory. Flanked by wife Cindy and running mate Sarah Palin, McCain spoke to supporters outside the Arizona Biltmore Hotel shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday, saying the “American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly.”

'This is our moment'

CHICAGO – Yes they did. The chant shouted Tuesday night was only a two-word modification of the one yelled throughout the previous 21 months of Barack Obama’s campaign. But the difference was enormous. Shortly before midnight, Obama took center stage in Grant Park and greeted thousands of screaming supporters as the next president of the United States.

Indiana’s main man

INDIANAPOLIS – Republican Mitch Daniels has once again been crowned governor of Indiana.

Sanders still valuable to Colts

New AD grew under Peterson

Men's tennis serves up wins at Big Ten Singles Championships

The IU men’s tennis team met one of its goals at the Big Ten Singles Championships this past weekend, as every Hoosier advanced past the first round. Sophomore Lachlan Ferguson paced IU, advancing to the quarterfinals. Ferguson defeated Northwestern’s Pete Rispoli (6-0, 6-7, 7-5) and Alexander Thams (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) en route to the final eight.

Volleyball team eyes Iowa, No.13 Minnesota

Perhaps revenge is what it does best. The IU volleyball team scored two upsets against Iowa and No. 13 Minnesota, after losing to them both earlier this season. IU’s success now puts it 6-6 in the Big Ten and 14-10 overall.

Hot first half leads women's basketball team past Greyhounds

The IU women’s basketball team was once again impressive last night. This time, they showed their talents off to the Indianapolis Greyhounds in an 82-56 victory. The Greyhounds scored at the 15:04 mark in the first half to make it 7-2 in favor of the Hoosiers. After, Indianapolis did not score until 6:58 left in the half. A scoreless drought of more than eight minutes. The Greyhounds’ next bucket made it 30-5, and the rout was on.

Monroe County Democrats react to local election results

Monroe County Democrats celebrated the end of a historic election Tuesday night by watching the election results at the county headquarters and at Rachael’s Café on East Third Street.

Straight-ticket voters spark worry among local Republicans

As local Republicans ate h’ordeurves and refreshments on election night, one thing was on everyone’s mind: straight-ticket voters.

Impromptu march caps Election Day

All that could be heard in the streets of Bloomington on Tuesday night was “Yes, we did.”

Petraeus, now Centcom chief, assesses Afghan war

Gen. David Petraeus, the new chief of the U.S. Central Command who is credited with turning the tide in Iraq, took a firsthand look at the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

MSNBC broadcasts live from IMU for election

IU is often recognized as America’s college town for its basketball team, Little 500 and partying tendencies, but MSNBC chose to visit for a different reason Tuesday night: political activism on campus. NBC correspondent Luke Russert broadcast live from the Frangipani Room in the Indiana Memorial Union while the election numbers came through. He said he and the network chose IU because of Indiana’s swing state status and the political interest on campus.