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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs
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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:
- Coyle, Cameron. Students Express Concern Over WKU Alert System
- Alvey, Rebekah. Faculty Regent Reflects on Term – Barbara Burch
- Eastham, Lillie. Glow Walk Honors People Affected by Cancer – Relay for Life
- Ziege, Nicole. Student Government Association Fails to Pass Resolution Supporting Dreamers – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
- DeLetter, Emily. Scheduling Software Aims to Simplify Registration
- Huff, Taylor. Do You Support the Fairness Ordinance?
- Austin, Emma. Editorial Cartoon re: Faculty Regent Election
- Part-time Faculty Deserve a Say in Faculty Regent Election
- Hormell, David. The …
The State House And The White House: Gubernatorial Rhetoric During The Obama Administration, Austin Peyton Trantham
The State House And The White House: Gubernatorial Rhetoric During The Obama Administration, Austin Peyton Trantham
Theses and Dissertations--Political Science
What is the importance of political speechmaking? Do state governors discuss presidential priorities? This study addresses these questions by analyzing the contents of annual State of the State addresses given by governors from 2012 to 2014 during the presidency of Barack Obama. A descriptive paper provides evidence that governors primarily discuss employment and economic issues in their addresses, are discussing greater number of policy issues than in previous decades, and are delivering their address before the presidential State of the Union message. Examining health care and immigration policy in separate empirical papers, I theorize that contextual factors, including legislative partisanship, …