http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/collegerepublicans/ en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:59:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371081/posts In the Obama White House, the new adage “never let a crisis go to waste” has highlighted the President’s overwhelming domestic agenda. So much so, in fact, that it is clear the President is missing opportunities to make real changes, and is instead delivering empty promises, growing problems, and enlarging the national debt. Set against the backdrop of some $12 trillion in debt, the President is calling for even more spending in the form of health care reform, which the CBO estimates will cost upwards of $1 trillion. While health care reform is an important issue, the President has failed... The Politicizer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371081/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:59:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368102/posts Dispersed between the speakers we bring in (great success with Amb John Bolton last week btw) and activist projects we work on, the University Republicans like to have some fun in adding to the political discourse on campus. This upcoming event is a great example. I thought readers would find the event info quite amusing and so pasted the event info below. Be on the lookout come Monday from 12:00-1:30 on the University of Chicago Quad as YOU have a chance to become a Nobel Peace Prize recipient! Yes, you could join the venerable ranks of activists like Henry Kissinger,... Thoughts From A Texan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368102/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:36:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360473/posts If you’re sick of hearing bad news you’ve starting reading the right column today. Everyone else is talking about the end of the world. There are predictions of war in the Middle East. There’s talk of an even greater economic downturn in the not-too-distant future. Some people are even predicting the Union will begin to dissolve in a few short years. But I’m spending the week telling stories, real stories, about some great people and some great organizations that give me hope. Stick with me for the next few days and you’ll probably feel a whole lot better about your... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360473/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:43:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2352102/posts After last weekend's California Republican Party convention, a spokeswoman for potential Senate candidate Carly Fiorina dissed the results of rival Chuck DeVore's self-commissioned straw poll, telling CNN's Peter Hamby: "Let me get this straight, you want me to comment on a Chuck DeVore straw poll that was conducted in the DeVore hospitality suite on Saturday night with a bunch of college Republicans and a lot of free beer flowing?" Beer and college students may go together like Republicans and no-tax pledges, but can candidates really capture conservative students' support with an abundance of ale? Not so easily, according to Michael... SacBee: Capitol Alert http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2352102/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 01:22:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268126/posts Apologies if the sources are questionable but there was almost no media coverage of this convention that I could find, or, at least, containing anything of not about McCain's speech. Salon reports today: As for those principles, well, it was left to John McCain to rally the troops. "You are a brave band of warriors," McCain consoled the delegates. "And you will be able to look back some day and say look, I was part of the Republican Party when times were the toughest. … It's hard trying to do the Lord's work in the city of Satan." And, the... Salon / Campus Progress / Various Sources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268126/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:32:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264191/posts Leigh Wolf graduated from San Francisco State University this spring and most recently served as Co-Chair of the California College Republicans. In 2008 under Leigh's leadership, SFSU was named College Republican National Committee Chapter of the Year. Ultimately, he was successful in leading the most effective chapter in the country. Leigh will be honored on Friday during our Biennial Convention in Washington, D.C. During the convention, we'll also be electing the next National Chairman of the College Republicans. A special thanks to all of our nominees for their hard work and continued efforts to the conservative cause. Don't forget to... COLLEGE REPUBLICANS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264191/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 23:34:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256434/posts Liberty University will no longer recognize its campus Democratic Party club because its parent organization stands against the conservative Christian school's moral principles. The club, which has about 30 members, will no longer be able to use Liberty's name, hold on-campus meetings or be eligible for student activities money. "I think it does the university a great disservice to stifle one side of the discussion simply because we are Democrats,'' said Maria Childress, the club's adviser and an administrative assistant at the school. Brian Diaz, president of Liberty's Democratic club said he was informed of the school's decision in a... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256434/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 17:58:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2246872/posts College students around the country are starting to get organized. Speakers Phyllis Schafly, Representative Aaron Schock, Representative Aaron Schock and Keynote Speaker Tim Pawlenty are amount the guest. college republican national committee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2246872/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 13:26:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2243771/posts The College Republicans student club set up a table on the San Francisco State University quad, offering information about and speaking out against the Fairness Doctrine, which would require broadcasters to provide balanced and fair views of an issue. Though the doctrine was eliminated in 1987, there is some talk of reinstating it. Conservative groups - like the College Republicans - oppose that move because the doctrine could curb conservative talk-radio shows. James Kincaid, president of the San Francisco State College Republicans, and three other club members were gathering signatures for a petition to stop the Fairness Doctrine when Jacob... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2243771/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 14:23:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196729/posts As y'all know, countless citizens gathered the other day (500 in Chicago) to form local "tea parties" in protest of government's recent, egregious actions when dealing with the economy and wasting our tax dollars. However, most media outlets just ignored this massive movement across the nation. I had the honor of speaking at the Chicago Tea Party, posted the speech, and also made a general video about the event I wanted to share with you. Feel free to link this up to your own blog and share with friends. We have to keep the passion alive! More tea parties to... Thoughts From A Texan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196729/posts#comment Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:00:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2196328/posts Pat Casten, College Republicans Chairman, Lake Forest College, read a statistic that only 25% of his liberal college campus was "conservative". So he went to the college and requested "diversity" funding to represent this "minority" and was successful! Spread the word on this technique. CPAC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2196328/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:00:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194795/posts Dear Friends Orlean Koehle, California Eagle Forum President reports that on Tuesday Phyllis (85 years young) was speaking at UC Berkeley. As she was coming off the podium after giving a brilliant speech to about 150 students and adults in attendance (crowded into a room that only was meant to hold 70), she missed a step and fell and broke her hip. The college Republicans wanted her to join them for pictures afterwards out in the hall. Phyllis did not see the edge of the podium, which was hard to see, missed the step and fell on her right hip.... Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194795/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:14:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176510/posts "WHY LIBERALS ARE WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING!"Host: TCNJ College Republicans Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Time: 6:00pm doors open, 7:00pm - 9:00pm lecturePlace: Kendall Hall 110, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ Contact Info Email: TCNJCRS@tcnj.edu Open To The Public - Free Admission Click here for map and direcrions FACE BOOK: "Ann Coulter @ TCNJ" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176510/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2009 04:19:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173955/posts No matter what the accusation, every man and woman in the United States has the right to due process and a fair trial. Rod Blagojevich included. Governor Blagojevich is fighting for his career and an indictment has yet to even be served. Support Blago and protest this unfair process! Be sure to visit http://supportblago.com/ Pat Dollard & The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173955/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:49:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171964/posts Karl Rove, one-time deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush, spoke to a jam-packed Storer Auditorium at the University of Miami Thursday afternoon. After a brief opening speech, Rove transformed the event into an open forum during which audience members could ask him a question or engage him in a debate. The “campaign architect,” as he is commonly called, built a case against President Barack Obama’s order to close Guantanamo, an overseas CIA detention center where terrorists and other “enemy combatants” are held. Obama’s order could enable terrorists to be tried in U.S. courts, to be given... The Miami Hurricane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171964/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:03:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159825/posts Ken Blackwell announced Tuesday that the College Republican Leadership endorsed him in his bid for RNC chair. The CRNC is an important organization for college-age Republicans; Lee Atwater, Karl Rove, Morton Blackwell, and Grover Norquist were all former leaders of it. The group’s national leaders, Charlie Smith, Blake Harris, Dan Carlson, Esther Clark and all state leaders sent an e-mail to the Republican national Committee in which they announced their support for Blackwell. In this e-mail they state: “After two difficult election cycles our party is at a crossroads. We have obligations to our ideals and our constituents to evaluate... PoliGazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159825/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:30:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130509/posts An Augsburg College student and Sarah Palin supporter from Alaska was beaten on Election Night while walking to her dorm and called a racist by a group of four young black women because she had on a McCain/Palin presidential campaign button, authorities and the victim said. Annie Grossmann, a freshman on the college hockey team, suffered a suspected concussion and blurred vision from being punched in the eye but declined medical attention, SNIP Grossmann said she was in a dorm lobby with a handful of fellow Republicans watching the election returns with “a bunch of Democrats around next to me,... Minneapolis Star-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130509/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:03:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110415/posts College conservatives say the excitement of a historic presidential election — which could send the first black American to the White House — has become clouded by an atmosphere of intimidation and hostility on campus. “People on campus who say they’re the most tolerant, they simply do not walk the walk,” said Brand Kroeger, chairman of the George Washington University College Republicans and head of the D.C. Federation of College Republicans. Mr. Kroeger said he has been flooded with calls from students who feel they cannot express their views in favor of Republicans for fear of being shouted down. GW... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110415/posts#comment Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:07:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108330/posts (CNN) – He went from being an average plumber in small town Ohio to a talking point in a presidential debate. Now, a new group is asking “Joe the Plumber” to run for Congress. With the slogan, “plunge the crap out of Washington,” Trevor Lair, chairman of the Massachusetts College Republicans, launched a website on Friday to try to get Joe Wurzelbacher to run for Congress. The Web site calls on visitors to sign a petition to show support for what Lair hopes will Wurzelbacher’s congressional bid. "Washington, DC is broken and it needs to be fixed. Joe Wurzelbacher has... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108330/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:15:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094133/posts By Shea Connelly Cavalier Daily Editor's Note: Shea Connelly is a writer for the Cavalier Daily, the leading news source for the University of Virginia. This article was brought to CNN.com by UWIRE, the leading provider of student-generated content. UWIRE aims to identify and promote the brightest young content creators and deliver their work to a larger audience via professional media partners such as CNN.com. Visit UWIRE.com to learn more. Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. kicked off the voter drive by urging students to register locally. (UWIRE) -- The commonwealth of Virginia has traditionally been a Republican stronghold -- the last... Click here for full story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094133/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:20:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093950/posts GOP Resurgence Predicted Published On 9/30/2008 1:24:04 AM By ERIC P NEWCOMER Contributing Writer The Massachusetts Republican party is “alive and well” and “poised to take the governorship in two years,” said former Massachusetts Governor A. Paul Cellucci last night while speaking for a joint event held by the Harvard Republican Club and the Harvard Law Republicans. Cellucci, who is also the former U.S. ambassador to Canada, spoke for a little over an hour in Emerson Hall in an event attended by students from colleges throughout the Boston area. His remarks hit on the current presidential race, the state of... Harvard Crimson http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093950/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:19:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091982/posts “Serra Palin” theme in honor of Republican VP candidateThe First Dudes are on the ground floor, the Hockey Moms on the second. The coed third floor has been deemed the Last Frontier, and looking down upon them all is the “glass ceiling” skylight. Welcome to Serra Palin, where pit bulls, lipstick and the Republican Party seal abound. Residents and staff of the four-class Stern dorm, as well as a majority of on-campus student political leaders, called the Serra Palin concept risque, but harmless and fun. Some, however, have expressed concerns about the theme’s potential to offend or alienate. “It... The Stanford Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091982/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:41:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091401/posts The University of Mary Washington is scheduled to hold a rally with both Obama and Joe Biden at their historic Fredericksburg, Virginia campus on Saturday, September 27, at 5:15 PM. The university's bookstore is selling 1,000 Obama / Biden t-shirts at their bookstore starting today (Friday). T-shirts have the university's logo on the front and has the words " Obama was there, Biden was there, I was there, UMW 08 " on the back. Cost: $9.99. Profits from the t-shirts go to the university's bookstore. The idea for the campaign slogan t-shirt came from the university's bookstore manager, Kathy Underwood,... The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Virginia) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091401/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:55:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051992/posts CNN was forced to apologize Thursday after it aired an interview on American Morning with a University of Southern California student whom it identified as Eric Pearlmutter, a College Republican, who said that there was little enthusiastic support for Sen. John McCain's candidacy on campus. Following the broadcast Ben Myers, president of the USC College Republicans, shot back saying that he had never met or seen Pearlmutter at a College Republican meeting and that Pearlmutter is not even a member. "As far as I know, he could be a Democrat," Myers told the Los Angeles Times. On Thursday night a... IMDB.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051992/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:19:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051242/posts If a reporter wanted to test the enthusiasm of College Republicans at a campus for John McCain, one might think that they would look up the officers of the chapter and arrange a few interviews. CNN apparently found that a little too difficult at USC yesterday, so they just stopped the first person who claimed to be a Republican. Andrew Malcolm reports on the aftermath: The president of the College Republicans at the University of Southern California is charging that CNN used a “fake College Republican” in its broadcast report today, claiming there was a lack of enthusiasm for the... hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051242/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:17:47 GMT