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Making sense of the midterm elections
The midterm elections on Nov. 4 delivered a big victory for the Republicans, who now have control of both the House and Senate. But what actually happened? Was the Democrats’ defeat a rejection of President...
Continue ReadingA new wall in Germany
Brandon Tensley, a 2012 Furman graduate, has published an op-ed in Time magazine that looks at Germany 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tensley writes that even though the Berlin Wall no...
Continue ReadingFurman Standard honors ten
[caption id="attachment_15126" align="alignright" width="300"] Top left and continuing clockwise, George (left) and Fran Ligler (right) honored Carl Kohrt, who is photographed with his wife Lynne, and Charles Brewer. Brewer was also honored by Genie Gullick....
Continue ReadingA circuitous journey into politics
Madeline Rogero took a circuitous path to her current position as mayor of Knoxville, Tenn. After graduating from Furman with a degree in political science in 1979, Rogero worked with César Chávez's United Farm Workers,...
Continue ReadingThe Washington Experience
[caption id="attachment_14779" align="alignright" width="300"] Stewart Atkins and Congressman Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Leader[/caption] For Carson Priest ’15, his summer as an intern in Washington, D.C., was anything but boring as he learned everything from how...
Continue ReadingRepublicans poised for big gains, says Vinson
The Republican Party will emerge as the winner in next month's midterm elections, Furman University Political Science Professor and Chair Danielle Vinson told a crowd of about 100 people Wednesday at the Upcountry History Museum....
Continue ReadingA Republican Rout at the Midterm Elections?
With the 2014 midterm elections less than a month away, what is likely to happen? The conventional wisdom says the Republicans will remain in control of the House of Representatives and the Democrats could well...
Continue ReadingWant to attend the South Carolina Gubernatorial Debate on campus?
Tickets are available to Furman students, faculty and staff who want to attend the South Carolina gubernatorial debate that will take place on campus Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The event...
Continue ReadingFurman to host gubernatorial debate
Furman is hosting a South Carolina gubernatorial debate on campus Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The one-hour debate, which will be broadcast live on ABC affiliates throughout the state, will focus...
Continue ReadingFormer presidential staffer Levin to speak Oct. 9
Former presidential and congressional staffer Dr. Yuval Levin will speak on the Furman University campus Thursday, Oct. 9 at 5 p.m. in Johns Hall 101. Dr. Levin’s talk, "Like the Leaves of Sybil: Burke and Tocqueville...
Continue ReadingIs Europe in trouble?
In Europe, a strong-armed leader, perceiving weakness among Western allies, moves to take over a smaller, weaker country. The economy is stagnant. Political strife is rampant. Far right political parties promote hatred against minority groups....
Continue ReadingEurope’s Protestant Problem
Much work awaits the leaders of Europe. Weak economies and the euro crisis threaten European prosperity; migrants from outside the EU and job-seekers crossing borders within contribute to immigration worries in nearly every country; and...
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