The Paper Trail

Newsmaker of the Year 2008

February 3, 2009 RSS Feed Print

Who was big in the news this year?

Barack Obama: Dunno if you heard, but he did something really important. College students loved him, and probably helped him get elected.

Joshua Packwood: He was the first white valedictorian of the historically black Morehouse College. Between him and Obama, the world is upside down.

Sarah Palin: She went to four different colleges. Palin is Web traffic magic. This blog post had a mind-boggling 533 comments. It must be a big story, right? And a college kid hacked her E-mail.

Bill Ayers: Nebraska canceled a speaking event of his, which would never have happened if Ayers hadn't become suddenly "important" during the election. Who woulda thought.

Thomas Friedman: He got pied at Brown in May, prompting the question: How do you sneak pies into a crowded auditorium?

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