California Baptist University alumna Aja Smith (R-CA) recently announced her campaign against incumbent House of Representatives Congressman Mark Takano (D-CA) to represent District 41 in the House of Representatives. Smith, who was a technical sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and is a Republican candidate, said she is running because she believes she can better […]
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Record number of women won elected offices
This year has been named “The Year of the Woman” by the news media because more women are becoming politically active. More women sought and ran for public office across every level, ranging from city to federal position than ever before. Out of the 476 women who ran for a seat in the House of […]
Freshman elected to Senate
Ten California Baptist University freshmen ran Sept. 24–28 for the Senate of the Associated Students of California Baptist University for the 2018-19 school year and four students were elected. The new senators elected for ASCBU Senate are: Allison Weaver, English major, Pablo Leiva, architecture major, Kaitlyn Chadwick and Richard Hamilton, bio-medical majors. These students come […]
Students run for ASCBU positions
As the second semester of the year begins, students will have a chance to decide who will lead the California Baptist University student body through executive council positions of the Associated Students of CBU. All five ASCBU executive council positions are open for the 2016-2017 school year, and while applications closed Jan. 21, students who […]
Nation elects President Obama for second term
Despite being portrayed as a neck-and-neck race, by 9 p.m. PDT Nov. 6, Ameri- cans decided that President Barack Obama could keep his desk in the Oval Office for another four-year term. “It was a very fast decision made (election night), which really surprised me consider- ing how most media stations claimed it would be […]
Live election night results viewed at party
Students sporting political T-shirts and “I voted” stickers ate “donkephant” cake and filled the Copenbarger Presidential Dining Room Nov. 6 during the Department of History and Government’s third election night party. Joe DiGenova, junior pre-nursing major, voted in his first election and said he was excited about attending the event. “It’s a pretty crucial election,” […]
Social media influences presidential campaigns
When Barack Obama was elected as the 42nd president of the United States, he beat out Sen. John McCain by nearly 10 million citizen votes and 192 electoral votes. The media coined Obama’s win a landslide. What did President Obama have that McCain didn’t? It seemed that Obama was much more in-tune with his target […]
Domestic policy disputed at first presidential debate
Alongside celebrating his 20th wedding anniversary, President Barack Obama had his first face-to-face date with Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., at the Oct. 3 presidential debate. Held at the University of Denver in Colorado, the de- bate focused on domestic policy issues, such as energy, tax cuts, education, healthcare and the national deficit. Critics and […]
Obama cares
by Sarah Schopick When it comes to whom to vote for president, the choice is pretty clear to me. I consider President Barack Obama an obvious choice, at least for anyone who wants the economy to improve or who cares about public education. Mitt Romney plans on taking us back to the past while Obama […]
Election electronics
With the presidential race intensifying, some candidates have made an attempt to appeal to the technological side of voters in hopes of swaying votes through the use of mobile applications. Most of the election apps, including both free and subscription-based options, are meant to give the public greater access to information regarding the elections as […]