{"id":251,"date":"2012-09-10T16:17:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T21:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?p=251"},"modified":"2015-02-20T16:19:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T21:19:30","slug":"scenes-from-the-campaign-trail","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/scenes-from-the-campaign-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenes from the campaign trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the height of the general election campaign season and COM students are out in full force, covering President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney as they campaign across the United States. Photos by Peter Smith.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Portsmouth, N.H., Sept. 7, 2012<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15819\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2012\/09\/group-in-NH.jpg\" alt=\" Photo by Peter Smith\" title=\"group in NH\" width=\"610\" height=\"405\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15819\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> COM students <strong>Torre Price (&rsquo;14), Sarah Ganzhorn (&rsquo;13), Alexandra Orr (&rsquo;13), Christopher Weigl (&rsquo;13), Alexa Wagner (&rsquo;13)<\/strong> and <strong>Jasmin Pellegrino (&rsquo;13)<\/strong> pause after covering the event with <strong>Prof. R.D. Sahl<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2012\/09\/71.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Peter Smith\" title=\"-7\" width=\"271\" height=\"406\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15834\" \/>\n<p>President Barack Obama attended a campaign rally at the Strawberry Bank Museum the day after the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The president appeared (above) with first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden (below) and the VP&#8217;s wife, Dr. Jill Biden.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Obama campaign, more than 6,000 people attended the rally.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2012\/09\/Biden-says-hi.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Peter Smith\" title=\"Biden says hi\" width=\"610\" height=\"405\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15820\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Nashua, N.H., Sept. 7, 2012<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15821\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2012\/09\/Photogs.jpg\" alt=\"Photojournalism students Sarah Ganzhorn (left) and Alexa Wagner at Mitt Romney&#039;s post-convention Victory Rally.\" title=\"Photogs\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15821\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photojournalism students <strong>Sarah Ganzhorn<\/strong> (left) and <strong>Alexa Wagner<\/strong> at Mitt Romney&#039;s post-convention Victory Rally.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney held a &#8220;Victory Rally&#8221; at Holman Stadium in Nashua, N.H.  Photojournalism graduate students <strong>Sarah Ganzhorn (&rsquo;13)<\/strong> and <strong>Alexa Wagner (&rsquo;13)<\/strong> covered the event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15838\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2012\/09\/9.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Ganzhorn stands on a ladder, working to get the best shot.\" title=\"-9\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15838\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ganzhorn stands on a ladder, working to get the best shot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"float:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2012\/09\/Mitt-shocked1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mitt shocked\" width=\"272\" height=\"407\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15836\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-right:50px;display:inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2012\/09\/Mitt-Bump1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Peter Smith\" title=\"Mitt Bump\" width=\"272\" height=\"407\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15837\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15824\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2012\/09\/Trips-for-Mitt.jpg\" alt=\"Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney held a &quot;Victory Rally&quot; at Holman Stadium in Nashua, N.H.  Brianna Rolfs, of Pelham, N.H., (31) holds her 7-month-old son Reagan.  Her triplets - Reagan, Colton and Arianna Rolfs were born on Ronald Reagan&#039;s birthday, February 6.  They are pictured with Brianna&#039;s Mom Nancy and other daughter Jessica Provencal.\" title=\"Trips for Mitt\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15824\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney held a &quot;Victory Rally&quot; at Holman Stadium in Nashua, N.H.  Brianna Rolfs from Pelham, N.H., (31) holds her 7-month-old son Reagan.  Her triplets - Reagan, Colton and Arianna Rolfs were born on Ronald Reagan&#039;s birthday, Feb. 6.  They are pictured with Brianna&#039;s Mom Nancy and other daughter Jessica Provencal. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the height of the general election campaign season and COM students are out in full force, covering President Barack&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9776,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[37,235,6,233,128,234],"bu-publication":[],"discipline-type":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/251\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}