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...downplayed his connections to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and has claimed to support common sense gun control proposals, such as closing the gun show loophole and requiring criminal background checks for sales at gun shows. In addition to some minor changes in federal law, Bush claims that the stricter enforcement of current laws would reduce gun violence without any further infringement on the American people's basic freedom to own firearms. (An American flag flaps in the background, the national anthem swells and Bush smiles with boyish charm for the cameras...
...main question, then, is whether we want to give power back to parties by allowing them to choose candidates and fund them (hopefully under new, stricter campaign finance laws), or whether we want to continue in the current descent towards candidate-driven elections where personality means more than policy and political extremists set the primary agenda (think Bob Jones University). Without a party to bind candidates to specific policies, clear goals and a coherent vision, candidates freewheel through campaigns on their smile, their handshake and their looks, catering to the extremists on either side before rushing to the middle--never...
Other changes include stricter regulations and harsher penalties for alcohol consumption, the requirement that fraternities and sororities have resident advisors and the banning of pledge recruitment during first-year orientation...
...report, which specifically credited students with inspiring a closer look at the University's contingent workforce, rejected the idea of implementing a living wage but did recommend offering near universal health care, expanding worker training, increasing benefits for casual employees and imposing stricter guidelines on contracting firms...
...Snelling was also subject to a stricter standard of grading than her unwed classmates...