Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois addressed a crowd of thousands of people during a town hall style meeting Saturday, April 12, in Irving Gymnasium on campus. Obama spoke for more than an hour and answered questions from audience members related to the economy, the war in Iraq, education and health care.
Hundreds of members of the Ball State and Muncie communities lined up hours before Sen. Barack Obama's town hall style meeting began at 9:45 a.m. April 12 in Ball State's Irving Gym. Doors to the venue opened at 7:45 a.m.
During his April 12 campaign stop at Ball State, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois met with members of the crowd who attended his town hall style meeting in Irving Gym. In this photo, Obama shakes the hand of Ball State alumnus and Muncie native Tommy Rector.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's visit to Ball State April 12 came 40 years and one week after New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy spoke on campus - also in Irving Gym - during his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968.
Many people in the crowd during Sen. Barack Obama's visit to the university April 12 were Ball State students. When asked by an audience member how young adults could best tell others Obama would bring change to the country, the presidential hopeful said to "Sell people on the idea they can make a difference."
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