Originally published in The Metropolitan. Sept. 25, 2008
Michelle Obama said she is impressed with the young people she’s met while traveling the country campaigning for her husband, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama.
“They’ve been everything you hoped our young people would be,” she said on a conference call with college media.
She said her husband’s campaign would never have succeeded without its young supporters.
Originally published in The Metropolitan. Sept. 4, 2008. The Metropolitan covered the Democratic National Convention. Never before had the staff of the college newspaper attempted such a feat. Following the convention, the paper published a special section highlighting each of the days’ events.
Spectators awoke wondering, “was that it?” The demonstrations from the day prior had left more to be desired by any news junkie or violent anarchist.
The throngs of protesters promised to Denver had not arrived on time, if at all. At best, the most Denver had seen on the eve of the convention was a meager 500. Glenn Spagnuolo, one of the masterminds behind Recreate ’68, had said he was happy with the Sunday march. His goal for the week is to minimize violence and arrests, he said. “A lot of people are hoping for violence. They’re going to be disappointed,” he warned.
The first surprise of the day wasn’t on anyone’s schedule. The Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for vice president, Sen. Joe Biden, landed in downtown Denver at a hot dog stand outside of the Tabor Center.
Meanwhile, a march by supporters of Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu-Jamal made its way from Civic Center Park to the Araj Federal Courthouse. Peltier and Abu-Jamal are two prisoners turned cultural icons regarding unfair imprisonment.
A dozen protesters wearing orange jumpsuits and hoods, similar to those worn by the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, led hundreds of others down the 16th Street Mall.
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