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Candidates Get Graded on Environment

February 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Written by Meg Susong
Megaphone Staff Writer
Environmentalism being the new “in” movement (not that being “in” is a bad thing), the current bout of election candidates have been faced with tough questions on such. From being questioned by the ‘average Joe’ to the concerned snowmen on the topic of global warming, the issue has certainly been […]

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Tags: Politics · The Environment · 2. Features

Obama & McCain Maintain Leads After Potomic Primaries

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Written by William Thomas
Megaphone Staff Writer
The last couple of weeks have seen a tremendous amount of excitement in the presidential race. Barack Obama has won all of the Democratic primaries or caucuses that have been held since Super Tuesday, earning a total of 187 delegates.
While Mike Huckabee has won two of the six […]

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SU Students Say Plastic Bags Should Be Taxed

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Written by Mariah Arispe
Megaphone Staff Writer
Plastic. It is everywhere; in stores, homes, schools and businesses.
The American public, including SU (no matter how much we may want to disassociate ourselves from it), cannot seem to get away from I – most specifically when we buy groceries from places like H-E-B, Target, Wal-Mart or Kmart.
It is well […]

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Tags: Politics · Society · The Environment · 2. Features

Ron Paul Holds His Own In This Election

February 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Written by Sam Marsh
Megaphone Staff Writer
If you drive through the southern part of this country looking for campaign signs, there is little chance that you will see anything but than Ron Paul signs. This is strange, considering any poll or the results of the primaries.
So why does he seem to get moral support, […]

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Tags: Politics · Pop Culture · 3. Opinions

Super Tuesday 2008

February 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Written by William Thomas
Megaphone Staff Writer
When I volunteered to write an article on Super Tuesday that was to be published on the following Thursday, I admit that I was slightly worried.
I could not imagine how I was going to accurately portray an event that had not yet happened to readers who would be […]

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Tags: Politics · Pop Culture · 3. Opinions