ble Center, University of Denver students took the re-election of President Bush philosophically.

“I’m disappointed,” said junior Caitlin Hutchins. “I’m nervous about what the next four years will look like. There is no balance of power.”

Many students share Hutchins apprehension about the future, including the possibility of a draft if the war in Iraq drags on.

“I think that this was a difficult election,” said senior Annie Kinkel.”Any time results are based on moral values a lot of people aren’t critically looking at the policies. And that makes me nervous”

Other students were pleased with the Republican victory.

“I enjoyed the results,” said Charlie Smith, chairman of the college Republicans.

“There was a lot of hard work put in by a lot of people and it was good to see the results.”

But not all students shared Smith’s enthusiasm.

“I fear for our middle lower class,” said Hutchins.

The election left many students wondering if every vote really did count.

“Out of four college kids I voted with, only one didn’t experience some sort of problem,” said Kinkel.

“I think having no paper trail is kind of scary.”

Smith thought things went as well as could be expected.

“I think it ran pretty smoothly over all,” said Smith.