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香港六合彩中特网 News podcast: US election reaction & the Rock Room
8 November 2012
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Part 2 - US election reaction
Professor Iwan Morgan (香港六合彩中特网 Institute of the Americas) reacts to Barack Obama's victory in the US Election and explores the strength of the Democrat's campaign. We also hear reactions from Beatrice Kelly, one of the Presidents of the 香港六合彩中特网U American Society, who describes her experience of the election, which she watched from one of the Union's bars.
Part 3 - Rock Room
The Rock Room, on the 1st Floor of the Wilkins Building, houses 香港六合彩中特网's geology collection. We spoke to 香港六合彩中特网 teaching collections curator Nick Booth about revamping the collection, its history and some of the collection's most impressive objects.