But where does all the vibe go now that the 2008 election is over? Is everyday supposed to be the start to the new beginning? Today just feels like any other Thursday.

Amid signs of “Country First” and “Don’t Tax Me Bro,” Republican presidential candidate John McCain gave his “Road to Victory Rally” speech Sunday night at the BankUnited Center to a crowd of students and South Florida residents.

When asked why, their remarks were just reprocessed regurgitation of commonly held positions on the economy and “change” with a general disregard for the current administration and the direction of the country.

Democracy shouldn’t be easy, of course, but it also shouldn’t be a choice between exercising a constitutional right and graduating, or putting food on the table. The United States should declare election day a national holiday.

It is rare in American electoral history that citizens get the opportunity to go to the polls and vote for a transformative figure. Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, Kennedy and Reagan come to mind. Sen. Barack Obama is one of those transformative figures.

Presidential watch parties
Come out and watch the presidential election results Tuesday at different locations around campus. The Rathskeller will have a watch party from 7 p.m. to midnight with food and sodas provided.
Watch parties will also be held at each residential college, including Pearson, Mahoney, Hecht and Stanford at 9 [...]

Republican Presidential nominee John McCain will be visiting the BankUnited Center Sunday night less than 36 hours before polls open in the state of Florida.

In an event sponsored by the UM College Republicans (UMCR) and the UM Young Democrats (UMYD), students, faculty, and parents gathered to witness a momentous clash of ideologies between five liberal and five conservative college students on Monday who presented and argued for the platforms of both Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain.

On Nov. 2, 2004, 23-year-old Jose A. Martinez waited for two hours in the Miami heat outside of the University of Miami’s BankUnited Center to vote in the general election, along with 1,077 others who battled long lines beginning at 7 a.m. This year, administrators and student organizations are taking measures to ensure a smoother voting process.

I’m going to tell you what every American citizen ought to know: If any minor party gets 5% of the popular vote, that party becomes major and is officially integrated into our democratic system.