Earlier this week, we sat in separate cars, facing bumper to bumper to traffic for almost an hour, to travel less than five miles to the Northfield Middle School. Why take nearly three hours out of a busy night? In order to participate in Super Tuesday’s Minnesota Democratic caucus. The…
Liz Crowley
The highly anticipated Super Tuesday results bring the nation one step closer to determining the party candidates for the 2008 Presidential Election. For the Democratic Party, the results remain inconclusive. Leading candidates Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama ran a remarkably close race, prompting political pundits to regard the…
The presence of the mass media has undeniably affected the way that this country relates to politics. Candidates live and die by the power of “media spin.” One scandal, one misstep has the potential to derail a seemingly solid bid for office. It is the unfortunate truth that the personal…
The third annual Pink Party will take place Saturday, February 2. Leahruth Jemilo ’08 and Love Anani ’07 created the event in 2006 in order to raise money for the HOPE Center in Faribault which is an essential community resource for women in this community. This week, members of the…
Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator John McCain proved victorious as the polls closed in Florida, on January 29. Clinton led the Democratic candidates winning 42 percent of the votes. Senator Barack Obama secured 33 percent of the votes. Edwards followed third with 13 percent of the votes. McCain secured the…
We want to believe that we are a progressive society. We tend to maintain that some of our greatest social and political challenges have reached a solution. The 2008 presidential election signals a significant moment in the political history of the United States; a woman and a black candidate lead…
On January 15, the Michigan primary occurred earlier than previously scheduled against procedural guidelines. Democratic candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards withdrew their names from the ballot in protest. The Democratic National Committee plans to penalize the Michigan Democrats by preventing state party delegates from attending the national convention. Similarly,…
The project that inspired Carleton students to go computer free for 24 hours fall term garnered national attention in USA Today. Melody Gilbert’s special topics Cinema and Media Studies class kept cameras rolling in order to record the experience of going computerless for a significant amount of time. The class…
On the Wednesday, January 2, the night before winter term’s commencement, Al Franken and various democratic candidates and politicians stood before the enormous crowd of Carleton students in Sayles-Hill campus center. Also the eve of a special election for state senate, Franken and the politicians appealed to the student vote…
The beginning of winter term saw an explosion of political activity and activism on campus. Members of the Carleton community mobilized in anticipation of local and national elections. Locally, Democratic candidate Kevin Dahle defeated Republican incumbent Ray Cox in the District 25 State senate election. “The State Senate is at…