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Paralleling the takeover of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as the first female speaker of the House in history, the Harvard College Democrats last week elected their first female president in six years. Six of the ten students on the College Dems??€™ executive board are female as well...
...Dems??€™ first meeting comes to a close, Brigit M. Helgen ’08 resumes her post at the door ready with a firm handshake and confident eye-contact for the fledgling members. She cordially thanks them for attending, double checking that everyone has a copy of the list of upcoming campaign events. Dressed neatly in a light sweater and jeans, Helgen puts up her business front when it comes to distributing information about the volunteer opportunities she has organized. Helgen serves as the campaign director for the Harvard Democrats and has coordinated their three major campaign efforts...
...work to do to catch up with the left. Although their CampusTap blog is alive and well, their official website falters as a source of up-to-date information, with an online weekly bulletin that hasn’t been updated since May 7 as of press time. The Dems??€™ official website, meanwhile, features an easy-to-navigate format filled with updates on daily political events, a guide for getting involved, and an e-mail contact form for any additional requests. “I think that what is happening with our two clubs is a microcosm...
...over the course of the genteel discussion, in which the Dems questioned how they could better serve the BGLTSA community—perhaps the Dems??€™ cubicle in Hilles has a blue phone to Nancy Pelosi’s office?—a consensus emerged: Gay marriage has gained unstoppable momentum. America is coming around, it seemed. A majority of the country doesn’t even believe that gay marriage should be constitutionally banned, one student reported. Democrats, as the title of the event foreshadowed, should move beyond gay marriage to improving hate crime legislation and familiarizing...
Benjamin A. Rahn ’99, now a resident tutor in PfoHo, was one of those kids who didn’t trek out to weekly Dems??€™ meetings when he was a Harvard undergrad. Instead, he was involved in the politics of the campus, working for the Undergraduate Council and advocating for an undergraduate curriculum reform. The immediate issues that were prevalent and close to home were the ones that occupied his mind. Now, though, Rahn is working full time for the political action committee that he started, ActBlue.com, an online fundraising website for the Democratic Party...