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A recent poll by The Brown Noser has found that as few as 97 percent of Brown students continue to approve of the job done by President Barack Obama, who has become increasingly isolated on campus and around the country. This poll represents a precipitous drop from the popularity he enjoyed in 2009, when his approval rating stood at 103 percent.
The president’s poll numbers likely suffer because indicators of his success remain poor: unemployment remains high, GDP growth is stalled, Brown tuition continues to rise, meal credit value hovers at $6.40 and bad things continue to happen to good people.
One student voiced his disaffection saying, “The night Obama was elected I felt like change had finally come to America, but today gays and lesbians still can’t marry, the drug war is still being fought and it still rains a lot in Providence. Where’s the change in that?” Another student voiced concerns about “His ineffective economic policies and inability to navigate political gridlock…” before being mobbed by shouting and wildly gesticulating students.
