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Everyone’s a Hero in Their Own Way

by Quinn Kess March 19, 2013 Leave a comment

Holy potatoes, wizard Batman! I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve been able to talk to you wonderful people. I have certainly missed you all! I have been busy both trying to fight my computer’s nargles, and working at The Ministry’s Department of Magical Transportation my clerking job. However, things have very much settled [...]

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How Can You Sit Idly By?

by Quinn Kess February 5, 2013 2 Comments

Last week I had the honour of attending and helping out with a hearing in Newtown, CT about the effect of the Sandy Hook tragedy on the community. Hundreds of people came to talk for a few minutes to the legislature’s task force about how the tragedy impacted them, and to give ideas about how [...]

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There’s a Pride in My Heart, ‘Cause I Know Where I’m Going

by Quinn Kess November 13, 2012 Leave a comment

There’s something about the day after Election Day, something painful, something cheerful. I’ve been in many campaign offices as they’re being cleaned up, and somehow, no matter whether the candidate won or lost, there’s always an odd feeling, questions about what should have been done differently, or celebrations about what went right.

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Are You Aching from Akin? Women’s Health and Equality

by EmilyR August 25, 2012 Leave a comment

As an English major, I was always nitpicked for my word choice. As a result, I have learned that definitions matter; context matters; “hedging” words matters. For you avid readers out there, you have seen that good novelists see word choice as a great, weighty power- it can bolster, focus, or magnify controversial issues such [...]

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The Confusion of Colorado Politics.

by Kara O'Brien July 16, 2012 Leave a comment

In anticipation of Wrock the Vote, I wandered over to Ballotpedia this morning, to try and get an idea of the issues that will be showing up on my ballot this November. The final results are not in, of course, but they are beginning to take shape–and I was rather surprised by what I saw.

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I Dreamed A Dream in Times Gone By

by Quinn Kess June 19, 2012 Leave a comment

When I was little, when people asked what I wanted to be, I always said, perhaps a bit over-cheerfully: “The first female president of the US!” Well, that was before I wised up (at 8, I was a precocious little thing) and decided I wanted to be a political aide instead. All of the power, [...]

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It's Time To Wrock the Vote!!

by Sara Danver June 24, 2010 2 Comments

The sun is shining, the pools are shimmering, the waves are crashing and the bands are WROCKING. Your favorite wizard rock bands are coming to a city near you. And they bring with them Harry Potter songs and the chance to register to vote while wrocking. Because Mid-term elections are this November. A third of [...]

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