With the ink drying (and changing) on the bailout, the debates concluding, verb consistency and students wondering what kind of job market they will face in the months and years ahead, thoughts have turned to the presidential election — thoughts betraying a mix of enthusiasm and ambivalence.

A walk through campus 12 days before the election failed to turn up a single unregistered or non-voting voter. Read the full story

The ballots are in, and voter turnout is the clear winner as record numbers of Californians hit the polls on Nov. 4.

While the presidential race captured audiences across the nation, California voters weighed in on propositions dealing with fundamental issues ranging from marriage, criminal justice, and reproductive rights to renewable energy, transportation, and animal rights. Read the full story

Election Day is a week away, but I voted earlier this afternoon.  Placing an envelope in the mail doesn’t feel the same as going to the polls to vote, but next Tuesday’s schedule—teaching for a couple hours, then running for an hour in the faculty exercise-a-thon, then teaching for a couple more hours—will barely allow me to breathe, let alone visit the old folks’ home in Hollywood where I usually cast a ballot.
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While California’s Presidential Primary is not until Feb. 5, many SW students already have a candidate in mind.

In December 2007, The Commentator asked SW students whom they would vote for if the Presidential primary elections were held that day. Read the full story