College Students

My Ode to 2008

Eric Kuhn | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style

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Eric Kuhn

2008 offered quite the election, with both parties fighting to set our nation's direction. It took forever for Hillary Clinton's concession, and Reverend Wright was not a good connection.

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Trophy Kids in the Workplace: An Interview with Author Ron Alsop

Eric Kuhn | Posted 12.02.2008 | Style

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Eric Kuhn

Author Ron Alsop finds that the iPod symbolizes the Millenials because they "are always connected to at least one, and often multiple technology devices and Internet sites."

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What's a Liberal Arts Education Good For?

Michael Roth | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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Michael Roth

A quick look at several members of President-elect Obama's leadership team can stand as an example of how those with a liberal arts education are shaping the future of our society.

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Time Biggest Magazine Brand On College Campuses

AdAge | Beth Snyder Bulik | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Among college kids' favorite brands: Facebook, Nike, iPod -- and Time magazine. Those were among the findings of this year'...

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College Students: GOTV During Last Day of Early Voting and Election Day

Katie Naranjo | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voting, Young Voters, College Students, Politics, Youth Vote, College, Obama 2008, Cda, Election Day, Barack Obama, Politics News
Katie Naranjo

With young people supporting Senator Obama by a roughly 2 to 1 margin over Senator McCain, a lot of these polls are understating the views of the youth demographic.

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College Students Travel to New Hampshire to Volunteer for Obama

Mary Ann West | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

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Mary Ann West

In the quintessential town of Keene, New Hampshire, volunteers waved as cars honked in support while standing on the picturesque Village Common, hoist...

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Credit Cards In The World of Taxpayer-Owned Banks

Don McNay | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

Read More: College Students, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Banks, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Credit Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Credit Cards, Banking Industry, Business News
Don McNay

I hope the banks factored that reality in before the came up with the $700 billion figure. They might want to hang on to some of that taxpayer cash instead of using it to buy other banks.

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Students: Making the Difference in Florida

Katie Naranjo | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: College Democrats of America, College Students, Politics, Youth Vote, College, College Democrats, Gotv, Florida, Students, Early Voting, Politics News
Katie Naranjo

In Miami alone, the Obama campaign is working with seven campuses, and they're mobilizing over 35 statewide!

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Participation as Education

Michael Roth | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

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Michael Roth

As adolescent cynicism has given way to a deep hope for change, students are expressing their faith in the electoral system in the old fashioned way: they are participating in it.

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The Best Candidate for Students

Ben Redmond | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Debt, George Washington University, Tuition, College, $7 Billion Loan, College Tuition, College Debt, Personal Debt, Politics News
Ben Redmond

How can I consider contributing to any economic revival when I will be struggling to pay off my education for years to come?

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The Case for the College Voters

Matthew Segal | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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Matthew Segal

It seems young voters will turn out in record numbers this year, yet there are those who, after all these years, are still trying to pull the reins from us when it comes to our franchise.

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Professors, Youth Voters, and Election Day

Warren Goldstein | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

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Warren Goldstein

Fifteen of my sixteen students are planning on voting. In the five previous presidential elections, that number has only once (in 2004) gone higher than 50%.

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College Testing: Time to Take a Deep Breath

Jerry Lucido | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living

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Jerry Lucido

As if the world's financial turmoil isn't enough, many students and their parents have the added anxiety of college applications and testing this fall. Fortunately, a new report on the use of those tests may let them breathe a little easier.

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GOP Attacks on American Voters Turn Desperate, Ugly and Dangerous

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Elections, Gop, Acorn, Election Fraud, Voter Purges, Stolen Election, Mccain, Obama, Barack Obama, Voting, Brunner, Politics News
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

If those supporting the democratic process are not exceedingly vigilant, the GOP could use these tactics--assault on voter registration, electronic voting--to once again take the White House.

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New Voter Scam: Students "Warned" Of Undercover Police At Polls

ABC | Avni Patel | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Election officials and watchdog groups are bracing for the wave of sneaky or suspicious phone calls, leaflets and emails that typically hit battlegrou...

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Are Blogs Good For Democracy? A Debate Featuring The Yale Political Union

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

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Arianna Huffington recently spoke before the Yale Political Union at a debate around the question, "Resolved: Blogs Are Good For Democracy." While Ar...

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Why Blogs Trample on Leftist Traditions

David Broockman | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

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David Broockman

Blogging necessarily involves picking apart the stories told to us, and the Left has a long tradition of taking part in a similar exercise in deconstruction. But, I do not believe information and opinion completely capture what politics is.

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Blogging Towards A Digital Democracy

Fernando Reyes | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

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Fernando Reyes

Digital democracy is the real possibility that individuals that have been empowered now have the tools to break through the ignorance that is possible by physical separation, which is the premise of modern technology.

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Why Blogs Are Bad For Democracy

Kate Maltby | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

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Kate Maltby

The deeply personal nature of blogs, in combination with the echo chamber effect, has fueled the rise of single issue campaigning

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A Well-Informed Citizenry, Being Necessary To The Liberty Of A Free State...

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

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Leah Anthony Libresco

I believe blogs do improve democracy, not by giving the authors a forum to express their ideas, but by giving ordinary citizens access to the ideas they care most about.

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Teach them Life Skills

Cheryl Saban | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

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Cheryl Saban

Are your children learning life skills at school? If not, time to wise up and integrate those lessons into your home life, because many kids are grad...

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Pimp My Vote: Will THIS Be the Year Young People Tilt the Election?

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Joel B. Schwartzberg

NOW on PBS talked this week with Ian Rowe, senior vice-president of strategic partnerships and public affairs for MTV, about young peoples' enthusiasm...

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T-Shirts, Young People And Barack Obama

Teresa McCoy | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

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Teresa McCoy

Everyone is marveling at how these "kids" made the t-shirts so quickly. Fact is, the shirts are great and they are selling like hotcakes for a local charity. But the t-shirts are also a metaphor.

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Welcome to Paris

Jessica Roy | Posted 09.29.2008 | Style

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Jessica Roy

Upon landing in Paris I promptly realized that everything was different; even small things, like strange-tasting toothpaste and a startling lack of tofu.

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High Schools Failing: Colleges Now Spend Billions On Remedial Classes For Freshmen

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

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It's a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college. I...

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