Politics

My contributions so far to the newspaper's role as the Fourth Estate:

2008 Presidential election coverage

- Is this the biggest election of our lifetime?

published Oct. 29, 2008 in The Daily Illini

I compiled the important historic elections timeline and did the interview for the race and politics section of the Q and A

http://www.dailyillini.com/special/elections/2008/10/29/is-this-the-biggest-election-of-our-lifetime


- Election judges play critical role

published Nov. 4, 2008 in The Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/11/04/election-judges-play-critical-role


- Students take issue with UI polling places

published Nov. 4, 2008 on www.dailyillini.com

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/11/04/students-take-issue-with-ui-polling-places


- County Clerk plans changes to election judge training

published Nov. 7, 2008 in The Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/11/07/county-clerk-plans-changes-to-election-judge-training



Coverage of governmental bodies

- Urbana plans for Green housing

published Feb. 5, 2008 in The Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/02/05/urbana-plans-for-green-housing


- Urbana-Champaign senate may address ethics controversies

published Oct. 6, 2008 in The Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/10/06/urbana-champaign-senate-s-question-and-answer-session-may-address-controversies


- Senate discusses funding for capitalism academy

published Oct. 6, 2008 on www.dailyillini.com

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/10/06/senate-discusses-funding-for-capitalism-academy


- Senate discusses termination of academy for capitalism

published Oct. 7, 2008 in The Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/10/07/senate-discusses-termination-of-academy-for-capitalism


Other political stories

- Questions still remain over ethics revisions

published Oct. 8, 2008 in The Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/10/08/questions-still-remain-over-ethics-revisions


- Forum exposes opinions about gender, politics: Democratic presidential race raises complex gender issues

published Feb. 29, 2008 in The Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/02/29/forum-exposes-opinions-about-gender-and-politics


- Voters react to call for faith-based voting decisions

published Nov. 27, 2007 in The Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2007/11/27/local-voters-react-to-church-call-for-faith-based-decisions-at-polls


- Ikenberry starts as interim president

published Jan. 4, 2010 on www.dailyillini.com

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/campus/2010/01/04/ikenberry-starts-as-interim-president


- University legislators focus on retaining faculty

published Oct. 16, 2008 in The Daily Illini

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2008/10/16/university-legislators-focus-on-retaining-faculty