politics
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Barack Obama appears Dec. 5
MOUNT VERNON — Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama will speak about the importance of community service and take questions at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Cornell College’s Small Multi-Sport Center. Doors open at 11 a.m.
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Carrie Temm ’04
Carrie Temm ’04 completed law school at the University of Kansas in 2007. At Cornell she double-majored in mathematics and politics, and she says it wasn’t just the politics courses that prepared her for a legal future.
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Youth Vote Leadership Summit at Cornell College
MOUNT VERNON — Americans for Informed Democracy (AID), a nonpartisan youth organization, will hold a Youth Voice Youth Vote summit for area college students at Cornell College from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in The Commons. This is the only Iowa location for this series of summits designed to ensure that young […]
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Political historian Kevin Phillips to speak at Cornell College
MOUNT VERNON — Leading political historian Kevin Phillips will discuss the role of radical religion in American politics at Cornell College at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Kimmel Theatre. Admission to the lecture is free.
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Angara pursues international relations career after semester in Geneva
Smriti Angara entered Georgetown University’s program in international conflict resolution after graduating from Cornell in 2007. She wants to address conflicts over scarce resources such as oil and fresh water, and hopes to one day do research for a think tank or other non-governmental organization in Europe.
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Professor Loebsack goes to Washington!
Cornell politics professor Dave Loebsack, making his first run for public office, was elected to Congress in Iowa’s 2nd District on Tuesday. Democrat Loebsack defeated 15-term incumbent Republican Jim Leach. Loebsack has taught at Cornell since 1982, specializing in international relations. For more … Des Moines Register Iowa City Press-Citizen Cedar Rapids Gazette Loebsack for […]
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Cornell hosts lecture by Iowan prosecuting suspects in ’94 Rwanda genocide
MOUNT VERNON — Stephen Rapp, a former U.S. Attorney in Iowa who has spent nearly five years finding and prosecuting suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide that left hundreds of thousands dead, will speak at Cornell College on Monday, April 10. Rapp’s lecture, “Lessons From Rwanda,” is at 11 a.m. in Shaw Lounge in The […]
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Former assistant secretary of defense to lecture at Cornell
MOUNT VERNON — Lawrence Korb, former assistant secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan, will lecture at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at Cornell College. The title of Korb’s talk is “How to Provide for the Common Defense and Secure the Blessings of Liberty at the Same Time.” The lecture is in Hedges Conference Room […]
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Pulitzer-winning author addresses human rights, genocide in Cornell lecture
MOUNT VERNON — Samantha Power, who won a Pulitzer for her 2002 book chronicling U.S. policy toward genocide in the 20th century, will speak on “Iraq’s Collateral Damage” at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in Hedges Conference Room of The Commons at Cornell College. Power’s visit is for the Earhart-Cornell Lecture series, “The Liberal Arts […]