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ELECTION 2012: Early voting comes to campus
Early voting in North Carolina began today. Voting locations across the county will be open for all registered voters until Nov. 3.
And in anticipation of high college voter turnout for the Presidential Election, the Office of Community Relations has brought an early voting site to campus to give 49ers an accessible location to cast their ballots.
Students marched [...]
ELECTION 2012: Candidates get fiesty at the second debate, students react
Apathy 2012
Less than one week ago, I walked around the Student Union speaking to students about who they were planning on voting for this election season.
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And there seemed to be a consistent theme– apathy. Most of the students were either not willing to speak about their political views out of fear of [...]
ELECTION 2012: Students stand behind their candidates
I stood in the middle of the Student Union last weekend eager to find out what presidential candidate students were voting for this election season.
With two leaders with two very different sets of values, I expected a frenzy of students ready to chime off on their election decision.
This wasn’t the case at all.
Only about one [...]
Highlights from the DNC: The world’s introduction to Charlotte
From the opening festivities of CarolinaFest to the acceptance speech given by President Barack Obama for the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC), the Queen City was launched into the spotlight for what Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx called “the world’s introduction to Charlotte.”
Charlotte played host to several rallies and protests from various concerned communities from around [...]
UNC Charlotte students take advantage of convention opportunities
Almost a year ago those living in Charlotte, N.C. learned that the Democratic National Convention (DNC) would take over their city from Monday, Sept. 3, through Thursday, Sept. 6. Now UNC Charlotte students are gearing up to volunteer for the convention that has been described by the Democratic Party as, “the most open and accessible [...]
UNC Charlotte student wins Obama Nobel Peace Prize money from President Obama
UNC Charlotte junior Jenny Salgado joined an exclusive list of only 12 national recipients of a scholarship that stems from President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize money that he won in 2009.
Obama made a $125,000 donation the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) shortly after winning the prize, and they decided to invest it in scholarships for [...]
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