The second Republican debate for the Presidential nomination took place on Wednesday, September 27 at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. The participants were former South Carolina Governor and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Senator Tim Scott (SC), North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, former Governor Chris […]
President Obama announced his newest executive order to help reboot the struggling economy last week. He is making changes to federal policy to make student loans more affordable and easier to pay back for recent college graduates who are struggling to find work after graduation.
The Monmouth University Debate Team won 8 team and individual awards at the Western National Debate Championship at Sacramento State University in California on the weekend of March 12-14, 2016. Four of the six Monmouth teams competing in the tournament made it into the playoff rounds. The MU team of Matthew Toto and Prachi Patel made it to the semi-final round (final four) and the teams of James Hawke and Sabrina Saenger with a record of 5-1 and Gregory Harpe and Emily Mastocola with a record of 4-2 made it into the quarterfinal (final 8). Team captain Danielle Doud and Victoria Borges made it into the quarter-final round in the experienced division before losing a close decision to a University of Washington team.