Students have mixed feelings about Obama's first year

1/27/2010
By Britta Bloomquist
Staff Writer

It's been more than a year since Barack Obama was inaugurated and Wednesday night he gave his first ever State of the Union Address. Five University of Wisconsin - Superior students weighed in on Obama's first year in the White House.

A legal studies major, Caleb Nicholson says, “I would give him a B. Barack Obama’s performance so far has been solid; as far as health care he hasn’t been bipartisan enough, so it will be interesting to see how that works now that Democrats don’t have the majority.”

“F-,” said Dan Perkins a returning sophomore, “As low as you can go… He is putting the country more and more into debt, turning a capitalistic country into a socialist country.”

Phillip Froemel, a freshman, gave President Obama a F. “So far he hasn’t done what he has said, he said he would bring troops home but sent 30,000,” Froemel stated.

Amanda Rilley, an elementary education sophomore gives Obama a B. She said, “He’s done a lot he said he would do, and he has also not done a lot that he had said he would do.”

“He is doing the best with what he’s got. He went into it doing what he wants, but it’s hard, he’s trying.” Kristen Lloyd, a biology major gives Obama a B+.