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CSU Students Trash Talk At The DNC

CSU Students Trash Talk At The DNC

Inside the Pepsi Center, the DNC delegates are treated to inspiring speeches from important political leaders. Outside the Pepsi Center, Colorado State students are treated to piles and piles of garbage.
 

During the four-day convention, more than 460 student, staff and faculty volunteers sort through trash and separate the recyclable from the ...

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Maureen Dowd Hates the Clintons, the Shtetl Mentality, and Pretty People

Maureen Dowd Hates the Clintons, the Shtetl Mentality, and Pretty People

English majors will be familiar with the term explication de texte, and with Maureen Dowd’s claim in the New York Times that “one top Democrat” said, “I’m telling you, man, it’s something about our party, the shtetl mentality,” we once again require an explication.


What is a shtetl, besides riddled with consonants? A shtetl is a 19th-century Ea...

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Important Political Process Inconveniences College Students

Important Political Process Inconveniences College Students

With the Democratic National Convention in full swing, everyone’s focused on the politics. We’ve heard about the issues, the speeches and the rivalries.
 

But what about the really important stuff – like how does this momentous political event affect the area college students?
 

Don’t worry, U.S. News and World Report has got us covered. Accord...

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Hot College Graduate: Chelsea Clinton?

Hot College Graduate: Chelsea Clinton?

Chelsea Clinton looked better than usual at the Democratic National Convention last night, right?

 

The former First Daughter narrated a video tribute to her mom and then took the stage to introduce her “hero and mother, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.”

 

It would seem that the gawky teen who moved into the White House when she was 12 may have actu...

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Living the American Dream: Michelle Obama's Democratic National Convention Speech

Living the American Dream: Michelle Obama's Democratic National Convention Speech

Michelle Obama kicked off the Democratic National Convention yesterday with a speech that many political pundits and College Democrats agree was emotional, interesting, informative and – above all else – sincere.

 

To win over the hearts of the masses, one must invoke a universal symbol, such as the family, that everyone can understand and relat...

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Surprise, Surprise: Battleground Poll Results Say Presidential Election is Close

Surprise, Surprise: Battleground Poll Results Say Presidential Election is Close

Since 1991, the Battleground poll has become a survey highly regarded for its ability to predict voting patterns and national opinions. Now, we offer you the cheat sheet to the recent Battleground poll results.

 

Republican Strategic Analysis
 

 

If McCain is to succeed in the presidential election, he’s got to knock Obama off the pedestal of in...

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Rush Limbaugh Declares Michelle Obama Pregnant

Rush Limbaugh Declares Michelle Obama Pregnant

Rush Limbaugh thinks Michelle Obama is pregnant, and his speculation has sparked a wave of internet rumors regarding the democratic presidential nominee’s wife. This comes just days after Limbaugh asserted on his radio show:

"It is striking how unqualified [Sen. Barack] Obama is and, and how this whole thing came about with, within the Democrat...

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The Democratic National Convention Schedule

The Democratic National Convention Schedule

The Democratic National Convention, also known as Obamapalooza 2008, kicks off later today in Denver, Colorado, and the College Democrats of America are excited for what will be a week of democratic unity and Barack Obama loving.

 

For the uninitiated (i.e. the College Republicans), the convention is scheduled to run until Thursday when the part...

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OSU Kid Makes T-Shirts, Meets Obama

OSU Kid Makes T-Shirts, Meets Obama

It’s a good thing voters don’t have to worry about being called flip-floppers, because if that were the case, James Fondriest might not have won the chance to hang backstage at the DNC with Barack Obama. A former Bush campaigner and member of the College Republicans at Ohio State University, the 22-year-old law student left behind his legacy of ...

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Homeless Clean Up For Obama

Homeless Clean Up For Obama

The mile-high city is going that extra mile to make a good impression during the Democratic National Convention.
 

You know what doesn’t make a good impression? Dirty, unhappy homeless people.
 

So rather than create more programs to help them finding housing and jobs, officials in Denver are sweeping the homeless under the rug, at least for th...

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