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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hope that institutions of higher education can step up to help underprivileged youth facing challenges when applying to college, they said during the College Opportunity Summit last Thursday.
In June of 2009, President Obama went to Cairo to give his first major foreign policy address as president of the United States. In it, the president outlined his administration's agenda for dealing diplomatically with other nations, confronting terrorism, and "restoring" America's standing in the world.
Upon entering the Alice Haynes Room Monday to watch President Barack Obama's second inauguration, students and faculty were greeted by a life-sized cardboard cutout of a smiling photograph of Obama.
Virginia liberals, a group that includes many Richmond students, had two victories to celebrate after last week's election. Not only did Barack Obama win a second term as president, but he also won Virginia, a state that was considered thoroughly Republican until four years ago.
The announcement that Barack Obama will serve a second term as U.S. president after beating challenger Mitt Romney warranted a mixed reaction from the University of Richmond community on Tuesday.
Here we are. Election Day 2012. Tomorrow, you'll wake up and either wear a righteous smirk or a miserable frown to your 9 a.m. That's because by then, you'll know who won the Presidential Election --- hopefully.
I support Barack Obama for many reasons, but I will only touch on a few of these reasons due to time constraints.
Gov. Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Candidate, will be speaking at a rally inside the Robins Center at the University of Richmond this Sunday, with doors opening at 2:15 p.m. and the rally starting at 4:15 p.m.
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."
I would like to now inform you that your basic rights as U.S. citizens are being stripped away from you as I write this letter.
There's a reason economists from all angles are encouraging Congress to adopt President Obama's jobs proposal announced Thursday and outlined on our campus Friday: its sound economic policy. Most aspects of his $450 billion proposal will give a big boost to our economy next year, perhaps raising 2012's GDP growth by as much as 2 percent while lowering unemployment by 1 percent.
I want to begin this article by stating that the University of Richmond's College Republicans were honored to have President Obama choose to speak at Richmond, or as one of my professors said it, "Eat your hearts out UVA, Virginia Tech and William & Mary."
President Barack Obama addressed a packed Robins Center Friday morning to talk about his American Jobs Act. Crowds started gathering at 6 a.m., about five and a half hours before Obama's appearance. Once inside, Obama's roughly 25-minute speech covered not only his jobs plan but also the necessity for a stable long-term economy.
In an address similar to the one given just a night before to Congress, President Barack Obama highlighted the need for the passage of his American Jobs Act to a packed Robins Center Friday morning.
12:01 p.m.: Obama has just finished his speech, crowd on its feet.
Wednesday's announcement that President Barack Obama would be making a speech at the Robins Center Friday morning sent campus into a frenzy and released a wave of opinions. But through the multitude of varying opinions, one thing left a number stunned:
Here are a few things students should know about the President's visit and how they should prepare.
President Barack Obama will be at the Robins Center Friday morning, the school announced in an email Wednesday.
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.