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MT Vice-Chair resigns

Friday, October 10th, 2008

MT State Chair Will Selph reports:
The State Vice Chair(Kiarra Folstrom) has resigned and the board is under going a special election to replace her.

Snyder interviewed by CNN

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

In a piece about young voters in Ohio, CNN interviewed Ohio College Republican Chairman Jonathon Snyder. As it so happens, CNN caught Mr. Snyder while he was recruiting at a table on the Ohio State University campus.
Mr. Snyder’s bit is about 2:20 into the video.

Embedded video from CNN Video

State Chairs attending Vegas Board meeting

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Attending:
Bethany Dorobiala, State Chair of MN and Midwest Regional Vice-Chair
Matt Wharton, State Chair of AZ
Edward Cox, State Chair of UT
Meagan Szydlowski, State Chair of Obama-Land
Alexander Willette, State Chair of MN
Alex J. Olympidis, ???
Daniel Carlson, CRNC Secretary
Emily Taylor, State Chair of a Blue Northeastern state
Ryan Murphy, State Chair of TX
Dayton Headlee, State Chair of NE
Harout Samra, […]

Field rep program update: Ramp-Up Event

Monday, October 6th, 2008

As part of the field rep program, the CRNC has scheduled three Ramp-Up Events, the second of which was this past Saturday.
A Ramp-Up Event is a one-day volunteer mobilization and voter contact push planned by the field reps and overseen by the CRNC, the purpose of which get out the vote for Republican […]

CR Flyers come under fire

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

The College Republicans of Sullfolk University located in Boston have recently come under fire for their use of allegedly racist flyers.

In defense of the flyers, Suffolk College Republican chairman Jim Wilson used the classic (read: effing dumb) “cheeky” defense, saying:
“I don’t see what is wrong with it. It’s political satire. It’s cheeky.”
Stuff […]

A message from CRNC Finance Director John Swanson

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Mr. Swanson, writing in his capacity as CRNC Finance Director, requested an audience for the below piece discussing recent comments by College Democrats on CRNC fundraising efforts as well comments by College Republicans supporting, to an extent, the College Democrats’ comments.
Here is what Mr. Swanson had to say:
I normally don’t make posts, and […]

Hey, Mr. Blake: This is how we roll…

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

From Travis Symoniak, Executive Director MN College Republicans:
Dear CR Nation,
I really do hope you send these things a long. I can not believe he has said things like this. I am the Executive Director of the MN College Republicans and just wanted to pass along a few of the things we are doing […]

DC College Republicans blamed for primary loss

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Did the District of Columbia College Republicans endorse a Republican in a primary? That’s the charge. An incumbant Republican D.C. Councilwoman is blaming the D.C. CRs for her primary loss a couple of weeks ago:
D.C. Councilwoman Carol Schwartz, R-At Large, chastised her opponent last week for his use of College Republicans in his Sept. 9 […]

CR paper at West Virginia U

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

The College Republicans at West Virginia University are starting a newspaper to compete with the campus newspaper:
A group of West Virginia University students led by the school’s College Republicans hopes to start a new publication to compete with the current student newspaper.
Chris Walters, president of College Republicans and founder of the Mountaineer Jeffersonian, said his […]

Headlee running for student body prez

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Nebraska College Republican Chairman Dayton Headlee is running for student body president at his school, the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He is running on a platform of change and breaking free from the “same old politics that have plagued Student Government” in the past.
Facebook group.

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