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November 14, 2012

CHICAGO, IL – NOVEMBER 06: U.S. President Barack Obama waves to supporters after his victory speech at McCormick Place on election night November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama won reelection against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Kevin Scantlen
Kevin Scantlen '15
Commencement

President Obama Holds Election Night Event In Chicago
By Kevin Scantlen May 11, 2026
For graduated senior Helen Jackson, who hadn’t been able to go home for breaks for the past two years, these last few months have been a much-needed break. “I’m moving halfway across the country in July for my PhD program, so I probably won’t be able to come home very often after this,” she said. Read More
campus brat

President Obama Holds Election Night Event In Chicago
By Kevin Scantlen May 11, 2026
The first realization of my own age hit me in the months before I started college. I was helping my dad clean the small office he’d occupied in Rush Rhees longer than I’d been alive. The walls of which boasted childhood drawings that my sister and I had crayoned. Even though I was looking at my distant past, I realized I would soon be starting a new page of my future. Read More
cultural identity

President Obama Holds Election Night Event In Chicago
By Kevin Scantlen May 11, 2026
President and senior Mennatallah “Mennah” Mohamed shared that this dinner was a “time to highlight how Arab culture is so interconnected.” Read More