OPINION: Yes, Bernie got screwed again
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The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is starting to take form, so I want to share my thoughts on how I will be approaching the process of picking a candidate to support.
On Friday Hillary Clinton named Senator Tim Kaine her running mate, a Virginian whose resume includes former governor, Richmond mayor and University of Richmond professor.
Last Wednesday, Spiders for Life held a display that consisted of several features that the group has become associated with in recent years – large displays, various brochures and flyers.
Minimum wage law makes for a widely debated and complex topic. Much of the focus on legislation today revolves around the effects of a minimum wage increase. While there is still room for debate, there are compelling signs that raising the minimum wage offers economic benefits.
The gubernatorial election in Virginia has been a notably nasty race, especially with regard to the personal views of the candidates on access to abortion and contraception. As young women living in Virginia who inhabit opposite ends of the political spectrum, we have found ourselves equally disgusted with the representation of "women's issues" on all sides.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Picking the site of a political convention, where parties officially nominate their candidates for President, takes a great deal of careful thought. The choice of Charlotte, N.C. by Barack Obama and the Democratic Party highlights a renewed focus on the "blue South."
A lot of things have been said about Southern politics, and very few of them are nice. Last week the Virginia General Assembly flooded into Richmond, marking the beginning of the 2012 session. The bitterness and bickering began on the first day.
Virginia Commonwealth University's campus is only a 10-minute drive to the Robins Center, but for the first half on Saturday night, Virginia Commonwealth played like a team that had just arrived from a cross-country flight. Richmond held VCU to 17 first-half points in Richmond's 72-60 victory Saturday night in front of 8,906 fans at the Robins Center.
Four hundred and ninety students received an apology e-mail from associate vice president for student development Tina Cade last week after an employee at the Office of Multicultural Affairs sent a prior email encouraging them to vote Democratic during Tuesday's midterm elections.
Control of the United States House of Representatives switched and Republicans' efforts to gain the Senate stalled last night as votes were cast in the culmination of a campaign that began as soon as Barack Obama won the presidency two years ago.
On Tuesday, what some have predicted to be the biggest midterm election in modern history will take place, though you wouldn't know it from a walk around the Richmond campus.
Before I begin, allow me to give some insight into who I am and what I believe.
Juniors Zhivko Illeieff and Charles Mike were awarded $10,000 in funding from a scholar's program to support their project, "Faces of Communism," which will be composed of a Web site and documentary about communism in Bulgaria.
Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, will give the keynote address at this year's Commencement, the university announced earlier this month.
Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, spoke to staff and students at the University of Richmond on Monday evening, discussing his role as a leadership studies professor and active politician.
Talk about a 52 pickup for the Democrats. It wasn't too long ago, in the aftermath of Barack Obama's historic 2008 victory, that the word "mandate" became inculcated into our national psyche. We were told that America had sent a message to the Republicans: conservatism was out and liberalism was in.
Last week, voters in several states went out to the polls for a handful of off-year elections. Although most of these elections were at the local level and revealed little about the current political climate, three key races reveal a lot about the current mindset of voters.
The University of Richmond's Center for Civic Engagement had buses shuttling students from campus to polling places all day Tuesday, in an attempt to give students a chance to cast their vote in the Virginia state elections.
Republican candidate Robert F. McDonnell convincingly won Virginia's gubernatorial race on Tuesday night, defeating Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and ending years of control by Democrats in the state.