Students represent Drury at national convention

By Daniel Kieffer

Drury students Katie Daily and Chelsea Hacker have similar passions.

Both submitted essays to The Washington Center to apply for an internship. From that, both of these students were nominated by Drury Interim President Todd Parnell to attend one of the national political convention programs representing Drury University.

Both have opted to attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo., where they have reserved seats waiting for them.

By Meg Bernhardt News-Post Staff

Andrew Pirring is soon going to find out what it's like to be the elephant in the room.

When the room is filled with donkeys. Pirring, a Frederick resident, was selected by his university to work at the Democratic National Convention and earn academic credits.

The only catch? He's a Republican.

"I'd like to go and support my own party, but going to the convention is still fun," he said.

Pirring, a junior at California University of Pennsylvania, hopes to attend law school after graduation and become an environmental lawyer. He is grateful he was given the opportunity to attend the convention by his university, he said.

  By Lynne Montrose of Regis University

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By The Port Arthur News

Four Lamar University students have been selected to attend the Campaign 2008: Presidential Academic Seminar Series, which enables college students to attend Democratic and Republic National Conventions.

Students will attend a one-week series of academic lectures and training in Washington, D.C., before they attend either the Democratic convention in Denver or the Republican convention Minneapolis-St. Paul.

By Catalyst Radio News-

By Katherine Yaremko of The Hofstra Chronicle

By Inside Augsburg

Because of Augsburg's commitment to service learning, the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars unanimously selected the college as its partner for a two-week seminar one week prior to and during the Republican National Convention, being held in the Twin Cities, Sept. 1-4, 2008. Augsburg will host 250 students from across the country who will interact with local and national politicians, journalists and others during the convention.

By Minnesota Public Radio

By The California University Journal- The internship path for two Cal U students will lead next summer to the floors of the two National Conventions.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Convention Weblog, SEPTEMBER 2, 1:05 P.M. -- Just imagine the look of surprise on the face of Joe Piscopo, the former Saturday Night Live star who is considering running for governor of New Jersey, when his chauffeur on Sunday appeared in the form of a college student.

In fact, a college student in a rented Chevy Impala sporting a silvery-goldish exterior.

Jason Taormina, Mr. Piscopo's driver and a fifth-year student majoring in electrical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology, could envision the celebrity's reaction. "It's like, 'Yes, I've arrived,'" Taormina joked.

By Teresa Méndez | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

For the moment, Sharlyne Woodbury, who will graduate in the fall, is registered as an Independent. And she is decidedly noncommittal.

"You have to convince me to vote either way," says the political science major. As of earlier this month, she hadn't been persuaded - either by Democrats or Republicans. Yet by summer's end, whether or not Ms. Woodbury has developed a strong party loyalty, she'll certainly have learned enough to be a well-informed voter.