Updates on Two Youth-Vote Stories!

Friday is a day of resolution. First we learn that Ashley “Barack-O-Lantern” Todd, about whom we wrote earlier today, has confessed to lying to the cops. Nobody held her down, groped her, and carved a “B” into her face with a dull knife. Now she gets an “A” for honesty, and a backwards “F” for […]

Election Gets Grizzly at WCU

Someone killed a 75-pound bear cub, decorated it with Obama signs, and left it on the campus of Western Carolina University for people to find. So far the reaction has been along the lines of “Ew, gross!”:

“But this is certainly unacceptable,” Johnson said. “Someone evidently was wanting to draw attention to the election. If we […]

Colleges Find Perks in Hosting Debates

It takes over $4 million and an enormous amount of planning to host a presidential debate on campus, so why do colleges like Belmont, Ole Miss, Hofstra and Washington University do it? According to The New York Times, they do it for the publicity — tens of millions of dollars worth of publicity, in fact. […]

Hofstra’s Turn in the Spotlight!

Hofstra University on Long Island has spent millions of dollars preparing to host this third and last presidential debate of this never-ending election and today it is more excited than a 14-year-old when Gossip Girl is about to come on. The looming debate even influenced curriculums:

In anticipation of the debate, the university has been offering […]

More Reports that Young Voters are In the Tank for Obama

Yet another “Kids prefer the young biracial hopey guy to the angry old veteran” article is making the rounds. This one zooms in on Penn State where enthusiasm is through the roof for the Dems:

This is Barack Obama territory. “There is so much information out there and so little time left,” said Tiernan Milliman, 18, […]

Young Voters Like Obama for Change, McCain for Secrets

A new Gallup/MTV/USA Today poll looks at the college-aged demographic and finds things both obvious and bizarre. The obvious:

They prefer Barack Obama, both as an alternative to John McCain, but also as the candidate who is the most likely to understand their problems and to bring positive change to their own lives. Casting a ballot […]

Liberty University Wants You to Know They’re Swingers, Too

No, not that kind of swinging (that we know of). But for all the talk of how Virginia universities could swing the traditionally red state for Obama, Liberty University is pushing to register as many of its 11,000 students to vote in Virginia, in hopes of ensuring a McCain victory in November. Liberty […]

Obama and Biden Dispatch Their Better Halves for Florida Rally

With their husbands otherwise occupied with the whole presidential campaign thing, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden helped rally support for the Democratic White-House wannabes this weekend at Florida A&M University. Justyn Hintze reports:
“Michelle Obama and Jill Biden visited FAMU on Saturday to speak to students about the importance of registering to vote. […]

Youth Vote Suppressed in CO

We all know what happens when the 18-24 set rouses itself from its Cartoon Network-induced stupor and gets to the voting booth. So, logically, a Republican county clerk in Colorado has been trying to scare college kids away from voting by saying their financial aid might be threatened. And it’s not an isolated incident, either.

Balink’s […]

Hacker Off the Hook

State senator Mike Kernell, UT College Democrats, and hackers everywhere can breathe a little easier today. A grand jury, offered a chance to slap email-invader and UT student David Kernell around a bit, declined to deliver a indictment. Thank heaven for technicalities!

Under DOJ’s interpretation, the Palin hackers might only be prosecuted for accessing e-mails the […]

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