I'm a U-M alumna and have worked at the U for several years; my older daughter will start a grad program here in the fall. Earlier this week our local OFA group and the Washtenaw County Dems put out a call for help with crowd control, since all the available tickets (over 92,000) were distributed to graduates, their guests, and the U-M community. It was in part the chance for some mother-daughter bonding that took us there at 5:30 yesterday morning, even though we are both night owls. But we were also motivated by the chance to help out and enjoy some of the fruits of our hard work. After all, we both played a part (no matter how small) in helping Obama win the election.
We didn’t know that we’d arrive in time to get drenched by a thunderstorm that also delayed the opening of the gates by over an hour, and we didn’t expect to be in the middle of a few thousand people most of the morning, attempting to guide them to the gates with the shortest lines. We both wished several times that we were substantially taller, and louder, than we are!