Politics
DNC head Tim Kaine kicks off Pennsylvania midterms
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine kicked off the post-Labor Day election season in Houston Hall Wednesday afternoon.NSO: more than parties for campus politicos
Taking advantage of the flood of new, wide-eyed freshmen arriving on campus, political groups at Penn are pushing for a higher voter registration rate in preparation for the midterm elections this November.
Professor now Clintons' in-law
Many of Bill and Hilary Clinton’s donors stayed home this weekend, while a professor at Penn’s Fels Institute of Government sat in the front row of the Rhinebeck, New York wedding.Kagan draws student interest
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK — A look at the student presence on Capitol Hill during Kagan's confirmation hearings.PennDems weigh in on Sestak's job offer
Weeks after his victory over incumbent Senator Arlen Specter, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak is facing questions regarding a statement he made that the White House had offered him a job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania primary.
Sestak had surprising victory over Specter
Now the Pennsylvania voters now know who will be on the Senate ballot in November Penn students offered a variety of explanations for Sestak’s victory.Factcheck.org wins two Webby Awards
The watchdog site took both the Webby and People’s Voice Awards in the politics category.Sestak wins Democratic primary
U.S. Representative Joe Sestak defeated incumbent Senator Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary Tuesday.
Graphic: Pennsylvania primary ballot
A graphic of the important information for voting in the Pennsylvania primary on May 18.Democratic Senate race tightens in Pennsylvania
With just days to go before next Tuesday’s primary, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) are tied for the Democratic Senate nomination.Sestak addresses local business, Penn tensions with West Phila.
One day before his first debate with incumbent U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the Pa. Senate primaries, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak reached out to West Philadelphia residents through a rally at 40th and Walnut streets Friday.Greeks lobby in D.C. for tax-free donations to houses
Alpha Epsilon Pi President and College junior Dave Dobkin traveled to Washington, D.C., with 100 other fraternity and sorority members to lobby for the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act (CHIA).With finals occupying peers, student groups campaign in West Philadelphia
With the May 18 Democratic primary election less than a month away and a close race between U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak and incumbent U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, student groups are starting to shift campaign efforts off campus.Student hopes to bring Tea Party to Penn
Master of Science in Education student Dan Chinburg's motivation for bringing the movement to Penn is to “enhance the diversity of opinion” on campus, as well as to expose students to “alternate views … that are very foreign to their experiences.”Dog ownership affects voter preferences, study finds
Annenberg professor found that dog ownership exerted a “small but significant” effect on voters’ opinions of each candidate.
U. honors ‘New Yorker’ editor
Editor of The New Yorker David Remnick spoke Wednesday at the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Distinguished Lecture in Communication on “The Joshua Generation: Race and the Campaign of Barack Obama.”
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton critical of Obama
Former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton offered critiques of President Obama’s positions on American exceptionalism, Afghanistan and Iran.Philadelphia Tea Party protests Tax Day
The Tea Party Patriots, Inc., was created last year with the values of promoting “fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government and free markets,” according to its mission statement.
As registration deadline nears, voter enthusiasm remains low
The primary allows voters to choose their party’s nominee for a number of state and federal positions. This year, it includes the contested Democratic Senate race between incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter and U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who represents Pennsylvania’s 7th District.