All posts tagged "Presidential Election"

  • Features
    Nation prepares for Inauguration Day

    By Allison Mayes– Jan. 20 marks the beginning of a new era for the United States: the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. What most Americans don’t know is Inauguration Day is a series of events and not...

    • Posted January 9, 2017
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  • Famed activist ignites sell-out crowd

    By Shelby Brown — Professor and political activist Angela Davis gave the 10th annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture Thursday night, talking about racism, sexism, history and politics. People lined up at Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium hours before the...

    • Posted November 16, 2016
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  • U of L students protest hate speech on campus
    Dozens protest hate speech on campus

    By Kyeland Jackson — Dozens of students on campus protested hate speech a week after Donald Trump won the presidential election, Students hoisted picket signs listing minority groups, chanting “hate has no place on our campus” while marching...

    • Posted November 15, 2016
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  • The voter drain – do Millennials feel like their voice matters?

    By Byron Hoskinson– On Oct. 11 – Kentucky’s voter registration deadline – the nonpartisan group Vote Everywhere held a voter registration drive in front of the SAC to allow college students the chance to vote. With 75.4...

    • Posted October 26, 2016
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  • Letter to the editor: Trump and Clinton not your only options this November

    By Lloyd Fowler — The Republican Party started as a third party in 1854. Abraham Lincoln was one of four men who won electoral votes in the presidential election of 1860 as the first Republican president. The...

    • Posted October 13, 2016
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    How the presidential election will affect immigration

    By Brooke Moody– The U.S. is four weeks away from the 2016 presidential election, and the current political atmosphere couldn’t be messier. The latest drama arose Friday with the release of crude, predatory statements made by Donald...

    • Posted October 9, 2016
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    College voters will make an impact on the 2016 presidential election

    By Phillip Lentsch– Nov. 8 marks the date where Americans will elect the next President of the United States. It will conclude an election that has seen its fair share of ups and downs: the back-and-forth feuds...

    • Posted April 18, 2016
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  • Iroquois High School Republican caucus run by U of L students

    By Phillip Lentsch– GOP frontrunner Donald Trump ousted Texas Senator Ted Cruz by four percent in Kentucky’s first Republican caucus March 5. Trump’s triumph in Kentucky came four days after a rally he held at the Convention Center...

    • Posted March 5, 2016
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  • College Republicans join in the fight for the upcoming election

    By Tyler Mercer– The University of Louisville College Republicans RSO, the self-proclaimed “Best Party on Campus,” has had a very busy year while preparing for the upcoming election. Working hard to promote the Republican way of thinking,...

    • Posted October 16, 2012
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  • Rallying the forces: College Democrats double down in an effort to keep their party in office

    By Genevieve Mills– With a presidential election in less than a month, many people have been thinking about politics more than they usually do. For some, political parties are something they really only think about when elections...

    • Posted October 16, 2012
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