Photo by Leah Sorensen
SPA students high-five in celebration
when the it becomes clear Obama
will get the 270 electoral votes needed
to become the 44th American president.
Ubah Medical Academy, predominantly an East African immigrant school in Hopkins, Minn., was buzzing with joy and excitement over the pervious nights elections Nov. 5.
Not a single student at Ubah supported John McCain.
Student were euphoric as they exchanged greetings and congrats. Every other sentence you heard in the hallways contained the phrase “We made history!”
“I was very excited when I heard Obama won, I was screaming and yelling, our whole household was screaming ‘Change!’,” said Abdimahad Nour, a senior.
Aisha Medmud, a junior, was not any less enthusiastic. “I was very shocked and impressed because I did not think a black man could become a president,” she said. “I initially thought that they would do something to cheat him, honestly I did not think America was ready for this.”
Abdi Mohamed, a sophomore, said that “the election motivated me to stay politically active, because now I know I can to one day become president if I work hard enough.”
Another sophomore, Najma Jama, said “The first thing the new president should do is create more job opportunities.”
“This election restored hope in me, the hope that all good in humanity was not lost, that when we band together we can make things that were the dreams, and fantasies of others our reality. I wish the slaves could how far we have come, I wish Dr. King could see the sight at Grant Park last night,” said Fowsi Ahmed.
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