CROSS CAMPUS
For Dodd, alone on New Year’s Eve, the end may be near

NEW HAVEN, Conn., 10:20 p.m. — Senator Chris Dodd celebrated New Year’s Eve at Happy’s Place in Dubuque, Iowa, with staff and supporters. Only, to […]

After poll, Gaddis Smith recalls the Republican Yale of 1936

OLYMPIA, Wash., 9:45 p.m. — While constant polling may drive newspaper circulation, for Yale historian and professor emeritus Gaddis Smith, the horse race is, well, […]

Obama targeted by fake Yale official

NEW HAVEN, Conn., 8:44 p.m. — A long-debunked attack on Senator Barack Obama is making the rounds via e-mail in this area, with an unusual […]

With early primary, a decline in the student vote?

NEW HAVEN, Conn., 5:15 PM — Around this time of winter every four years, the tens of thousands of college students spread around the state […]

UNH students choose Obama

NEW HAVEN, Conn., 4:30 PM — The New Hampshire primary is expected to be a close contest next week, but if students at the University […]

The Coffee Caucus

DES MOINES, Iowa, 5:22 PM – Would you like some creamer with that Richardson? How about a little sugar in your Huckabee? You say you […]

It’s ‘Biden or Bust’ for Coleman ’05

CLIVE, Iowa, 2:46 PM – Sarah Coleman ’05 is a long way from home. The buildings are shorter, there’s hardly any traffic on the streets […]

Down to the wire: Obama and Yohannes Abraham ’07

DES MOINES, Iowa, 10:42 AM — The Obama campaign is counting down the hours to the caucus. Thirty-two, to be exact, according to a sign […]

College Republicans president predicts youth vote will be decisive

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, 9:56 a.m. — “These teams in the WAC conference, you get one team like Boise beating Utah and all of a […]

Pancakes and politics in Centerville

CENTERVILLE, Iowa, 7:58 a.m. – We finally saw one of the candidates this morning. But it wasn’t in any large auditorium; it was in the […]

A would-be presidential handshake, soft

CENTERVILLE, Iowa, 7:08 a.m. – Perhaps it was the cinnamon rolls, or maybe just the excitement in the Kury house that prompted me to become […]