PSU student Andy Schwabenbauer reports...
“I don’t know about you, Nittany Lions, but I think it’s about time we made college affordable and accessible for every young person,” Senator Barack Obama told the crowd on the lawn outside Old Main.
Obama touted the $4,000 in tuition credits he said he'd give college students each year provided they perform community or national service. “We’ll invest in you, you invest in America, together we will march this country forward,” Obama said.
Penn State student Eric Messersmith, a registered Republican, attended the event and said that while he supports John McCain, he was moved by Obama’s words.
“It was very inspirational because education is just so expensive these days and we really need help paying for it,” said Messersmith. “The cost for college tuition has just gotten way out of hand.”
David Hutchinson, chairman of Penn State Students for Barack Obama, helped organize and promote the event, and said he had trouble distributing tickets to the thousands of people who lined the campus’ surrounding streets.
“Overall, I felt it went very well," Hutchinson said. “People can now put his name to his face and see him as a person, not just somebody they see on TV."
“I don’t know about you, Nittany Lions, but I think it’s about time we made college affordable and accessible for every young person,” Senator Barack Obama told the crowd on the lawn outside Old Main.
Obama touted the $4,000 in tuition credits he said he'd give college students each year provided they perform community or national service. “We’ll invest in you, you invest in America, together we will march this country forward,” Obama said.
Penn State student Eric Messersmith, a registered Republican, attended the event and said that while he supports John McCain, he was moved by Obama’s words.
“It was very inspirational because education is just so expensive these days and we really need help paying for it,” said Messersmith. “The cost for college tuition has just gotten way out of hand.”
David Hutchinson, chairman of Penn State Students for Barack Obama, helped organize and promote the event, and said he had trouble distributing tickets to the thousands of people who lined the campus’ surrounding streets.
“Overall, I felt it went very well," Hutchinson said. “People can now put his name to his face and see him as a person, not just somebody they see on TV."
Interesting articles on HRC that voters might want to know: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/20/opinion/main3955120.shtml http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/03/hillarys_balkan_adventures_par.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/13/whillary113.xml— tomoguara- Interesting articles on HRC that voters might want to know: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/20/opinion/main3955120.shtml http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/03/hillarys_balkan_adventures_par.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/13/whillary113.xml— tomoguara
Obama has children still in grade school...What nation does he want for their adulthood: One that bails out Wall St. or one that bails out tuition?- A very interesting perspective from an intelligent YOUNG college age male http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRrDlEVRguk— mjn
- If you are a small to medium sized business owner you might want to read this: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9259.html— expat4barack
Comment removed.- I think voters resond best when candidates stay focused on policy positions. I wish someone would ask Senator Obama what he has done to persuade Governor Patrick to end the use of high stakes test for high school graduation in Massachusetts. The tests have been cited as producing systemic racial discrimination in filings at the United Nations, and the tests have apparently been rejected by Senator Obama and Senator Clinton.— Ed Fairness
- I met Obama during his tour bus, and he is a down to earth person just like us, and very honest on his questions. I saw Hillary once and she seems distance and fake with her questions, more like a grandma would say to their children. Me and my family will now vote for Obama in April. He is what we need in the white house— lexus817
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- Wow! Saw in the accompanying newstory that the police stimate was there were 22,000 in the Penn audience! Couple of days back with Bill Clinton there were only 4,000! Barack the Vote, Barack 08!— emjay
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