Youth vote shifting momentum as Super Tuesday unfolds

Published at USA Today College   “Ron Paul has the youth vote...

Richmond sophomore to launch political social networking website: Populus

Published initially at The Collegian: http://thecollegianur.com/2012/02/02/richmond-sophomore-to-launch-a-political-social-networking-website/25200/   By Abby Kloppenburg Collegian Staff...

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Youth vote shifting momentum as Super Tuesday unfolds

Published at USA Today College   “Ron Paul has the youth vote all wrapped up.” Or so the conventional wisdom would suggest. In reality, it’s a wide open battle for the small percentage of youth voting in the primaries so far. Let’s take a look...

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Richmond sophomore to launch political social networking website: Populus

Published initially at The Collegian: http://thecollegianur.com/2012/02/02/richmond-sophomore-to-launch-a-political-social-networking-website/25200/   By Abby Kloppenburg Collegian Staff Sophomore John McAuliff is bringing Congress to Richmond –- well, digitally, anyway. McAuliff is launching a social networking website called Populus that will promote free civic communication among students, advocacy groups and elected...

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Five ways to get the spring semester off to smooth start

Published at www.usatodaycollege.com, January 10th   You never wanted winter break to end, or you couldn’t wait to get back to school. Either way, 2012 marks the start of a new semester with new classes, new people, and new opportunities. Here’s a few shrewd ways...

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Into the Creative Era: Three new skill sets for great jobs

Published at www.usatodaycollege.com, January 4th 2012   Finding a job is hard. Finding a job you actually like is even harder. Finding a job where you can turn anything you can imagine into a tangible product — digitally, physically and biologically? Now that’s impossible, right?...

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Creating Real Change on a College Campus

Published originally at CampusTalkBlog Dec. 19. www.campustalkblog.com/category/occupy Higher Education in America is in crisis. The professors see it, the administrators see it, and most of all, the students see it. One of the most compelling and tangible demands of the Occupy Movement is the plight...

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The Student Super-Committee Takes on the Debt Crisis

Published originally at CampusTalkBlog. http://www.campustalkblog.com/occupy/         In the wake of the Super-Committee’s supreme failure to reduce the $15 trillion debt problem facing our country, a small group of students are trying to tackle the $1 trillion debt problem facing their generation. That’s...

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The college generation’s ‘moment’ in history: Occupy America

Published Originally at CampusTalkBlog: http://www.campustalkblog.com/occupy/the-college-generations-moment/ How long has it been since the streets of New York were flooded with young people screaming at the top of their lungs, “Whose streets? Our streets!”? New York has seen anti-war protests since the beginning of conflict in the...

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Passing the mantle: The new Occupation Generation

Originally published at USA Today College   http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/news-general/passing-the-mantle-the-new-occupation-generation Changing the world: Take two Forty-three years ago the youth of America tried to change the world. Today, a new generation is trying again. Much like the Occupation of today, the Vietnam War protests were a conglomeration of...

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The ‘Occupation Generation’ goes on strike

Originally published at CampusTalkBlog http://www.campustalkblog.com/occupy/the-occupation-generation-goes-on-strike/   You know it’s getting bad out there when the students skip school. That’s what happened when the student arm of Occupy Wall Street organized a protest in conjunction with Occupy America’s “International Day of Action.” Around the city, student...

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