A Spartan’s MLB Predictions
Sportswriter Andy Sullivan previews the 2007 Major League Baseball season. The Red Sox, Cubs and Indians are improving, while the White Sox, Blue Jays and Giants are falling from glory. What chance...
View ArticleUT Holds Candlelight Vigil in Honor of Virginia Tech
Tonight at 9:30 p.m. UT students will be holding a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of Virginia Tech by the flag pole behind Plant Hall. Zoe Oliver, with the help of Resident Life, is sponsoring...
View ArticleStandardized Tests: Now With Malevolent Artificial Intelligence
I write to you today as a recent escapee of the Graduate Record Examination, a fiendish standardized test that many graduate schools require as part of their entry criteria. Having taken the SAT, I...
View ArticleFrom Hope to Nope: The Party of No vs. Obama
It is admirable that Republicans have made no secrets as to their big goal for 2012. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the second most powerful man in Congress, said in Oct. 2010 that,...
View ArticleDeath and Taxes: The Culture of the Tea Party
This past Monday, Sept. 12, the CNN/Tea Party debate was held in Tampa, and if you played the Republican Debate drinking game where you drink every time Ronald Reagan or Tax Cuts are mentioned you ...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann: The Submissive Presidency?
Michele Bachmann, the Representative from Minnesota currently pursuing the GOP presidential nomination, is known for her controversial opinions. She firmly believes that the government should stop...
View ArticlePolitical Policy Takes a Backseat to Image-Driven Campaigns
During the last decade, Americans seem to have decided that the best leaders are the ones we would like to drink with. In 2000, American voters were asked which of the two Presidential candidates,...
View ArticleTwiggs is the New Wall Street: Downtown gets ‘Occupied’
Every time I see protests erupting in London or France I always wonder why Americans never start major protests anymore or have a movement that completely changes the political discourse. The truth is...
View ArticleTea Pot, Meet Kettle: Occupy Wall Street a Celebration of Democracy
The specter of the 1960s has returned to haunt us. The Occupy Wall Street protests and their various forms across the country have been going on for almost a month, and show no sign of ...
View ArticleRomney/Ryan Disagreements Are Healthy, Heartening
Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan agree on the central theme of their party: big and/or pervasive government is inefficient, contrary to the basic...
View ArticleThe Political Anthem That Couldn’t
During convention week my Facebook feed was drowning in political memes, party-charged dissertations masquerading as status updates and video link upon video link of someone saying something that...
View ArticleRomney’s Welfare Attack Ads Are Racist, Desperate
The politics of desperation is an ugly and nasty political force that brings out the worst in not only politicians, but in the electorate as well. Despite months of brutal attack ads by the Romney ...
View ArticleObama and Romney’s Response to Attack on US Embassy in Libya - The Liberal...
In one of the most craven political decisions of the campaign cycle, and there have been many, the Romney campaign issued a statement criticizing the president of appeasing the protesters outside the...
View ArticleObama and Romney’s Response to Attack on US Embassy in Libya
The latest uproar associated with the upcoming election involves Governor Mitt Romney’s response to the Obama administration’s reaction to the rising tension in the Middle East and to the...
View ArticleStudents Sound off on Presidential Debate 2012 - Conservative Perspective
The first Presidential Debate kicked off on Wednesday, Oct. 3, when President Obama and former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney focused on important issues in America. Little was agreed upon...
View ArticleSecond Presidential Debate ‘Raises Expectations’
On Oct. 16, 2012 at approximately 9 p.m., the second presidential debate began between the incumbent, President Barack Obama, and the challenger, Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Expectations were high...
View ArticleSecond Presidential Debate ‘Raises Expectations’ - Liberal Perspective
The Obama campaign, fresh off a debate win against Mitt Romney on Oct. 17, has come back to life swinging. The debate was a fiery one, with both candidates engaging in heated exchanges. President Obama...
View ArticleOverused Political Ads Now Infiltrating Hallmark Cards
The upcoming election has invaded the lives of Americans through several different mediums. I cannot watch TV or a video on Youtube or Hulu without seeing President Obama or Mitt Romney endorsing...
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