Partying it Up on Election Night

Cheers could be heard coming from the Taggart Student Center's ball room on Tuesday night were an election party that was being held.

Hoping it becomes a tradition for years to come, Jackson Olsen Executive Vice President of the student government said that he thought the party was a success.

The election party up to and after the announcement of the president elect engaged in several activities and contests through out the evening.

Some of the activities were a hot dog eating contest, Rock Band competition, Ping-pong, political bingo, guessing which way swing states would go, and predictions on who would win.

With Rock Band, a video game, "the only complaint was more people wanted to enter the Rock Band tournament but due to limited time and space in the brackets we had to turn them away," Mike Watts a volunteer in charge of running the tournament said.

The tournament had a large turn out with some people signing up days in advance Watts said, and the winner was "A Band in Logan".

The hot dog eating contest involved 100 hot dogs and ___ people and a large crowd that gathered to watch.

Bill Sproat won the competition by eating seven hot dots in three minutes.

Political bingo and ping pong had a good attendance as well as people gathered at tables with paddles or score cards to participate.

"I did have a good time at the party," Colin Wiest said despite that, "it didn't turn out the way I hoped."

Even with the fun of the games there was some booing and cheering at points, especially when Utah went to McCain.

When Barack Obama was announced as the new President Olsen said that "There were a lot of happy people, there were a lot of sad people, and there were a lot of people who were seemed indifferent".

Some people danced, but many cheered and many ran out the door to call their relatives and friends.

Olsen went on to say that, "over all I think people knew this was coming so they weren't shocked by the outcome and I think a lot people are coming to terms with President Obama whether they like it or not. I think even the people who didn't want him to win are recognizing that after 230 something years this country has elected an African American president".