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Word on the street

Rolle

Question: What changes, if any, do you think Barack Obama will bring?

“Increase funding for scientific research and greater public awareness of science.”

Fei Yuan

physics freshman

“I think that we’re just going to have overall better health care. We’ll have a better connection to other foreign places and countries.”

Amy Gibson

English senior

“I think it’s good to have a strong figure leading the United States. Somebody that, even if things are going wrong, make the people feel like everything’s all right. “

Abdullah Al-Attiya

chemical engineering senior

“Our foreign policies (and) we’ll probably get out of Iraq. I believe a lot of our allies will be more on the same page with us now.”

Mark Stermer

environmental economics and policy senior

“Hopefully Wall Street will go up and be doing better, but honestly, I really don’t know what to expect.”

Jacqueline Gorch

communication junior

“Honestly, I think he talks a lot. I mean, I know he probably has good intentions, but I think sometimes he promises so much.”

Lauren Quinnett

telecommunication, information studies and media freshman

“I definitely think he will have a nice plan for our economy. What exactly about our economy? Who knows because everything is basically shot up right now … “

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Carlton Rolle

interdisciplinary humanities senior

“He needs to bring his strongness to the economy to build us back up before like when Bill Clinton was there.”

Kimberly Seaborn

family and child ecology senior

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