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Earlier this month, Senator Barack Obama stepped off the national stage and joined campaign volunteers on the ground in Ohio, going door to door to pick up votes. Though Obama only spent an afternoon walking through the community that day, Michael L. Zuckerman ’10 has been working in northeastern Ohio on behalf of the campaign since the beginning of the semester, talking to locals about issues of political importance. He called his greatest challenge “making sure that I am working as hard for the people of Mahoning Valley and the principles that we hold...

Author: By Katherine A. Petti, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Life of Public Service | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...years, the social conservatism of the western part of the county and the fiscal conservatism of the eastern part formed an unbreakable Republican lock in Hamilton. Democrats like Weil focused their efforts on urban neighborhoods and only occasionally picked up support from surrounding townships and cities. But this year the Obama campaign sees a chance to pick the lock. Four years ago, Bush won the county by less than 6 percentage points; in 2006, Democrats took over the county commission for the first time in 44 years. In 2000, the last time both parties had a competitive primary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ohio Republican County That Could Tip the Election | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Tsim arrives at her Chinatown destination just as the store is about to close. Using some charm and pleading, Tsim convinces the owner to give her “just five minutes” to pick out essential materials...

Author: By Kate E. Cetrulo and Emily C. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: FM's Third Annual Fast Fashion Challenge | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...River House. Your only memory of Halloween is that the hot gypsy you were dancing with all night went off with that jerk in the cow suit and the faint smell of drying permanent marker indicates that there is probably genitalia drawn somewhere on your person.Need a pick-me-up? How about this:Harvard is going to pummel Dartmouth. Seriously, it’s going to be brutal…satisfyingly brutal. I know I’ve beaten this point to death, but the Big Green is the worst. Not the worst in the Ivy League, not the worst...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: No Ivy Mischief On ‘Day Of Dead’ | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

Bill Clinton laid his political hands on Barack Obama Wednesday night in front of more than 30,000 adoring supporters, just six days before Americans pick a new President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack and Bill: For One Night, At Least, a Happy Couple | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

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