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Converge aims to bridge partisan divide on campus

Tom Naatz | Monday, October 29, 2018

Editor’s note: Throughout the 2018 midterm election season, The Observer will sit down with various student organizations and professors to discuss political engagement and issues particularly pertinent to students. In this sixth installment, the leader of “Converge” discusses initiating a new program meant to facilitate political conversations on campus. As campaign rhetoric across the nation

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The need for a conversation

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, October 23, 2018

In his farewell address, George Washington warned the nation about “the baneful effects of the spirit of party.” Today, these “baneful effects” are seen in our nation’s extreme political polarization. The number of Americans that are uniformly liberal or conservative in their views has doubled over the past two decades. And as both parties have