Barack Obama Archive

  • Students Respond to Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

    Students Respond to Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

    George Mason University students' reactions to President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

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  • Barack Obama Elected President of the United States

    Barack Obama Elected President of the United States

    Barack Obama, senator from Illinois, has been elected to the Office President of the United States.  Moments after Virginia’s Electoral College votes were called for Obama and the polls closed on the west coast, all major media organizations called the election in his favor. In...

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  • Taking the Cost of Education out of Taxes – College Affordability Part 2

    Taking the Cost of Education out of Taxes – College Affordability Part 2

    Tax credit programs allow those applicable for a credit to subtract the value from their annual tax payment, or claim it as a deduction. So if you were required to pay $5,000 in taxes this year and you received the $4,000 tax credit that Obama...

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  • A History of Candidate Positions on College Affordability – Part 1

    A History of Candidate Positions on College Affordability – Part 1

    Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have had plenty to say about Wall Street and Main Street, but they have said little about how the economic situation makes it difficult for students who want to live on University Row. Though college students are expected to...

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  • Final Debate Watch Party a Success

    Final Debate Watch Party a Success

    More than 200 people crowded into the Johnson Center Atrium to watch the third and final presidential debate between  Candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. Leading into their final meeting, hopes were high that gloves would come off and answers would be pointed. Although there...

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  • Obama Rally at University of Mary Washington Draws Thousands

    Obama Rally at University of Mary Washington Draws Thousands

    By Rachael Dickson Fredericksburg, Virginia-Thousands of Sen. Barack Obama’s supporters cheered him on tonight as he spoke through the pouring rain at University of Mary Washington. According to UMW student Peter Ceo, a College Democrats member, people started arriving at the event at 10 a.m.,...

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