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College Democrats will be having our weekly meeting tomorrow, Thursday Feb. 9th 2012 at 7:00 pm in Kimmel 909. We will be discussing our plans for this semester, including ideas for policy discussions, guest speakers, issue advocacy, as well as coordinating with Students For Barack Obama on campaign-related activities! As always, there will food and drinks!
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On Monday, Dec. 12th, 2011 the SHARP Lecture Series at NYU will be hosting a panel discussion about the United States’ involvement in Afghanistan over the past 10 years.
Panelists will include Brian Katulis of the Center for American Progress, and Michael Wahid Hanna of The Century Foundation.
The discussion will be moderated by Austin Long of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, and will be held in the Kimmel Center, Room 406 from 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm.
Below is the link to a Facebook event with other details.
http://www.facebook.com/events/298767560155267/
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NYU College Democrats will be having our last meeting of the semester on Thursday, Dec. 8th, 2011 at 7:00 pm in Kimmel 909. We will be holding elections and hosting a discussion on the potential positive and negative outcomes of legalizing marijuana.
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We will be having a debate with the College Republicans on Thursday, November 3rd. Please contact us if you are interested in debating.
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NYU College Democrats will be having a voter registration drive this Thursday, October 13th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm! We will have tables in Founders Hall, Hayden Hall, Third North, and Weinstein. Volunteers to man the tables are welcome!
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Our first meeting of the semester will be held tonight at 7 pm in Kimmel room 909. We will be discussing our agenda for the upcoming semester. There will of course be free food as well. Everyone is welcome whether you have attended a meeting before or not.
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Just a friendly reminder from the College Democrats to GO VOTE TODAY! Remind your friends, families, and neighbors to get out and vote, too. Polls are open in New York from 6:00am to 9:00pm. Prove the trends and predictions and media wrong by showing up at the polls during a midterm election. The enthusiasm gap, and the possibility of a stalled Congress and economy for the next two years, can be eliminated if enough of us vote and encourage others to vote in this pivotal election.
Registration: http://www.canivote.org/
Polling Place: http://maps.google.com/vote
NY’s new voting procedures: http://www.votethenewwayny.com/en/default.aspx
OFA Phonebank: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpmpfs/?override_wrapper_id=1w3hA
or phonebank from home: https://call.barackobama.com/error/time_window
Have a good election day.
Every little bit counts. Get involved and make a difference today.
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Some final thoughts on E-day Eve.
-Nate Silver at 538 has a scenario about how Democrats could defy the odds and pull off only minor hemmoraging tomorrow. His narration of how tomorrow night could go is spooky..and awesome- especially the part where someone at the NRCC punches a hole in a wall. Essentially, he thinks there’s room for error in 5 issues– the cell phone effect (or rather, the lack of cell phone users surveyed), problematic ‘robopolls’, problematic ‘likely voter’ models that favor the GOP, the awesome Democratic ground game (woo woo!), the general consensus that it’s not going to be as awful as it could be for the Dems. Let’s hope he’s right.
- Political Wire has a path to Democrats maintaining majorities in Congress– with a list of the important races to watch tomorrow night.
-In case you didn’t see this in the Sunday NYT, Frank Rich (who you should all read) really nails the country club elite that is the GOP leadership. We all worry about some of the crazy right wing candidates that might win tomorrow (Angle, Paul, Rubio, etc) but I think Rich has it right when he predicts that they won’t have any say in what legislation gets written and what programs get cut. It’s not going to be much of a (tea) party in Congress next year as some people think.
-Michael Kazin at The New Republic offers some thoughts on the Rally to Restore Sanity and why Jon Stewart isn’t enough. As liberals, we have to do MORE, be MORE engaged, vote MORE, engage eachother MORE. Satire will not save this country, even if it entertains us. Houston, we’re not in the Bush years anymore– do something tomorrow.
-Finally, to get you pumped up, here’s another comedian (this time, one who actually decided to take his political side and make himself a Senator.) GET OUT AND VOTE!
-Maddie
