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DES MOINES, Iowa – It was a beautiful and sunny Saturday morning in Des Moines. With the Farmers’ Market long over for the season, downtown was completely empty, excluding the line of people bundled in jackets and gloves snaking around the block just across the river. Organizers with clipboards and commit-to-caucus cards chatted with attendees […]

February 3rd, 2020 will be my first ever caucus experience. Yikes. The Iowa Democratic Party this year is introducing “the most significant changes to the Iowa Caucuses since 1972.” Not only will the 2020 caucus require some time for the party to adjust to these new changes, but it will also be a challenge for […]

DES MOINES, IA—On an unseasonably warm Friday in Iowa on Nov. 15, Kat Taylor hosted a meet and greet at Mars Café in the Drake Neighborhood of Des Moines. Kat Taylor, a graduate of Harvard and Stanford, is the wife of Democratic Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer. Like Steyer, Taylor is active in social justice and […]

Scene: A local office in a local office park. Sterile track lighting. Beige furniture. A hum of noise, emanating from attendees old and older. It’s crowded, and we’re in a room packed with more people than chairs. And at its center, an outlier, a stranger, someone who wants what he can’t have: their undivided attention. […]

This past Sunday, I found myself sitting in Quad Creek Café, Drake University’s a la carte dining hall, grabbing a late afternoon lunch. I was hoping to grab something quickly before heading to the library to get some work done. But before I could take my chicken wrap and leave, a familiar voice compelled me […]

My bags were packed, my ticket was added to the Wallet app on my phone, and my professors had all been successfully notified. It was time to leave Iowa, if only for a week. A week without the madness of the caucuses, a week with a little more sleep, a week focused on policy instead […]

It is a sunny day in Iowa and with under three months until the caucus, talk of political candidates is swirling in the air. While multiple candidates are talked about in conversation and seen running throughout the state, Mayor Pete is currently gaining momentum. Pete Buttigieg is all in for Iowa when examining his website […]

Last week, College Republicans hosted Guy Benson in the Cowles Reading Room on Drake’s campus. Guy is a Fox News contributor and is also known for his book, End of Discussion, which he shamelessly promoted throughout the event. He came to talk about identity politics through the lens of a conservative millennial. Most of his […]

Last Wednesday, November 13, Drake University College Republicans hosted Guy Benson for “The Benson Lecture: Coming Out with Guy Benson.” Benson is a political editor for Townhall.com and a Fox News contributor. He also co-authored a book, End of Discussion, and was named to Forbes 30 under 30 list. Benson was set to give a […]

Amidst a swarm of criticism from both the political left and right, Drake University appears to have extended an olive branch to conservative students and right-leaning community members on Tuesday, November 13. The Drake University College Republicans hosted Fox News contributor and editor for Townhall.com, Guy Benson, to deliver a lecture on social conservatism and […]