Tufts Paper Unclogs Joe the Plumber’s Story
Mighty Joe the Plumber was being feted for a while on TV, right wing radio, the blogosphere, and even in Nashville, TN, where he was rumored to be considering a country music career. But the media got distracted when the next bumblebee flew by. As his latest chitchat with the Tufts student newspaper shows though, […]
Light at the End of the “Free Expression Tunnel”
Apparently some North Carolina State University and Purdue University students didn’t get the memo that they’re now living in blue states. According to the News & Observer, four NCSUers went a little crazy with the magic markers, and now the Secret Service is involved:
Campus police say they will not bring charges against four students who […]
Change Some Students Aren’t Quite Sure They Believe In
Not everyone got swept away in Obamamania. Here, some Florida State University students air their doubts about the upcoming Age of Obama while watching election returns. Can change actually be–gasp!–a bad thing sometimes? Whatever the case, it’s nice to know there will always be (intelligent) dissent out there on campuses. After all, […]
Pomona College Moved to Random Acts of Patriotism
Want to relive last night’s magic? These kids from Pomona are so moved by the announcement that Obama won the election that they burst into a spontaneous rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Can you believe they knew all the words to a song that isn’t by Kelly Clarkson?! It’s a new day, […]
How’s It Hangin’, College Republicans?
Young Democrats, we know there are a lot of you, and you’re super-excited right now. But let’s be sensitive to our Republican friends today. It wasn’t too long ago that you were the ones waking up on the losing side, hurrying to take down those Kerry/Edwards signs before you started crying again. How […]
Easing Your Election Hangover
Congratulations, college students! After years of vowing to ROCK THE VOTE, you finally made good on your promises not to sleep through polling hours and actually got out and did your civic duty (was it because Jessica Alba told you to?). And it was awesome, right? We should do this every year! […]
Punk the Student Day!
Yet another pivotal election today, and you know what that means: It’s time to punk the youth vote!
At liberal Grinnell College in Iowa, 50 students’ registrations are being challenged because of address confusion. As in, these voters put down one campus address instead of another. Does this make sense? To the Republicans trying to keep […]
Obama in a Landslide!
At least according to college newspapers. A mind-blowing 59 of them have hopemeister Barack Obama as their pick, as opposed to a single lone rebel voice for John McCain (the Daily Mississippian).
To be fair, though, this is a bit like polling Slate staffers.
(Source: UWire)
U Kentucky Strings Up a Fake Obama
The University of Kentucky gets the dubious distinction of being the first college south of the Maxon-Dixon line to hang possible-future-president Barack Obama in effigy. Ironically, the display was first discovered by a guy named Lynch:
Mike Lynch, a faculty member who works in a building near where the effigy was found, said he saw it […]
Will College Kids Vote in the Old Man?
Bless their hearts, College Republicans haven’t given up — they still believe they can tilt their campuses, especially in all-important states like PA and FL, to John McCain. Still, these hopeful youngsters understand they have a hard row to hoe:
And they are supporting a candidate at some odds with the young: Mr. McCain voted for […]
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