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NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Trump declares victory
Hounds react to Republicans take Senate, White House and Indiana governor Election By Gabriel Tice Day results STAFF WRITER
History was made early last Wednesday morning when Former President Donald J. Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, becoming America’s 47th president. The election was called by the Associated Press just after 5:30 a.m. EST when Trump was projected to win Wisconsin, putting him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. However, now President-elect Trump declared victory around 2:30 a.m. in Florida. “This is a movement like nobody's ever seen before and, frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time,” Trump said. This election marks a historic comeback for Trump after losing the 2020 election, being found guilty of 34 felony counts and surviving an assassination attempt. Trump also won the popular vote, getting just over 73 million votes, which is the first time the now president-elect has ever won the popular vote in his three presidential campaigns. This was also the first time a Republican candidate has won the popular vote since 2004 when George W. Bush was elected for his second term. He is also the second president in history to win two nonconsecutive terms, the first being Grover Cleveland who won in 1885, lost in 1888 and then won again in 1892. This election comes after polls had indicated a tight race with a narrow lead in favor of Democratic nominee and current V ice President Kamala Harris in states like Michigan and Wisconsin.
However, election night proved these polls incorrect with Trump not only winning the popular vote, but also winning in all seven of the key swing states: Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Arizona. “This is a magnificent victory for the American people that will allow us to make America great again, and in addition to having won the battleground states of North Carolina, I love these places, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, we are now winning in Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, and Alaska, which would result in us carrying at least 315 electoral votes,” Trump said during his victory address shortly after winning Pennsylvania. Not only did the Republican Party win the presidential election, they also won big in Congress. The Republicans took four Senate seats from the Democrats, giving Republicans a majority there. Republicans also gained two seats in the House, and the determining factor for whether they will control both chambers of Congress will be the seats still being decided. The Associated Press reports that
Republicans hold a small majority in the remaining races. Republican Senator Mike Braun defeated Democratic
candidate Jennifer McCormick in the Indiana gubernatorial race, with Braun securing just over 54% of Hoosiers’ votes. One U.S. Senate seat was up for grabs in Indiana, which
Republican Jim Banks won, defeating Democrat Valerie McCray. All nine U.S. House of Representative seats were up for election with Republicans winning seven of them, according to the Indiana Election Division, with Democratic incumbents Frank J. Mr van and André Carson winning the first and seventh districts, respectively. Republican incumbents Rudy Yakym, Jim Baird and Victoria Spartz all won reelection in t h e s e c on d , fourth and fifth districts. Republican M a r l i n Stutzman d e f e a t e d Democrat Kiley Adolph to win the third district, securing 65% of the vote. Republican Jefferson Shreve, who campaigned for and lost the Indianapolis mayoral election in 2023, won the sixth district election and secured just short of 64% of votes. Incumbent Republican Todd Rokita defeated Democrat Destiny Wells to win his second term as attorney general, winning over 58% of the votes. Graphic by Allison Cook
Greyhounds going global By Caroline Krauch SPORTS EDITOR
The University of Indianapolis recently announced its 2024-25 faculty-led study abroad programs that are available to students for the spring and summer. According to the study abroad webpage, studying abroad allows students not only to continue their education but also earn credits and help out other communities. UIndy offers faculty-led study abroad opportunities across six continents and will take place at various times in the semester, with most occurring in mid-May and some taking place over spring break in March. There are financial aid opportunities available to students going or interested in going on one of these trips. According to its website, the Office of Financial Aid and the Center for Global Engagement will work together to determine eligibility. There are also various grants students can apply for, including the Greyhound Adventure Grant, which closes its applications Nov.21.For more information on any of the trips,students should reach out to the trip’s advisor. Various call-out meetings take place throughout the semester where students can learn
more information. Assistant Professor of Sociology ElizabethZiffandAssociateProfessor of Spanish Ana Maria Ferreira are leading a trip to Mexico City in the spring semester. According to the trip’s description, students will learn things about the past and present culture and explore different parts of their society. Ziff said depending on the trip, there is the option for study abroad trips to count towards students' credits depending on the discipline; for example the Mexico City trip can count towards S panish minors and majors electives. Studying abroad offers a unique experience, Ziff said, that goes beyond what students can get from the classroom. “It's just such an amazing learning experience,” Ziff said. “It's one thing to sit in a classroom and read about a different culture or even watch a film about a different culture,but you learn so much about the world but also about yourself when you travel. So I strongly encourage students to take advantage of the opportunities
that we have here.” The goal of this trip, Ziff said, is to broaden people’s understanding of Mexican culture. There will be a combination of activities including readings and visiting historical and cultural landmarks. Depending on the trip, there can be more of a service learning component involved. Ziff said that for her trip, they are doing a day of service learning, but there are others that do it throughout the whole trip. “I think that's one of the, at least for me, most enjoyable things about traveling with a group is that I'm going to focus on certain parts of the trip, but the person next to me is going to totally see something else,” Ziff said. “I think the ability to do this in a group and have faculty who can facilitate the conversation and stuff,it gives you that opportunity to also debrief and think through things.” Faculty-led study abroad trips stem from a professor feeling inspired and getting the approval of the school to go ahead and plan the trip. Associate Dean and Director of the R.B. Annis School of Engineering
Kenneth Reid is leading a trip to Cuba over spring break. He said this trip is open to any students,staff,alum or even family members. Along with learning, Reid said there will be dancing and cooking classes as well as other activities. Since this trip is for anyone,Reid said the focus is education and a specific objective for the trip is to be able to relate what everyone learns back to their majors or interests. “I talked to a lot of students who say,‘I'm going to wait till I graduate and then I'll have the money to do it’ and to that I say, you won't have the time…”Reid said.“This is your opportunity to go. You don't have to plan anything. Everything's taken care of for you, you're going to meet new friends. I guarantee. It happens every trip. Everybody forms a really tight community, it really gets along great, and that's our goal. It really is a once in lifetime chance.” A full list of the study abroad options for the 2024-25 year can be found on UIndy’s website or students can directly reach out to the trip’s leader with interest for more information. Interest meetings and scholarship deadlines will be occurring throughout the year. Graphic by Jona Hogle
"The Reflector" Staff How do you feel about the results of the election? "The person who I would have voted for did not win. So I'm kind of disappointed with that. My family is very disappointed, but it is what it is at the end of the day." - Liam Blaze '25 "The popular vote won the Electoral College as well. So I think that, you know, it's what the American people wanted." - Riley Alberts '28 "I am not too heartbroken because, if you didn't vote, then you don't really get to argue. But I am just hoping that he can turn our economy around, and we can get it going." - Austin Kehr, '24 "I think the better campaign won. I feel like Donald Trump ran a better campaign than Kamala Harris, and I think the results showed that." - Caden Colford '26 "Sad and heartbroken." - Maddy Stephens '25 "I'm honestly not surprised. I had a feeling Trump would win despite Harris raising a huge campaign. I think he was going to win anyways, but it's sad." - Stephanie De JesusCardoso, '26 Did anything surprise you about the election? "I guess the overwhelm of Trump winning. I was expecting more of a close race, especially with the swing states. I believe Trump won all of them, if not most of them. I thought Kamala had more of a chance, but the people of America chose wrong." - Liam Blaze '25 "I think that the media was kind of portrating that it was going to be a lot closer or go a different way than it actually did, so that surprised me a little bit." - Riley Alberts '28 "I was really surprised that he actually won. I really thought Kamala had it. But like I said, I hope he can do just as a good job as she would have." - Austin Kehr '24 "Losing." - Maddy Stephens '25