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17 tenured faculty that support these receptions and we have 12 staff. we started out with three supporting staff. the attendance for that was good, the environment quickly turned hostile. i have this memory of debating with some girl who said abortion is ok because kids are not taught good enough sex education in school. >> first, just focus on reflect life week and the march for life. if you have a really strong
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events in respect life week and march for life. if it doesn't do anything else the rest of the year, you'll have a successful group. it's really successful. the march for life is successful. people also come because it is a fun social escape. i really think prolife organizations on campus should focus on the prolife issues. there are other important issues relating to life, i don't think those are as pertinent to young people.
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i think it starts to cause conflict in the prolife group and diffuses the main thrust of the group. it's important to focus on abortion. thank you for having me speak. it's great to tell you what we are doing at princeton. we are sponsoring a global warming event. it was like pulling teach to get a professor to speak in favor of global warming but we'll see. thanks a lot. >> thank you all for sticking around today. it means a lot
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today. >> my name is david. i am from oak state university. i want to tell you a little about my background. i grew up in one of the redest counties, canadian county. i couldn't believe in our free society that people would try to steal the election in 2002 i attended a debate. in high school, i refound our young republic can's club and
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later served as the vice president, president of that. i went off to clenl for the first time last august. i joined college republicans. i've always been registered a republic can and a conservative. i got to meet people running for different offices there was a guy stabling from the leadership institute we want to
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start a group of young republic cans of osu. one night, we all met at starbucks. the faff rite liberal chick place. three freshman there including myself and a junior. that might, ycl issue was born. we had some of the town hall meetings that past summer. i couldn't believe that people with such radical ideas were occupying the executive and legislate your we tried to
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issues like gay marriage, gay rights are accepted as scule cool. the liberals have given up on those issues they know they are not going to win. they are working very hard to infuse those issues into popular culture. >> our constitution was made only for a moral and religs people, i blobe that is very true. i'm majoring in mechanical engineering. i am very concern. about the tax structure. there's a lot of student that's
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>> nornle thing is have a creative event as it was talked about earlier. having a flobal warming beach party would be a great idea it would be a great idea to do it a week before dead week when it's getting colder in the fall. >> take action, get involved with a came pain. we need people that are very principals and not going to bow down. you can get informed.
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>> i represent dallas baptist university. i'm thankful to speak for my school today. we have a private school in dallas. i love my university. our colors are red, white and blue. our mascot is the patriot. most of our students consider themselves to be could be serve tiff. they believe it is the conservative view point that has a moral reflection of scripture. i've noticed most of the students are not very politically active. that burdened me. i thought i had an opportunity
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something called yct, young conservatives of texas. i found one at dbu. as president of yct, one of my biggest thrills was to see our students become engaged in political activities. one of my faff rite activities is constitution day. september 17. we use this day as a great opportunity to advise our chapter on campus. we set up a booth throughout our most popular building on campus. we had students hand ought out
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did you know questions. we wanted a great inter production. things like this really drew attention to our booth. we gave away free candy. it gave our history majors an opportunity to shine, which was great for them. everyone else was able to pazz and reflect about american history based on answers that they had never known or had easily forgotten. we traveled to our texas capitol billing and started a
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principles by teaching, uniting and moving others towards action. thank you. >> it has been a simply wonderful panel. wen tornado hearing from all these stuedebts. i'm going to mike the rule that you have to be present in order to be a winner in this drawing. so somebody will walk away with a flip camera. all right. have you all enjoyed these
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he's been part of some landmark legislation. the president will attest to that. i don't need to tell you all if you don't know cart, he's fiercely indpebbed enter. we have gone toe to toe many times when we made our decision, i had nobody that would carry out the tuties and wishes of the he can it's important to have someone who understands how important it's to bring all sides together.
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have missing. we had more than 60 rescuers trying to find two men all in jeopardy friday night, i got there thursday. i don't think it is going to be good. i want you to start tonight, the speaker in the presence, they brought the speakers back in monday morning. we changed the safety of minutes around the country because of the hard work and
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what you have done. cart will join the united states gnat. it is only fitting that he replace the most be loved senator we have i continue ueously encourage and push youk people to get involved. we have a generation that will hopefully have the opportunity to lead west virginia in the future. i want to thank each of you today for being here. thank all of them and you who helped through this process. thank e who has been so
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responsibility becomes now to work hard everyday and maintain the trust of the people of west virginia. i have a deep abiding passion for this state and her people. in the days and weeks and months a led. i will have no agenda other than to work and fight hard everyday. robert byrd was perhaps the greatest serve ant in our carnte. what i can and will do is try my best to emulate a wall, this great space and the constitution.
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through all my experience serving at the govern's manson. i was able and for knit enough to see the level of chitment, passion and dedication it takes to be an effective public serve vant. it will not be easy and there will be a lot of challenges ahead and this is a lot to learn. i'm confident i'm up to the. the entire delegation. most importantly, the thoughts,
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prayers and support of the people of west virginia. i'm excited about the challenge and looking forward to it. [applause] >> i'm not sure if you noticed. you notice the pins i have on and that cart has on is the constitution. >> i don't node to hell you why we have those pins frpblt senator brird wrote in this book to me. i am passing this book on to the senator that will be seated
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democrats will conclude our policy discussion. extremely important. at 2:15, the new senator from west virginia, cart goodwin, in whom i have vast respect, will be sworn in, in front of the united states senate and the world. right after that, because cart goodwin will make the 60th vote in what is a necessary piece of legislation, we will take up and pass unemployment
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compensation. [applause] it's a remarkable symbol of who cart is, how important the senate is he is a united states senator. there have not been more than 1800 united stits senator in he probably won't have the biggest home base at the beginning. he way have to walk up one floor to get to the first flow. none of that makes any
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any of the senior members of the senate. that's important that you understand that. he is a united states senator, pure and simple. now a moment on cart goodwin. i'm thrilled that he's a pointed. the find. various members of the goodwin family. i feel very close to them. i respect their work ethic they seek out what needs to be done
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and go about doing it i have an insight source into that family. you can have all of the qualities i mentioned before. if you didn't have that sense when you get up in the morning, what is it this way that i can do. what comprimise saturday wi i have. washington is not a beautiful place right now. it is doing the work the work
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everyday. the people are so good. the rest of the world is often very callus rve senators are fairly quick to make up their mind. they listen and look at you. they are fairly quick to make up their minds cart will pass all of those tests he isly. he can and will work to whatever length is required i
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for west virginia, for the cool minors and workers. child tax credits, esh we are at work. on a very thuree piece of mine safety legislation. we have learned a lot. we will turn out further legislation. is everything we do there is important. it faskets somebody somewhere. when it affect i look forward
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to you. you start out on the right side of history. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much senator. i would like to thank my deer friends nick casey for being here. you are going to make a great judge. we are so proud of you. we are hoping maybe that will speed things up a little bit.
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let cart follow up. >> there's no test. when you work side by side for four years. when you work with someone and brake bread with somebody and spend 24 hours a day, you really get to know them. that's what i know the person i knew would bism peckable in terms of covering the concept. i know he would do it even more so for himself. it wasn't like a test had to be given. no. i know basically. we said the senator is fighting for our people.
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