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College political groups debate health care
In spite of President Obama’s calls for bipartisan health care reform, only one Republican congressman—Rep. Anh Cao of Louisiana—voted for the House’s sweeping health care overhaul bill on Saturday.
SOUNDSLIDES: College Dems participate in health-care debate
Kat Berger, president of the College Democrats, talked with Senior News Editor Kat Zhao Tuesday night while chalking up sidewalks around Wash. U. with health-care. She spoke with Student Life about the group’s motivations for stepping into the national health-care debate.
Politics, politics everywhere
Welcome to Wash. U., where politics is like water: never bottled up. From national, to local, to university politics, people rarely keep their opinions to themselves and need very little encouragement to shout them from the rooftops, or at least from the Student Life editorial pages.
Noted scholar on Middle East to discuss threats facing Israel
Renowned Middle East scholar Michael Oren will deliver a speech on the threats to Israel’s existence to University students and the St. Louis community at the 560 Building on Thursday evening at 7:30. Oren’s lecture will address many of the problems facing Israel today, including terrorism, threats from Iran, the nation’s military arsenal and changing demographics, among others.
College Democrats: we are engaging Wash. U.
The College Democrats are writing in response to last week’s Staff Editorial, “College Democrats: time to shake things up” (Student Life, Nov. 12). While we appreciate Student Life’s interest in the activities of our group and its encouragement to remain engaged, we feel that it is necessary to respond to the misinterpretation of our involvement in creating a more politically-active campus for our members and all students.
Post-election, politicos aim to keep stride
Two weeks after the election circus, with the balloons deflated and the champagne bubbles settled, students may expect to find a dearth of political activity from student groups on campus.
College Democrats: time to shake things up
With the presidential election behind us, as students we must challenge ourselves to remain politically active in order to procure the best possible future world. Staying politically active means following the current political debates and figures, but it also means considering and challenging basic political philosophies. The College Republicans, College Democrats and other political groups [...]
Students’ reactions to Rove range from pride to criticism
No matter what they thought of Karl Rove’s words on Monday night, students reacted powerfully to the message that he sent before, during and after the speech, and particularly in a question-and-answer session that featured challenges to Rove’s record and the message he sends, as well as praise for his efforts on behalf of the [...]
Howard Dean visits Dems
Though Joe Biden’s name has been uttered countless times among campus Democrats, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean briefly stole the spotlight on Thursday afternoon, when he addressed a packed house of College Democrats and Students for Barack Obama in the Edison Theatre at 1 p.m.
The former Vermont governor spoke for roughly 20 minutes. Harshly [...]
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