Gracie Smith Co-President, Vanderbilt Political Review Class of 2011 College of Arts and Science Forty-seven years ago this May, President John F. Kennedy delivered an address at Vanderbilt University to celebrate the school’s ninetieth anniversary. During his speech, President Kennedy said, “I urge all of you today, especially those who are students, to act—to enter ...
Featured, From the Board, Journal ArticlesBy Gracie Smith http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/us/politics/25agenda.html?ref=politics Recent comments made by President Obama on Hispanic news channel Univision encouraged Latino voters to “punish” their “enemies” and “reward” their “friends” in next week’s midterm election, reminding voters of the president’s stark departure from his campaign rhetoric two years ago. For a president that claimed as a candidate that there ...
From the Board, Online ExclusiveIt seems that this single year brought more political activism than America has seen throughout the past decade. In part, this can be credited to the efforts of our government to become more open with the American public through town hall meetings, Facebook, Twitter, and weekly radio addresses. Given all of these opportunities to confront ...
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