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By Audra Foster

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By Evan Rothera

It is common knowledge that former Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois conspired to sell President Obama’s vacant Senate seat. Federal wiretaps captured him saying that the seat could be worth a lot of money (between $500,000 to $1,500,000), or could be his “ticket” to a cabinet position. Blagojevich was also recorded saying “f— Obama” and that he would ...

By Evan Rothera

In his campaign, Barack Obama promised to change the status quo. He told enthusiastic audiences that he would be the one to fix the broken system in Washington. Decrying what he dubbed unsavory aspects of the Bush years, Obama promised to end the practice of hiring lobbyists; promised to clean up the culture of corruption; promised to bring ...

By Nicole Simmons

Election Day—the Mecca for any campaign worker. As I stood in the Quarter in downtown Harrisburg, in a mass of Obama supporters counting down the seconds until the West Coast polls closed, I realized that this was it. After 16 months of working on this election cycle, it was amazing to know that Obama was going to be ...

By Beth Leamy

With the election winding down to the final days, the race for President is getting closer and closer, and increasingly difficult to predict. Obama is still turning out record numbers to his rally’s, McCain’s campaign has focused on Pennsylvania as a key state for Nov. 4, and polls are closing in on each other as more negative ...

By Nicole Simmons

The mortgage crisis, foreclosures, eviction notices—all of these are characteristics of the current economic crisis, one that I find many are bitter about.

“Blame the mortgage companies!” “Blame the home owners!” “Why should I have to pay for other people’s stupid mistakes?!”

I hear many reactions such as these when the current crisis is brought up. However, there is one ...

By Jaclynn Cross

If there was any dissension within the Republican Party regarding the current Presidential Election, it came to a proverbial head on Sunday, Oct. 19 when former Secretary of State, under current President Bush, Colin Powell announced his endorsement of Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama.

Although many weren’t surprised that Powell publicly announced his decision, they were taken aback by ...

By Beth Leamy

It’s no secret things have been rather heated lately in the presidential election. And John McCain’s latest strategy of “Who is the real Barack Hussein Obama?” has seemed to ignite bigoted, angry passions in his supporters.

“Treason!” Terrorist!” “Kill him!” some yell during McCain’s speeches, in reference to Obama.

After approximately a week of hearing such outlandish and violent statements, ...

By Beth Leamy

Last Sunday, an organized protest of Cindy McCain’s visit to campus was orchestrated, and I now feel it necessary to respond to a few of these student’s actions.

Before I begin, I would like to state, I do appreciate that it was the protester’s constitutional right to express their views contrary to the ones being expressed in the CUB ...

By Owen Carhart

As one who eagerly awaits both the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, I must admit that my anticipation is almost always let down. Thus, I await these “debates” with an ounce of anger; anger that stems from a fundamental problem with the debate process.

Unfortunately, last week’s Vice Presidential debate was no different.

The format put forth in these debates ...