Tag: elections

75-years-ago, an excited journalist smashed away at their antique typewriter, anticipating the obvious news that their paper, the Chicago Daily Tribune, was eagerly awaiting. The Republican Party was finally—after three…

By Felipe Storch de Oliveira | Contributing Writer Commentators said that 2018 would be Brazil’s most tumultuous voting day ever — the country was divided, political parties made offensive statements…

By Jeremy Mauser || Contributing Writer  Even if you don’t care about politics, you’ve probably heard about the “importance of the upcoming midterm elections” and an imminent “blue wave.” But…

Sunya Hassan || News Editor On Friday, September 7th, Former President Barack Obama gave a speech at the University of Illinois, imploring people to vote this November, stressing that American…

By Boris Zyumbyulev || Staff Writer Italians went to the polls to vote for a new government on March 4, 2018. The general election was electing the 630 members of…

By Benjamin Grove || Layout Assistant After the 2016 election that saw a transition from a Democratic president to a Republican one, the Democratic party is hoping for positive results…

By Vanessa Chen || Contributing Writer This week’s Common Hour featured Government Professor Stephen K. Medvic’s talk titled, “The 2016 Election and the State of American Democracy.” Medvic, who joined…

By Bridget Johnston || News Editor Last Tuesday, April 12, the Diplomatic Congress (DipCon) hosted its annual elections for the rising sophomore, junior, and senior class president positions.  Christiana Jueng ’17…

By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer As you may know, the Pennsylvania primary is coming up very soon. On the 26th of this month, PA voters will be able to potentially…

By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Students turned out by the hundreds last Tuesday, Apr. 5, to vote in officer elections for the Diplomatic Congress (DipCon) where representatives of the Elections…

By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer Last Tuesday was Super Tuesday. It can probably be admitted that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had good nights. The former seems to be well…

By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer The Iowa Caucuses are rapidly approaching, and what will happen in Iowa on Monday is anyone’s guess. But the first day of February may end…

By Adi Ramachandran || Contributing Writer The recent democratic election in Myanmar is a much needed boost to those of us that still believe in much maligned democracy–a system, which…

BY LILA EPSTEIN ’14 News Editor Students elected a new executive board for the Diplomatic Congress. Elections were held Tuesday April 13 in Steinman College Center from 9 a.m. to…