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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
With Obama win, Penn students take to the streets

Melissa Dribben reports:

Pandemonium is breaking loose here. Hundreds of students thrilled at Sen. Obama’s win are pouring out onto the street with big signs saying, “Yes We Can.”

They are shouting, cheering and jumping up and down. The horns of passing cars are blaring. A van with a sign saying, “Latinos for Obama” passed by with young people cheering out the windows.

Erin Reynolds, 18, a first-time voter and Penn student from Maryland was carrying a life-size cardboard poster of Obama.

She said: “I’m so happy. I think this means that we’re going to get more respect around the world. Hopefully, things will change for the better.”

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