FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joshua Preston, Chairman of the Student Senate Email: Prest202@morris.umn.edu Contact: Kate Brickman, Press Secretary, Minnesotans United for All Families Phone: 815-343-9299 Email: Kate@mnunited.org UNVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STUDENT SENATE OFFICIALLY OPPOSES MARRIAGE AMENDMENT On March 1, 2012, the University Student Senate, which represents all 67,000 students of the University of Minnesota across … Continue reading UMN Student Senate Opposes Marriage Amendment
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UMN Student Senate to reject proposed marriage amendment
Hey everyone, My name is Joshua Preston and I am the Chairman of the University of Minnesota Student Senate, which represents all 67,000 students of the University system. One thing that we will be doing this Thursday, March 1, is voting on a resolution saying that we believe the marriage amendment to be antithetical to … Continue reading UMN Student Senate to reject proposed marriage amendment
Wikipedia joins internet blackout; watch out for the Research Works Act
Recently Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales' request for input on what the Wikipedia community should do in response to the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, which I am sorry to say was supported by both of Minnesota's senators and has only recently lost traction given the Obama Administration's opposition to it, and even though there is division within … Continue reading Wikipedia joins internet blackout; watch out for the Research Works Act
“If you ever get the feeling that you’ve lost touch with everyday John Doe reality …”
Thumbing through my copy of The Proud Highway: A Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 19655-1967 (1997), which is the first volume of "The Fear and Loathing Letters" of Hunter S. Thompson (edited by Douglas Brinkley), I came across something the late Gonzo journalist had written about the stresses of unemployment that I think could serve … Continue reading “If you ever get the feeling that you’ve lost touch with everyday John Doe reality …”
More Christian than the Christians
Upon researching the fact that England’s Deputy-Prime Minister Nick Clegg (and University of Minnesota alum) is an avowed Atheist I came across an August 2010 article that explains quite well why Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot were not. It begins with a quote by an Anglican Archbishop named Peter Jensen: "Last century we tried godlessness … Continue reading More Christian than the Christians
Be the Change You Want to See
Morris Student DFL Column On the International Day of Peace I had the great fortune to speak with several students about the importance of registering to vote (after all, peace has never grown from reticence!) Perhaps using more clichés than was necessary – It’s a rare right to exercise in this world; privilege; privilege; privilege … Continue reading Be the Change You Want to See
The Common Man Partisan
Morris Student DFL Column If you are like most youth, “politics” is something that happens only once every four years when there is a George W. Bush or Barack Obama at the top of the ticket. Besides that, “politics” is that thing that only the most hardcore of partisans pay attention to – something left … Continue reading The Common Man Partisan
What if the Tea Party was black?
A friend of mine from St. John's brought this article ("Imagine if the Tea Party was Black") to my attention and I'm glad he did - I believe the author, Tim Wise, is absolutely right in his assertions and their implications; we may think that we have come a long way following the election of … Continue reading What if the Tea Party was black?
Stevens County DFL Convention
Waking up at 8:55am to answer a call from my mother, I jumped out of bed because I knew I was going to be late for one of the few hints of a beating heart in 21st century America's grassroots: the county convention. While often elected by affirmation (or reluctant agreement in some places), the … Continue reading Stevens County DFL Convention
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