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Democrats expect to enjoy Election Day. They hope to see Obama in the White House, a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and a much larger advantage in the House than the nearly 40-seat margin they have now. Childers is a reminder that Democratic strength in polls is as much a reflection of a change in strategy as it is of voter unease with the GOP. In a recent debate at the University of Mississippi, Childers agreed with Davis on just about every policy issue, from drilling in Alaska (for it) to the recent Wall Street bailout (against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Dog Democrats on the Prowl | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...reflect that. These systemic problems with the Ad Board have spawned interest for reform. Notably, the Undergraduate Council (UC) has prioritized this issue, but unfortunately, its discussion has been limited to the prospect of student representation on the Ad Board. This general focus tends to distract from the larger systemic problems with the Ad Board that have a more detrimental effect on student justice. One must suspend judgment to imagine that placing a few students on the Ad Board will cause any meaningful change in its rules. Students who have gone before the Ad Board usually describe the process...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Bad Board | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...interns, Kevin, to explore Haight-Ashbury, a neighborhood famous for spawning the hippie movement of the 1960s. We made our way down the central vein of the neighborhood, which brought us to the entrance of Golden Gate Park, an urban green space of more than 1000 acres, making it larger than Frederick Olmsted’s creation in New York City. Having heard that there were live buffalo in the park, we set off to find them and see what other surprises...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hunting Buffalo | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...donating to smaller NGOs, we felt dollar-for-dollar that we were making a greater impact than if we were donating to larger, more established organizations like the Red Cross,” says Tanjeloff, the 2007 director...

Author: By Joseph P. Shivers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stand Up for Safe Sex | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...days before the election. It was late on a Saturday night, and he looked pretty tired, riddled with gray hair and not nearly as young as when I'd first met him four years earlier. He had drawn 175,000 people to two events in Missouri that day, larger crowds than I'd ever seen at a campaign event, and he would be endorsed by Colin Powell the next morning. He seemed as relaxed as ever, though, unfazed by the hoopla or the imminence of the election. Our conversation was informal but intense. He seemed to be thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Barack Obama Is Winning | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

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