UM students spend hours waiting in line for coveted tickets to Obama event

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"Students eager to see and hear President Barack Obama speak at the University of Miami on Thursday, spent hours waiting in line for the coveted tickets.

“I slept for an hour or two, but it was uncomfortable,” said Demi Rafuls, a UM junior studying microbiology, who waited 11 hours before she was able to get her hands on one of the tickets. She was one of about 1,000 people who camped out on university grounds Tuesday through Wednesday morning."

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""He really is a symbol of hope, a symbol of change,” said senior Jude Legiste, a Haiti native who recently became a U.S. citizen and plans to cast his first U.S. vote in November’s presidential election. “I would say that the vast majority of students who are coming support him; they support what he represents. And I think he's done a good job, quite frankly."

The line started near the University Center in the heart of campus and snaked around the school’s library and administrative buildings.

By 6 a.m., an estimated 1,000 students had made the queue. Tickets were distributed at 8:30 a.m..

Students who got their hands on tickets said the long wait was worth it.

“It’s the president of the United States,” Rafuls said. “How often does someone get to be within 50-feet of the president?”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/22/2655025/um-students-spend-hours-waiting.html#storylink=cpy

[Kath1]

1. Yes! The College Students Get It!

Love the photographs on the link!