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Enrollment expands

Paul’s ideal platform may be unelectable

As a college student it’s not very often that you get the chance to speak over the phone with a presidential candidate. I had that chance on Tuesday as I was fortunate enough to be invited by U-WIRE to a conference call where Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul fielded questions from about 15 college journalists from around the country. It was the first of what will hopefully be a series of opportunities for college newspapers to connect with presidential candidates.

Oval office open for applicants

Well, it’s almost here. Super Tuesday and the Georgia presidential primary are just around the corner. The presidential race is tighter than ever now, and the results of Feb. 5 will determine the candidates we’ll be forced to choose between come November. The results of the 2004 election have proven to everyone just how important the primaries really are. I mean, honestly, Kerry was the best the Democrats could muster. Everybody knows that no one will vote for someone who looks like Jack Nicholson in his role as the Joker, unless of course it was Jack Nicholson, in which case he could wear the face paint and I’d still vote for him.

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HOT: Basketball rebounds

New CS curriculum marginalizes street cred of geeks

When Tech’s College of Computing (CoC) rolled out its new Threads program in fall 2006, they actively publicized and promoted the new curriculum structure. Indeed, the program brought national attention to the Computer Science (CS) department, particularly when it was recognized by Thomas Friedman in his book, The World Is Flat.