Echo, V 117, I 06, November 5, 2010

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Friday, November 5, 2010
Minneapolis. Minnesota
Abeni Hill
Contributor
On Oct. 23. the University
of Minnesota campus was filled
with young and old people to
sec well-known political figures,
such as Amy Klobuchar and Al
I ranken
The main attraction, how-
c\ cr. was President Obama. The
rally was held in the Field House
on the University's campus. A
total of 11,000 people stood in
line to hear the president speak.
w ith 6,500 m the Field House
and the other 4,500 watching the
speech on a large screen in the
Sports Pavilion. The University
also held a rally for Democratic
candidate for governor, Mark
Dayton.
Both Ann Klobuchar and
Al Franken spoke before Obama
and had the same message: vote
Democrat.
1 ranken also noted that
it takes a while for change to
take effect To gi\e an image
of the time-consuming process
ol change, he said that former
1'iesident Bush was driving
a car and America was in the
backseat.
Bush took the car and drove
it into a ditch with sharp rocks
and alligators at the bottom. The
car kept lolling and rolling down
the hill until Barack Obama took
the ke\ i 1 odav. t )hama is trv ing
to push the car out ol the ditch.
"It takes longer to push a car
back up a hill, then roll it down
a hill." said 1 ranken
()bama tied his speech w ith
Franken's by saying to the Republican GOP: "You can't have
the keys back. You don't know
how to drive."
Obama also spoke to people
who said he hasn't done anything since 2008. "Don't let
anybody tell you that what you
did has not made a difference,
that the fight isn't worth it."
Mark Dayton introduced
Obama and stood erect and appeared attentive while the president made his speech. Obama
nodded towards the candidate.
"Mark Dayton has spent his
life fighting for Minnesota and
now 1 need all of you to fight for
Mark Dayton so we can keep
this state moving forward." he
said.
Obama not only spoke
to Republican officers in his
speech, but to the general public.
He encouraged young college
students who were far away
from home to mail in their votes.
He compared his political
endeavors to other historical
struggles, such as women's
suffrage and slavery. "Slowly
slaves, slowly women got the
right to vote. Slowly workers
had the right to organize." said
Obama.
Yet, Obama acknowledged
that change does not come effortlessly or quickly when he
stated. "Change is not easy.
Power does not give up with out
a fight." These changes include
issues, such as health care and
taxes, but as the Declaration of
Independence was fought for
"inch by inch, year by year," we,
too, can make change.
While Obama spoke, some
University students decided to
make money off of the president's appearance. There were t-
shirts being sold that had Obama
in a sports suit and headset.
Across the bottom was "Obama
4 Coach."
At the start of the day, there
were 425 shirts to be sold and
only ten remained by 1 p.m.
Many other vendors sold buttons and various items, such as
teddy bears and lanyards, with
the president's name on it.
Many people were very
eager to see the president. More
than 200 people had lined up by
9 a.m. The wait for some people
was brutal. Minnesota Daily
News reported there were about
a dozen reports of dehydration
and exhaustion.
Even though the president
spoke about politics and economics through most of the
speech, he stated he never lost
sight of the people.
"The journey we began together was never about putting
me in the White House — it
was about building a movement
for change that endures," said
Obama.
A full transcript of
Obama's speech can be found
at: http://mime$otaindepen-
dcnl.com/72962/text-of-barack-
obamas-speech-at-the-universi-
ty-of-minnesota
Volume CXVII, Issue 6
President Obama speaks at U of M,
encourages patience and youth voting
Job outlook getting better for recent grads
Eusha Flaten
..lor
\ccording to NACF's Job
Outlook 2011 Fall Preview Sur-
are anticipated
to hire 13.5 percent more recent
college graduates than thev did
the prc\ lous year.
This studv comes at a time
when the unemployment rate
hit a high of 10 percent th -
year, rates that haven't been so
high in dec.
lunger Flaten. a long-time
empk .gill, has noticed
a change w ithin her companv in
the past months
"Thev are talking about
hinng more people now." she
It w asn't like there wasn't
work, thev just didn't want to
hire anyone be'
In fact, a suxv e\ of 90 M m-
nesott employers done :
Cloud State University's Career
Services Center stated that 42
percent planned to increase hiring w ithin the next year, double
the rale of last v ear
In addition, none of the
employers interv lew ed said that
thev were planning to make a
pa\ cut but. in fact, were planning on increasing salaries
Overall, having a college
degree is beneficial in landing a job The IS. Bureau of
Labor Statistics has found that
the unemployment rate tends to
decrease the more education v ou
have.
In 2009 alone, people w ith
ege bachelor's degree or
higher had an unemployment
rate of 4 5 percent while people
with less than a high school
diploma had an unemployment
rate of 14 5 percent. 10 percent
higher.
Kyle Bahr, a small business owner, has already noticed
having a degree as becoming
something of more importance
today.
"America is not an industrial country anymore," Bahr said.
"Now we have more technology
and w ill need smarter people to
do the "technology based jobs "
It looks like more people
are also noticing the importance
of a college degree. The number
of people emploved over 25
with a college degree has been
slowly increasing since 1992
while people with less than a
high school diploma has decreased slightly according to the
IS Bureau of Labor Statistics
In addition. Businessweek,
com voted Minneapolis number
six in us ranking of best cities
for new college grads according
to job openings, pay. and afford-
ability of living. A positive sign
for current students planning to
stay in the Twin Cities area.
Overall, for some people
getting a college degree is a
scary risk in a tough economy.
Nobody wants to get stuck paying off school loans with no job
to support it.
When Sarah Chelstrom. a
prospective 2011 graduate from
the University of Minnesota,
was asked if she thought her
degree will be worth it she responded: "I hope so."
Her adv ice for people in the
same situation she is in'.'
"Just have a passion for
what vour degree is in so vou
can succeed."
Augsburg
7S Events
THEATER
The Learned Ladies
The Augsburg Theatre Department presents The Learned
Ladies by Moliere. directed
by Martha Johnson. Tickets
are $10 for general public; $8
ACTC faculty, staff, and students; $2 Augsburg Students
and children under age 12.
Friday, Nov. 5
Tjornhom-Nelst m I In aire,
Foss Center
8:00 p.m.
CAREER OFFICE
Etiquette Dinner
Join Augsburg Alumni for
meet & greet. Must
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registration materials email:
careers(«!augsburg.edu
Space is limited, so rcgistci
early! Guest Speaker: Darcy
Mat/, Professional Training &
Coaching Consultant
Sponsored by: Augsburg
Business Organization and the
Career & Internship Center
Open to all majors!    Deadline-
date to register is November
10th.
Monday. Nov. I 5
Kennedy Center 303/303
6:00 p.m.
Job Hi Internship Search
Workshop
Monday, November 8, 2010
Oren Gateway, Room 112
II.00 a.m. -12:00p.m.
MN Reading (x>rps
Informational Session
Representatives will be on
campus discussing how
students can become literacy
tutors or math enrichment tutors. Paid educational award up
to $5,350.
www.Minnewjta.Mat hC, orps.
Wednesday, Nov 10,2010
<)ti n Gateway Boom 112
4:45 p in    I  Wp "i