The midterm elections took place on Nov. 4, and resulted in an overwhelmingly low voter turnout rate at 36.4 percent of eligible voters, according to Time, marking the lowest turnout rate in 72 years for this type of election.
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TuNur Project Seeks to Import African Solar to U.K.
The United Kingdom (UK) could see homes being powered by African solar energy as soon as 2018, according to reports by BBC.
Policy Actors Begin to Mobilize Facing Climate Change
Climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels is already affecting life on every continent and in the oceans, and the window is closing rapidly for governments to avert the worst damage expected to occur later this century, scientists warned in one of the loudest alarms yet sounded by the international scientific community.
Rethinking New Jersey’s Election System
NJ voters went to the polls yesterday, Nov. 4, voting on candidates as well as amendments to the state constitution.
Online Voting Lacks Security: Traditional Ballots Remain The Standard
Nevada’s election chief says the state’s much-ballyhooed new system for electronically delivering absentee ballots to troops and other citizens overseas isn’t an “online” voting system, even if it offers those abroad the option of emailing marked ballots to county clerks.
Monmouth University Mock Trial Competes in First
West Long Branch, NJ- Monmouth University’s Mock Trial (MUMT) team competed in their first invitational tournament this past weekend, the Market Street Invitational Tournament, hosted by Drexel University. The invitational involved 26 teams from 16 universities.
Demonstrating for Democracy
Protest leaders continue to demonstrate in Hong Kong Central, which began in Sept., according to BBC.com. Thousands of protestors flood the streets in opposition to the Chinese government’s influence on elections.
University’s Debate Team Makes it to Playoff
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University Debate Team reached the playoff round at the West Point Military Academy tournament this weekend (October 17-19, 2014). Sana Rashid and Francesca Vaccaro made it into the playoff round before losing to a team from Cornell University. Team Captains Dan Roman and Michelle Grushko also went 3-3 while debating in the experienced division that includes scholarship debaters.
Thomas Gallagher Speaks at University
Students and faculty welcomed alumnus Thomas P. Gallagher in Wilson Auditorium on Oct. 8, prior to Gallagher accepting the Distinguished Alumni Award at Monmouth’s 81st Founderss Day celebration. Gallagher, a graduate from the Class of 1962, held a presentation in which he discussed his experiences after leaving Monmouth, specifically those involving his civil service.
Student Loan Interest Rates Reach A Dead End
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s “Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act”, proposed in May 2014 was shot down. The bill sought to “allow most individuals with student loans (both federal and private) to refinance those loans into new federal direct loans at interest rates specified in the bill,” according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).