Spring Break
Fort Collins community has high expectations
Elyse Jarvis
Issue date: 1/21/09 Section: News
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As President Obama takes office, he still has much to prove to citizens throughout the nation.
Though cries of "We love Obama" filled the bar's crowded restaurant and outside courtyard, both skepticism and excitement rang from the local clientele as they waited for coverage of the Commander-in-Chief Ball in Washington D.C. to air on Avos' two projector screens.
Standing in a circle of three friends with a Five Barrel brew in hand, CSU undeclared freshman Brooke Martinez said she's hesitant to buy into the hype surrounding Obama's election and his eminent presidency.
"It's kind of scary," Martinez said. "(Obama's) promised a lot of things, but how are we supposed to know they're coming?"
Her friend, Mëgan Kelly, said she wanted to avoid joining what she called the bandwagon of those blindly following the newly elected leader and insisted she'd come out to support the local jazz bands playing late into the evening.
"Any change is good, though," the senior Spanish and history major said, "because we can expand the boundaries we've created, and we can explore how far we can push them."
The crowd that remained outside versus the one that sat near the buffet line inside the bar expressed differences in outlook as well as a clear distinction in age.
Surrounded by groups of residents a generation or two older than those in the courtyard, Martha Coleman, a member of the Larimer Obama Group, said Obama's call for Americans to invest in a day of service inspired the night's events.
The potluck-style dinner, which required all attendees to either bring a dish to share or to pay a $10 entrance fee, was Coleman's brainchild and brought in over $2,380 in donations to the local Homelessness Prevention Initiative, a project with which Coleman's group partnered to serve the community.
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