By Jono Davis Undergraduate International Relations Student A few months ago, I wrote an article for this very website, in which positivity radiated from the page, describing the incredible experience of contributing to the Bernie Sanders campaign in the largest way I possibly could being a UK citizen. Now, as I sit down to begin…
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Pulling Strings: Making the Toupee Say What You Want it to Say
By: Adam Stromme Editor-in-Chief, Economics and International Relations Undergraduate Student Immediately after passing the threshold of 1,237 delegates in order to clinch the Republican nomination on Thursday, Donald Trump gave a speech at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck, North Dakota; a state at the very epicenter of the shale natural gas boom. Without…
Risky Investments: The Politics of 2016
By Adam Stromme Editor-in-Chief, International Relations & Economics Undergraduate Student Mark Hanna, the legendary Gilded Age political manager was fond of saying: “It takes three things to run a political campaign in America: Money, money, and I forgot the third thing…” Following the money, and the dash of cynicism which is always a safe bet…
Alec Ross: A Lecture on the Age of Innovation
By Jolie Tran Undergraduate Student Lecture by Alec Ross: November, 2015 “He who has access to data and information will have control to the political and economic worlds of the technological age.” Alec Ross, Hillary Clinton’s former Senior Advisor for Innovation, came to the University in November to share his story and his vision for …
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