11/02/2017 By Zach Landau | A&E Editor Raymond Arke | News Editor Kailey Love | Photo Editor Well, it’s that time of the year again. It’s election season 2017, and after the huge presidential race last year, one could almost be forgiven for sitting this smaller, off-year race out. Almost. Truth is, a lot of important decisions are made on a state and local level, … Continue reading Vote PA: What you need to know about upcoming elections
Brandon Addeo | News Editor UPDATE 4/23/17 Turnout for the special election was 382 voters. Official results for the Executive Vice President of Student Life are as follows: Ciara Bartic- 181 votes, 47.38 percent. Leah Pier- 153 votes, 40.05 percent. Niko Martini – 40 votes, 10.47 percent. None of the Above- 8 votes, 2.09 percent. Official results of the constitutional amendment allowing for the immediate dismissal … Continue reading Bartic wins SGA special election [UPDATED]
Brandon Addeo | News Editor The Student Government Association announced a special election to fill the position of Executive Vice President for Student Life after the former incoming candidate Kevin Stalker abdicated the position on March 24. The SGA Senate agreed at their March 26 meeting to schedule the election for April 18 on the CampusLink website. Since Stalker ran unopposed, there is no opposition … Continue reading SGA approves special election
Editor’s Note After the online publication of a story on Stalker’s arrest last week, many members of the Duquesne student body used social media to express their opposition. Some felt Stalker’s arrest was a private matter, which should not be publicized. “[Stalker] is in college and college students make mistakes … his mistakes deserve to be private,” one comment read, while another asked, “Why would … Continue reading Confirmation for SGA VP in doubt after arrest
By Josiah Martin | Staff Writer On the night of and day after the 2016 presidential election, late night television hosts, almost all of whom had predicted or hoped for a Hillary Clinton victory, offered some closing thoughts on the campaign and a look toward the future of our country. Let’s take a look at the words of a few of these personalities. Stephen Colbert, … Continue reading Talk show hosts react to Trump election victory
By Ollie Gratzinger | Staff Columnist For the past year or so, everyone in the country — and some beyond — had their eyes set ahead to Tuesday, Nov. 8: the day America would decide who replaces Barack Obama as the President of the United States after eight years in office. That day has come and gone. Many first time voters — myself included — … Continue reading Voting for first time in election brings joy, fear
By Sean Ray | A&E Editor Election years may be a dour time for most people, filled with arguments on Facebook and non-stop campaign ads, but for the entertainment industry, presidential runs are veritable goldmines. Satirists like Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee take joy in skewering candidates whenever they get the chance. Video games like “Mr. President” and “The Political Machine 2016” let players everywhere … Continue reading Editorial: Politicians after your entertainment
The Duke sent two reporters to the first major Pittsburgh presidential candidate rally of the season. These are their reactions to the mayhem. By Joseph Sykes | Sports Editor In 2012, I was 18 — just old enough to vote in the presidential election between Mitt Romney and the incumbent, Barack Obama. Unfortunately, I didn’t take advantage of the opportunity because I just didn’t care. … Continue reading Political Pendemonium
By: Duke Staff Any way you look at it, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders pulled off one of the greatest upsets in modern political history on Tuesday night, squeaking by a heavily-favored Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Party’s Michigan primary. But if you look at official delegate counts, it’s like the race for the Democratic nomination is already over. Thanks to the decades-old system of superdelegates … Continue reading Superdelegates could play huge role in election process
By Julian Routh: Editor-In-Chief This column marks the beginning of “Capital Pundits,” a political blog featuring daily analysis and commentary on the 2016 Presidential Election by Julian Routh and the staff of The Duquesne Duke. You can read this article and more online at http://www.capitalpundits.com. If anyone knows how dangerous it is to underestimate your opponent come primary election season, it should be Hillary … Continue reading Clinton must take lessons from ’08 to beat Bernie
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