Question of the Week:
Did you watch the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, and if so, did it change your opinion of President Barack Obama?

Taylor Bui
ASUNM Senator Clerk
freshman, English

I’ve watched them in years past, and it wasn’t his best State of the Union Address. But a lot of the points he covered in terms of the current alternative energy policy along with his legislative agenda I think were really general, and whether they are practical or not I dispute, but he hasn’t changed anything from what he said in the past.

He has always been a President that has advocated for increased alternative energy funding, and increases in certain tax spending and he’s always advocated for bipartisan support. So my view hasn’t change much because of that.

Whether I will vote (for Barack Obama) in 2012 is pending the Republican nomination. I would have to pick the lesser of many evils; I would like Mitt Romney to win the nomination.

Japji Hundal
GPSA Chief of Staff
graduate student, business administration

I only heard the speech in bits and pieces, but I thought it was a good speech. … I’ve always liked President Obama, I believe he is a good leader, and I’m interested to see what he has in store of America in the future.

… He does understand the concerns of students and why it’s important that students can get educated. The second thing to me which stood out is the perception of America in the international community and how he has taken steps to build that and work with allies to get a lot of things done.

Julia Hellwege
Ph.D. student, comparative and American politics

I thought it was a really good speech and that it was unifying and inspiring. I was a little bit disappointed that he didn’t speak about the Defense of Marriage Act. He didn’t really mention that all, even though he did talk about the repeal of the ban on gays in the military.

Anna Herrera
junior, elementary education

I didn’t actually watch it at all. I wasn’t interested. I have a baby so I didn’t really care about anything else.