Topic: Washington DC

APSU students present project at national Sustainable Design expo

May 26, 2009 |

Austin Peay State University students presented a research project at the National Sustainable Design Expo held in April in Washington, D.C.

The expo is considered the most prestigious national student research program in the sustainability area of research.

For their project, the students, from the departments of biology and engineering technology, explained how they converted solar energy and waste CO2 (for example, carbon dioxide that is released in power plants by burning fossil fuels) into an array of biofuels through the sequential use of microorganisms in bioreactors. «Read the rest of this article»

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Obama Inauguration was first person experience for some Rossview High students

By Turner McCullough Jr. | February 17, 2009 |

Timothy Wisdom, Christina Bechard, Michael Oliver

The difference between watching the Inauguration of President Barack Obama on TV and actually being in Washington D.C. for that historic event was not lost on several Rossview High School students. Witnessing history firsthand and discovering the wonders of our nation’s capital held special awe and meaning for local students participating in the WorldStrides Educational Student Travel Program.

While some CMCSS students missed out on witnessing history in the making in real time, for several Rossview High School seniors, January 20th will always stand out as a momentous day in their lives. While the inauguration caps the culmination of a two year journey through our national presidency election process, it also marked the culmination of thirteen months of planning, budgeting and sacrifice for students of Rossview Coach Russell Mang’s History and Advanced Placement Government classes. «Read the rest of this article»

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Watching history: Making “the dream” real

By Christine Anne Piesyk | January 20, 2009 |

I awoke this morning from a dream, knowing that in a matter of hours I would be witness to a dream.

As President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office for the United States presidency, I find myself holding my breath, hardly able to believe that this reality. I find myself filled with pride.

I have no great expectations that he will be able to effect change, to immediately solve our country’s woes: I am a realist and the problems we face as a nation will take not months but years, possibly terms, to resolve and set right. I am ready for that.

I took time, though, to reflect on my personal history, remembering how the marches in Alabama and in Washington D.C. played out on that black and screen with the rounded edges, back in the 60s in the parlor of my blue-collar working class home.  I’d watched the dream of the Kennedy election and the horror of his assassination, I followed the civil rights movement, listened to the “I have a Dream” speech, and was caught up — I believe righteously so — in the passion and fervor of those times. I was part of the peace movement then, staunchly  anti-war and pro-human and civil rights. Nothing’s changed. «Read the rest of this article»

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Inauguration and a confluence of events to bring millions to Washington D.C.

By Christine Anne Piesyk | December 10, 2008 |

With four to five million people expected to attend Barack Obama’s  Presidential Inauguration on January 20, Washington D.C. will become a logistical nightmare for security and public safety officials. With 10,000 buses in need of parking, and millions expected to flood the city from January 19, which is Martin Luther King Day, through to January 21, which is the start of a second major Washington event: the annual Right to Life March in opposition to Roe v. Wade. Right to Life events commence on January 21 with a convention and continue with the march to the Supreme Court steps on January 22.

This years Right to life March is based on the theme Remember: The Life Principles mean “Equal Care” with no exceptions. Pro-Life Americans believe America must provide”equal care for both a pregnant mother and her pre-born child with no exceptions.” The March begins at noon on the mall in the nation’s capitol. «Read the rest of this article»

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Clarksville for Obama: Working for change

By Terry McMoore | December 5, 2008 |

We The People spoke at the election box and together we made history and took back our country, setting in motion “Change We Can Believe In.” But our work is not done yet and President Barack Obama needs us all to do our part in helping to reshape this country. By continuing to stay active in Clarksville For Obama you will help insure that the power remains in the hands of the people.

Clarksville for Obama will meet on Saturday, December 13, from 5-7 p.m. at  G’s Pancake House Restaurant, 803 South Riverside Dr., in Clarksville.

While President Obama and the key members of his White House economic team help him tackle serious challenges and bring the change we need to Washington, we must tackle the problems that challenge our community and bring change to Clarksville. «Read the rest of this article»

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OMG, Seize the Day!

By Turner McCullough Jr. | November 5, 2008 |

A Personal Commentary

Watching the election returns last night as history was being made in Tennessee State Senate District 22 and the national race for president, I was mindful of my unique position as a witness to change.

I was keenly mindful that at the age of thirteen, my father and mother had insisted that I go to Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington in 1963. It was the first time I had ever traveled away from Charleston, and doing so myself was intimidating. Hearing all the speeches made that day astounded me. However, Dr. King’s address calling the nation to acknowledge its debt to America’s Creed was absolutely mesmerizing. Tonight, just short of six months since my father passed away, I witnessed an achievement of Dr. King’s Dream for this nation in which I know he would have rejoiced. My heart literally filled my chest in amazement, stunned and nearly in shock, that I have lived to see what my father, mother and grandfather could only dream of, become a reality. «Read the rest of this article»

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Local students intern in Washington, D.C.

April 12, 2008 |

Four Austin Peay State University students were among 24 Tennessee college students who interned in Washington, D.C., during the Spring 2008 semester.

The internships were offered through The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. Anthony Haddock worked in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Jessica Lance interned for Freedom’s Watch. Frankie DeJesus was an intern for U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa), and Diana Darks worked for U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). «Read the rest of this article»

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