As most of you have heard, Senator Obama has won the presidency. This

is truly a historic and wonderful moment for America. After two years

of debates and predictions, Election Night has finally come, and people

have finally come together to create change.

Here at the UO, the Election Night party was a hit. Loads of people

turned out to watch CNN and Stewart and Colbert on big screens and to

cheer on their candidate - the majority of which were cheering on

Obama.

Things were looking good only an hour in or so, which left the place pretty relaxed.  Even though the numbers looked good, and it was clear

Obama was going to win, it was still an incredible shock and hard to

believe that Obama had won. I came of age during the Bush

Administration, and witness horrors that I had only read about in

discussion with the 1960s and 70s. I came to realize that the

government isn't always your friend and you can't always trust it.

After eight years of this, the "American Idiot" era, I knew we had to

have some change, and I was thrilled this was my turn to voice my

opinion.

None of us could believe how quickly it all played

out, or how humble McCain was in his speech. The longest wait of the

night seemed to come when awaiting Obama to give his acceptance

speech, but it was well worth the wait, because it was one of the most

amazing speeches  A new dawn is breaking on America, one of hope and

opportunity. I now know that my choice about my body is safe, our

troops wil come home within good time, and the economy will recover

just in time for me to enter the work force. Thank you to those who

voted, and thank you Obama.

Photos: taken by personal friend, Megan Hill, in photos, myself, and boyfriend, Patrick Arlt.