politics – The Campus

Democrats are poised to underestimate Trump on the campaign trail — again

April 20, 2019

Filed under Opinion

2020 is just around the corner and has the potential to bring with it the most absurd, unconventional and dangerous presidential campaigning the United States has ever seen. It is no secret Donald Trump will stoop to incredi...

Low voter turnout is reflective of archaic electoral system

Shane Ostrom, Junior Opinion Editor

November 8, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Election Day is arguably the most important day of the year for American citizens to exercise their right to vote and make their voices heard to determine the path the country takes. Voting is at the heart of democracy, and ye...

Warren allowed public discourse to dwell on trivial matters by addressing Trump’s racist attacks

October 25, 2018

Putting aside all allegations, senate confirms Kavanaugh to Supreme Court after strange hearing

Shane Ostrom, Junior Opinion Editor

October 18, 2018

Filed under Opinion

The Sept. 27 hearing of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh was a monumental moment for our country. Ford alleges that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party when they were in high school in the 1980s. She stated to the senate c...

The crisis of America

Alex Weidenhof, News Writer

September 13, 2018

Filed under Opinion

The United States is in the midst of three separate — but not wholly discrete — constitutional crises. One crisis, perhaps the most obvious and largest, was something neither members of the Constitutional Convention nor a...

Just how impressionable are children when it comes to political misinformation?

September 6, 2018

Dems and Republicans Debate the Issues

November 4, 2009

Filed under News

By JAMES D’AMATO ([email protected]) Although most people would consider the political season over, the issues are still burning hot at Allegheny College. Monday, the College Democrats and Republicans met in the Campus...