University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Thailand was one of many coiyitries in the region hit hard by the destructive tsubami The local and international rescue crews worlfed passionately to restore their country.

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Democrat Howard Dean, the Governor of Vermont, speaks at the FSM@40 rally on October 1 1 . 2004 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement- Dean addressed political issues concerning the nation and urged students to make their voice heard. Nader ' s positions over John Kerry ' s voted for John Kerry to avoid splitting the vote against the incumbent, claiming to be choosing the lesser of the two evils. These voters often used slogans such as, anybody but Bush, and a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. A group of people who supported Nader in 2000 have released a statement, entitled Vote to Stop Bush, urging support for Kerry-Edwards in swing states. Bush had preliminary leads of less than 5 percent of the vote in only four states, but even in Iowa, Nevada and New Mexico had all eventually gone to Kerry, a Bush win in Ohio would have been created a 269-269 tie in the Electoral College, resulting in the House of Representatives voting to decide the winner, with each state, regardless of its population, casting one vote. The upper Midwest bloc of Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin is also notable, casting a sum of 27 electoral votes. However, all the swing states are important. The following is a list of states considered swing states in the 2004 elections by most news organizations and which candidate they actually went for. Because the U.S electoral law is largely state law, individual US states could refuse to allow the to observe the elections on various grounds: for instance, a stat law may require observers to be registered voters from the area A ballot initiative in Colorado, known as Amendment 36, would have changed the way in which the state apportions its electoral votes Rather than assigning all 9 of the state ' s electors to the candidate with a plurality of popular votes, under the amendment Colorado would have assigned presidential elects proportionally to the statewide vote count, which would be a unique system (Nebraska and Maine assign electoral votes based on vote totals within each congressional district). The amendment ultimately failed, receiving only 34% of the vote. Election watchers and political analysts forecasted a number of contested election results in a manner similar to the Florida voting recount of 2000. In Florida, for example, multiple lawsuits were filed even before the election, but few observers expected any of them to change the official result that Bush had outpolled Kerry by roughly 400.000 votes. As of the morning of November 3. the deciding state in the electoral vote count was Ohio, where Bush held a 136,000-vote lead. The Republican Part declared victory on the afternoon of November 3rd Two of the third-party candidates, Badnarik and Cobb, cooperated in requesting a recount of the Ohio vote. The Congressional Democrats who objected to the counting of Ohio ' s electoral votes relied on part on information about voting irregularities provided by observers working for the Cobb campaign After the election, some sources have reported early Indications of possible data irregularities and systematic flaws during the voting process. Although the overall result of the election was not challenged by the Kerry campaign, third-party presidential candidates David Cobb and Michael Badnarik obtained a recount in Ohio. In the January 6 House of Representatives vote at the official counting of the electoral votes, the motion to reject Ohio ' s electoral votes was supported by 31 Democrats. 178 Republicans. 88 Democrats and one Independent opposed it. Not voting were 52 Republicans and 80 Democrats Four people elected to the House had no yet taken office, and one seat was vacant. When the Senate rejected a similar motion, only its maker. Senator Boxer, supported it with 74 Senators opposed and 25 not voting During the debate, not on Senator, either Democrat or Republican, argued that the outcome of the election should be changed by either court challenge or re-vote.

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Because There ' s HOPE. by Anil Daryani When she went from this Earth, there were no tears. No one saw her leave, but to my heart she was dear She was swept away by the sands of time. In the instant in which she became Yours and not mine. I awoke from this dream, And let out a scream, I had to pinch myself to see, That this was not what could be. I had dreamt a dream that was not real. At least not real for me, but it ' s effects I could still feel. I dreamt of losing my mother, And searching for another. But lost she was, for she had been taken from this Earth, Taken from me, as quickly as she had been given to me at Birth, I let out a sigh, and breathed a bit a relief. That this was not the life of me. and I could still hold to my belief. That no matter what happens today, I will be okay Because there ' s hope that tomorrow will be better.