Collegian columnist and Chairman of the SGA Ways and Means Committees, Dan Stratford, recalls how student government initially appeared to be merely a “means to an end” with regards to self-advancement, but it eventually became an end in itself.
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Four years before the lectern
Tags: Dan Stratford, Senior Columns, SGA
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Jordan: A Revolution Averted
Dan Stratford presents Jordan as an example of continuity and wholesome tradition in the Arab region.
Tags: Arab Spring, Dan Stratford, Edmund Burke, Jordan, Revolution
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The Most Conservative Game
Dan Stratford compares the fantasy television show ‘Game of Thrones’ to the ideas of the traditionalist conservative party.
Tags: Conservative party, Dan Stratford, Game of Thrones
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The House that Bismarck Built
Columnist Dan Stratford examines the life of Otto Von Bismarck and how he compares with the rulers of this day and age.
Tags: German, Otto von Bismarck, Prince
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Nixon Reconsidered
Collegian columnist Dan Stratford reflects on the lesser remembered Nixon.
Tags: american right, paris peace talk, puritanism, quaker, Richard Nixon, Tea Party
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The Art of Allocation
Columnist Dan Stratford explains the allocation process performed each year by the Student Government Association’s ways and means committee.
Tags: RSO funding, SGA, Ways and Means Committee
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Peerless wickedness
Collegian columnist Dan Stratford discusses the detrimental impact new Resident Life restricting will have on the campus community.
Tags: ALAs, ARDs, Eddie Hull, RAs
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The Conservative Soul
Collegian columnist Dan Stratford breaks down the traditional conservative reaction to revolutionary socio-political entities like the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street.
Tags: conservative, joint select committee on deficit reduction, jon kyl, max baucus, Tea Party
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Collective Meme-ory
Collegian columnist Dan Stratford gets Rick Rolled.
Tags: never gonna give you up, rick astley, rick rolled
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The Measure of a Government
Collegian columnist Dan Stratford explains recent conflicts between the SGA and RHA.
Tags: Dan Stratford, Residence Hall Association, SGA, whitmore
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