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UM-Flint College Republicans on Facebook, Mobilization Efforts, and Voter Turnout

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

From the Flint Journal and the article quoted on www.michaelmoore.com, UM-Flint CRs predict an increase in youth voter turnout…
Facebook won’t win any elections, said Harry Awdey, president of UM-Flint’s College Republicans.
“We’re trying to energize who we have out there but a lot of young people aren’t going to vote,” he said. “It seems like every […]

Eilon interview with iCitizen

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Watch Ethan Eilon, the executive director of the College Republican National Committee, in Part II of our exploration of youth involvement in the political process.
Ethan talks about what we do, who we are and how we make a difference. Check it out.

CRNC gets record number of field rep applications, sets sights on recruiting 100,000 students

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

In the same article on the CRNC field reps (see below) Ethan Eilon, executive director of the CRNC said that a record number have applied to be a part of the CRNC’s field rep and internship programs.
Ethan Eilon, executive director of the College Republican National Committee, said with the political excitement of a historic presidential […]

CRNC field reps make news

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

…but not in a Morgan Wilkins kind of way.

Picture: 21 year old UTEP political science student Nickole Heater poses with a cardboard cutout of ‘W‘
No, several CRNC fields reps are already making waves before even on the job.
Three field reps did an interview last week to discuss their involvement with College Republicans and […]

CRs in the news

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Dennis Lennox - conservative student activist from Michigan - was recently quoted in an AP article on Obama’s speech in Germany today. Here is the segment of the story relating to Lennox:
Dennis Lennox, a Republican consultant who specializes in international affairs said that while Obama talked about expanded partnership and more cooperation, he was […]

2 CA CRs ask questions of war protestors

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

This is video of a recent protest that took place in Santa Barbara. Taped by the UC Santa Barbara College Republicans, the video contains, as one blog put it, all the “anti-American garbage that can usually be assumed from events like this.”
At the 6:20 mark, an Iraq war Vet - Ross Nolan - from […]

CR Composition Corner: Liberals wrong on energy

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

An article written by Joshua Simmons originally published in in The Alligator - the University of Florida student newspaper.
Mr. Simmons is an economics senior and the executive director of the Florida Federation of College Republicans.
Even if you’re the consummate hippie, walking or biking everywhere, you’ve probably felt the squeeze of skyrocketing oil prices. […]

State Chair Watch: Greg Baker

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Like a good state chair, Greg Baker was at his state’s convention today.
As an IA blog reports, Mr. Baker was working the lobby of the convention trying to get some money for campus voter registration drives.
His pitch to potential donors read something like this:
New same day registration laws will likely turn out young […]

PA CRs Launch Website with PayPal Fundraising Component

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans has a new website that is designed to fundraise, recruit, and keep up with politcal technology. The PA Federation’s website made news on two blogs in state. Click here to view the site.

Synder Fox News video

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

As was reported here several days ago, Ohio College Republican chairman Jonathan Synder was interviewed by fox news. Here is the video clip:

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