For the better part of a year we've been hearing how this is a historical election. Headlines and sound bites have drilled this idea into our heads to the point where we catch ourselves trying to convince others how important it really is.

Welcome everyone to the first day of one of the most highly anticapted semesters in four years. This November will be a pivotal month for all of us whether you're voting blue, red or green. In three months we will find out who will be leading our country for the next four years and by the start of the spring semester, the United States will have a new president.

Welcome everyone to the first day of one of the most highly anticapted semesters in four years. This November will be a pivotal month for all of us whether you're voting blue, red or green. In three months we will find out who will be leading our country for the next four years and by the start of the spring semester, the United States will have a new president.

When students voted on April 8 and 9 in the Associated Student elections, they believed that their votes would count and the university would soon find out the next president to represent the Senate. When the online voting system closed down the first day, losing 232 votes, students still believed that the paper ballots would be efficient in recording their opinions.