The Duck waves to the crowd as he descends onto the baseball field during the Oregon pep rally at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Jan. 2, 2013.
![After President Obama was re-elected for a second term during the Eugene Republican Presidential election watch party, Elisa Later speaks to her son Jason, 32, currently living in Alvin, Texas. Later, a Texas native herself, called home to share her disappointment with the election results with her brother and son. "[There are] a lot of disappointed folks," she lamented, "we worry that there won't be another Republican president after this [election]. It's a sad day in history. We're hoping that Texas will secede."](https://photos.smugmug.com/Portfolios/Photojournalism/i-WskTSGM/0/6f3b1e99/Ti/121106.mca.ODE.GOP.Watch.Party.14-Ti.jpg)
