Midnight Demonstration on the Quad

Marlei Martinez

Tuesday November 4, 2008

Partying on the Syracuse University campus usually does not begin until Thursday night. But at 11:37 last night, hundreds of students ran to the Quad screaming, jumping and blowing horns in celebration of the announcement of our new president, Barack H. Obama.

Two Department of Public Safety squad cars monitored the mob of students as they threw friends on top of their shoulders and ran into each other in celebration.

“Yes we can! Yes we can!” the students chanted.

“I can’t believe it….We really did it!” said Jessie Mehlhoff, a Syracuse University student and Obama supporter.

Students began celebrating around 11:30 in the evening and the cheers finally died down around one in the morning. The demonstration then moved down the hill onto Marshall Street, where those students who were ‘of age’ hit the bars.

The Quad was cleared by one-o-clock and DPS did not have any issues.

The midnight demonstration on the Quad was the first of its kind for this generation of college students. In the past, demonstrating college students were known for protesting against events like the Vietnam War. But last night, Syracuse students joined arms to demonstrate support for their nation and their hope for the future.