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Space exploration: Astronaut Jon McBride to speak at APSU
January 23, 2009 | 
Retired Capt. Jon A. McBride will speak of his space exploration experiences at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 28 in the APSU Morgan University Center, ballrooms B and C. The public is invited to attend this event at no charge. McBride’s appearance is sponsored by the APSU Govs Programming Council.
Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, McBride became an astronaut in August 1979. His NASA assignments have included lead chase pilot for the maiden voyage of Columbia and pilot of STS 41-G, which launched from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 5, 1984, aboard the Orbiter Challenger. «Read the rest of this article»
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The Final Presidential Debate: The thumpin’ that wasn’t
By Turner McCullough Jr. | October 16, 2008 |
As early voting opened in Tennessee to heavy turnouts, Senator McCain’s promised thumping of Senator Obama didn’t materialize. Groups gathered at both local Republican and Democratic party headquarters to watch the debate, discuss their preferences and hear the candidates present their proposals.
The final candidates debate of the 2008 presidential election season was a much anticipated showcase of America’s choices for leadership for the next four years. The debate’s focus was to be on domestic policy, with the recent upheaval in the financial markets to be a focal point. The level of negative ads has increased to near crescendo as McCain’s campaign unleashed new charges and the Obama campaign refuted falsehoods and returned the fire to McCain. The debate was supposed to offer a clear demonstration of McCain’s superiority to Obama. Sadly, for McCain, the smear adhesive didn’t stick.
Viewers were treated to a consistent presentation of proposals and ideas from Obama as he responded to McCain’s attempts to hang negatives.
Obama noted that McCain’s own campaign said publicly last week that, “if we keep on talking about the economic crisis, we lose, so we need to change the subject.” Such was the tone for the course of the evening. «Read the rest of this article»
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