The Dakota Student

As Election Day draws near and political ads are pushed into our faces everyday by national news networks, newspapers, and magazines, I like to think there would be at least one place to escape this over-the-top propaganda.  Although I have a passion for politics, sometimes I need to breathe.

I have learned the hard way of the dangers of being friendly with solicitors. These people are out to get something from you and honestly don't care about the tight college budget you're scrapping by on. It really gets under my skin how they have the nerve to take it upon themselves to push their crummy product down the throat of an unsuspecting, na've person.

We have a week to go in the 2008 campaign, and as it has been said many times before, this could be the most important election our generation will ever see. Given these implications, Republicans and Democrats are extremely involved with their respective candidate and have pledged loyalty to them.

Last week saw the first distribution of the Student Journal, a new student paper set to challenge UND's one-paper hegemony.  Students and even professors have long deplored the Dakota Student, with the Student Journal's Editor-in-Chief Harald Brevik noting a "call for freshness, for boldness, and for quality.

As part of one of the most politically charged years in recent history, media sources have been flooding public channels with barrage after barrage of information with the latest updates on polls and the slight shifts in candidate behavior that seemingly cause poll fluctuations.