Kaitlin Barr

Getting out of Iraq and establishing a voluntary national service program to help students pay for college are two reasons college-age voters should vote for a Democratic presidential candidate, according to the head of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean. In his first student-based press conference "in a long time," the Democratic National Committee Chairman met with 10 local college editors hours before the Democratic presidential debate held at Drexel University on Oct.

The Democratic presidential candidates knew they would have to beat up Hillary Clinton if they hoped to stay alive, and in true Philadelphia fashion, the debate at Drexel University on Oct. 30 turned into a verbal brawl. NBC anchor Brian Williams tried to open the debate with decorum by alluding to the grand history of Philadelphia: "Philadelphia, the cradle of American democracy, where the founding fathers gathered to declare our nation's independence and to ring out that news on the Liberty Bell, still proudly displayed here.

To the mother of Rupert Tate, Just wondering what was running through your mind when you talked to the Delco Times openly about your son and his impending criminal charges? "He hangs around with all white kids. That, to me, is his downfall," you, the mother of Rupert Tate, suspect in the Cabrini stabbing, said.

Cabrini students expressed concern over the incident that occurred early Saturday morning, as it was the second to occur in less than two years. The protocol of Public Safety, Radnor Police and Emergency Medical Services on Saturday was the same as the first incident on campus.

"I stood in the kitchen doorway as she walked down the hallway, stopped, turned around and asked, 'So it's cancer?' My stomach dropped as I watched her face go blank and her eyes widen; it was straight out of a movie," senior English and secondary ed major Kate O'Brien said.

What were you doing around 1 a.m. Saturday? Did you know a stabbing had just occurred? If you weren't on campus, chances are you probably didn't. Oh wait; even if you were on campus, chances are you didn't either. Those who did hear about the stabbing heard through word of mouth.

From Friday, Nov. 2 until Sunday, Nov. 4, Villanova University will be hosting the Special Olympics, Pa's Fall Festival, for the 19th consecutive year in a row. This one event is the largest student-run organization in the world. Kevin Moran, Special Olympics Fall Festival's media and publicity chair, said, "This is one of the biggest events on Villanova's campus.

Health Care has been a continuing topic of conversation, especially among the candidates in the on-going debates. A serious topic indeed, health care raises so many questions, especially to people of college age, who will soon be off their parents insurance if they are still on it when they graduate college.