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The C8 Caucus: September 2009
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Issues. We know you've got 'em. Bring 'em here. Monday, September 21, 2009. Are We Being Pandered To? Slate's Timothy Noah thinks so. If you haven't been following the healthcare debate very closely lately (and really, who could blame you? One of the more annoying components to Sen. Max Baucus' just-released " chairman's mark. Is its creation of a special category of private health insurance policy to be offered to a group known in insurance circles as " young invincibles. About health reform. It wil...
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The C8 Caucus: Iowa Tuition Grant cut
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Issues. We know you've got 'em. Bring 'em here. Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Iowa Tuition Grant cut. Today I received a letter in my mailbox, as I imagine every Iowa student had. The Des Moines Register has an article titled,. Culver's cuts targeted us, private colleges complain. It might be a condescending title, it might be a tersely written article, pitting private college presidents against Governor Culver and his office, but it's a quick read. Erryn Warnke, a student Wartburg College, said. ". I rec...
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The C8 Caucus: Haiti: How to Help
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Issues. We know you've got 'em. Bring 'em here. Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Haiti: How to Help. DONATION CANS have been placed in the Library, the Copy Center and by Pastor Gorter's office in Student Services. All donations will go to Dordt student Claude Gillot's hometown. PRAYER CARDS have been placed by the donation cans. Pick one up as a reminder to keep our brothers and sisters in Haiti in prayer. DONATE to any of the organizations listed at the left. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). You're in col...
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The C8 Caucus: Behold, the Most Powerful Apartment on Campus.
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Issues. We know you've got 'em. Bring 'em here. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Behold, the Most Powerful Apartment on Campus. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear. Young people speaking their minds.". From you, we need two things: issues, and ideas. The issues can be anything - student loan policies, academic freedom, relief efforts for Africa, global warming, democracy in Iran - the sky's the limit! Christian Reformed World Relief Committee.
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The C8 Caucus: Responding to Haiti
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Issues. We know you've got 'em. Bring 'em here. Friday, January 22, 2010. For many of us (myself definitely included), it is difficult to imagine the destruction caused by last week's earthquake in Haiti. This article by MSNBC's Joel Schoen. Let’s try to imagine what the equivalent devastation might look like in the U.S. Here’s (roughly) what our country might be dealing in the first week of an equivalent scale of destruction:. There is no Pentagon (because there is no Haitian military). The infrastructu...
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The C8 Caucus: December 2009
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Issues. We know you've got 'em. Bring 'em here. Thursday, December 10, 2009. Actually, it's 97 with Kurt's late-in-the-game last-ditch effort for one more concerned and active citizen in the Eckhardt. The sad of the celebration, of our student body community's efforts today, is that there are 1,300 literate students at this school. Still 97 voices that responded to a gathering of open tables, borrowed pens, loose-leaf notebook paper, scribbled addresses and tired shoulders. Let's call this a start, yes?
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The C8 Caucus: October 2009
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Issues. We know you've got 'em. Bring 'em here. Sunday, October 18, 2009. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs.". We're not gonna take it. Never did and never will! Links to this post. Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Racism: What Are We Missing? Recently in CORE 300 class, the professors played a video of an interview of black liberation theologian James Cone:. What do you all think? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.
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The C8 Caucus: November 2009
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Issues. We know you've got 'em. Bring 'em here. Thursday, November 12, 2009. Slum Documentary Travelogue Saturday Night! To raise money for this trip, these students will be showing some of their footage in a travelogue at the B. J. Haan Auditorium Saturday night. Admission for students is $3.50, $5.00 for adults. The travelogue starts at 7 PM. Come on out to support your fellow students! The Community Under the Bridge. From Prairie Grass Productions. A home in Kibera:. Links to this post. The Seoul Trai...
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The C8 Caucus: North Korea Letter-Writing Night!
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Issues. We know you've got 'em. Bring 'em here. Monday, December 7, 2009. North Korea Letter-Writing Night! On November 11, the organization LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) came to Dordt to screen the documentary Seoul Train. As an added bonus, feel free to come to the Campus Center Board Room beforehand to enjoy snacks and socializing with your student symposium representatives. For more on the North Korean human rights crisis, go to the LiNK or Seoul Train links on the left, or see these posts. The Save ...
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