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Barack Obama '83 Elected President
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Targeted News Service
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November 4, 2008
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Occidental College issued the following news release:
A roar that could be heard all across the Occidental College campus erupted Nov. 4 when television commentators declared Barack Obama '83 had been elected the 44th president of the United States -- the country's first African-American chief executive.
Students gathered in Haines Hall, where Obama lived in a ground-floor room his freshman year, and packed into Samuelson Pavilion broke into cheers when the announcement was made -- a moment captured by a local television crew.
"We are proud that an Occidental alumnus will be serving in the country's highest office," said Occidental President Robert A. Skotheim. "Barack Obama is the latest ...