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Posts Tagged ‘politics’

Kenyan perspectives enthusiastic toward inauguration

By Kathryn Birky • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: features

"When Obama first obtained his Senate seat, I was in a rural area of Kenya doing fieldwork," said Ryan Sensenig, assistant professor of biology. "My field assistants were excitedly discussing Obama's run for the Senate seat before I knew who Obama was." Sensenig, who...

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A letter from Mayor Kauffman

Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: perspectives

Dear Editor: I'm pleased to accept your invitation to write a short reflection on my trip to the presidential inauguration on Tuesday. It was definitely worth traveling 22 hours in two days, even if to spend only six hours in Washington, D.C. My son Nick – a...

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An open letter to President Obama

By Tyler Yoder • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: funnies

Dear Barack Obama, So, it seems that you’ve become the president of the United States of America. Congratulations, you know? It was a long race. You were probably stressed out a lot. You probably didn’t get a lot of sleep. Perhaps you had to hang out with people you...

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This is NOT about the inauguration

By Tyler Yoder • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: funnies

I mean, seriously. Barack Obama is great and all, but haven't we had just about enough of him? That's like all we've been writing about for the entire past semester. I'm sure you're all getting pretty dang tired of hearing about him. Yeah, yeah, I'm sure he'll be the...

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First-hand perspectives on the presidential inauguration

By Sheldon Good • Jan 19th, 2009 • Category: lead, maple log

Christopher Hague, a junior, is in Washington this weekend for the presidential inauguration. Hague will share a first-hand account of Tuesday's ceremonies in the Jan. 22 issue of the Record. Look for his article to be posted on Wednesday night. Hague will also post on...

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The people’s inaugural address

By Sheldon Good • Jan 16th, 2009 • Category: maple log

Visit this site to help Obama write his inaugural...

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A dream fulfilled

Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: perspectives
A dream fulfilled
With the elections finally ending and Martin Luther King Jr. Day quickly approaching, we are challenged to remember the dreams Martin Luther King Jr. once had. At this moment in history, we can see the steps that we have taken as a nation in progressing towards Dr....

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