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Alum Jessica Taylor talks politics
Jessica Taylor, a 2007 Furman graduate and senior analyst/reporter with The Rothenberg Political Report, recently appeared on MSNBC's “The Daily Rundown” with Chuck Todd to talk about the South Carolina Republican presidential primary. A native of...
Continue ReadingHealthcare reform and what it means to you
JANUARY 19, 2012 by Chloe Kowalski '12 Nine hundred and eighty-three billion dollars. That is the estimated overall cost of the Affordable Healthcare Act, but don’t panic. This act will not only pay for itself,...
Continue ReadingSchiff brings debt discussion down to earth
NOVEMBER 22, 2011 By Sara Morano '14, Contributing Writer “The shelves of Wal-Mart will be empty!” Just hours after the Congressional Super Committee announced it would not meet a midnight deadline for cutting $1.2 trillion...
Continue ReadingFurman students at APEC
Four Furman students and two professors are currently in Hawaii for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference. As part of their duties at the conference, the students attended a meeting of the APEC Forum Finance...
Continue ReadingBaldacci: Political strife part of our history
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 By William Mitchell '13, Contributing Writer On Wednesday, former Governor of Maine John Baldacci spoke about dysfunction in Congress at an event hosted by the Riley Institute in the Younts Conference Center....
Continue ReadingTocqueville Receives $500,000 Breakthrough Pledge: Ravenel ‘63 and Beth Curry Help to Secure Program’s Future
Furman’s Tocqueville Program housed within the department of political science, received a resounding boost thanks to the generosity of alumnus from the class of 1963 Ravenel Curry and his wife, Beth. The program sponsors a...
Continue ReadingWhy Europe needs Alex Stubb
Former Finnish prime minister and Furman alum Alexander Stubb ’93 is seeking to become the next president of the European Commission. Furman Politics and International Affairs Professor Brent Nelsen, who taught Stubb at Furman and...
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