Spring Break
I remember in Middle School there used to be these worn out yet brightly colored notebooks passed from student to student called Slam Books. Slam books were designed to act as anonymous ways to gossip and spread false and sometimes humorous rumors in a semi-public manner.
Given our ideological proclivities, The GW Patriot's editorial board views any government with suspicion and fear. While most of our peers have focused their attention on this year's general elections and the national government that they will produce, we choose to keep our gaze planted on George Washington's Student Association-a government whose decisions, by virtue of their direct influence on our lives as students, can be just as effective at making our years in Foggy Bottom joyful or miserable.
Hats, flags, scarves, shirts, finger puppets, cooking aprons, posters, cardboard cutouts., each emblazoned with the smiling face of President Obama. Walking out on The National Mall, vendors were on every single corner. Most weren't on the sidewalks, walking up and down the close streets selling their Obama wares.
Conservative political theorist and literary critic Russell Kirk, writing the introduction to his 1953 classic "The Conservative Mind," described the state of conservatism then as follows: "By and large, radical thinkers have won the day. For a century and a half, conservatives have yielded ground in a manner which, except for occasionally successful rear-guard actions, must be described as a rout.
By Rob Lockwood President, Young America's Foundation at GW The state of conservatism on our campus is healthy. George Washington University is a pre-dominantly liberal school but the conservatives at our university are very active, vocal, and visible.