Washington Week . Student Voices

Washington Week and our partner U-WIRE, a wire service for college newspapers, bring you the work of talented young journalists around the country. Each day U-WIRE collects and distributes over 200 student-written stories from over 400 member newspapers.

We are proud to bring you a sampling of these news features, commentaries and editorials.

World Views

09/18/2008	Former British PM Blair 'nervous' as Yale teaching gig begins Thomas Kaplan Yale Daily News (Yale U.)
09/11/2008	Study: Women, minorities earn doctorates more slowly Alex Gong Daily Californian (UC-Berkeley)

National Issues

09/23/2008	Kansas U. students talk voter registration at Harvard Andy Greenhaw University Daily Kansan (U. Kansas)
09/18/2008	McCain outspends Obama in Wisconsin TV advertising Whitney Trotta Badger Herald (U. Wisconsin)
09/16/2008	Nebraska student organization sponsors 'Rock the Vote' activities Jamie Klein Daily Nebraskan (U. Nebraska)
09/11/2008	9-11 still vivid for Illini gymnast from New York Meghan Montemurro Daily Illini (Illinois State U.)

Local News

09/22/2008	Northern Illinois U students not getting enough from presidential candidates Giles Bruce Northern Star(Northern Illinois U.)
09/18/2008	Columbia U. debates bringing back ROTC Lien Hoang Columbia Daily Spectator(Columbia U.)
09/15/2008	LSU swimmers and divers return to Natatorium after Gustav's wrath Amos Morale The Daily Reveille(LSU)
09/12/2008	USC cops, officials prepare for Ohio State game Ashley Archibald Daily Trojan(USC)
09/11/2008	Students, parents up in arms about ECU police actions Natalie Jurgen East Carolinian(East Carolina U.)

Columns and Editorials

09/22/2008	Column: America now faces consequences of irresponsible deficit spending Brandon McVey Daily O'Collegian (Oklahoma State U.)
09/21/2008	Column: One hell of a hangover: Wall Street’s credit crisis Donial Dastgir Cornell Daily Sun (Cornell U.)
09/19/2008	Column: Mainstream media covered up protests at RNC Larissa Puro Daily Trojan (USC)
09/18/2008	Column: Tough economic times are our own fault Gavin Mathis Daily Evergreen (Washington State U.)
09/17/2008	Column: Wasilla native slams town's sex education Suzanna Caldwell The Northern Light (U. Alaska-Anchorage)
09/14/2008	Column: Too much at stake for students not to care about election Neily Todd Vanderbilt Hustler (Vanderbilt)
09/12/2008	Column: Roe v. Wade exemplifies judicial activism Ben Tarr The Daily Campus (U. Connecticut)
09/11/2008	Editorial: Presidential forum puts Columbia In the national spotlight Editorial Board Columbia Daily Spectator (Columbia U.)

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