March 15, 2007

UTC to attend College Democrats Conference

The UTC College Democrats will be attending the Tennessee Federation of College Democrats' annual Spring Conference in Nashville on March 31st. The purpose of the conference is to organize and train chapters and to develop a statewide strategy for strengthening the infrastructure of the College Democrats in Tennessee.

“College Democrats are coming out of the wood work on Tennessee campuses like I’ve never seen before,” said Alex Youn, TFCD President. “We hope to have the most productive conference in the history of our organization.”

“This conference will provide the tools necessary for local chapters to grow and prepare for the coming elections.”

The conference is an opportunity for College Democrats around the state to meet and network with each other. Those who attend will have the opportunity to participate in breakout sessions on a variety of issues, including: chapter development, fundraising, and voter registration.

The summit will be held on Saturday, March 31st. We ask that all those attending plan on staying in Nashville from 9 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

To attend the summit, we ask that you visit the following website and complete the registration form:

http://www.tfcd.org/2007-spring-conference/

UTC students interested in attending the conference should also write to utcdems@utc.edu.

About the TFCD

The Tennessee Federation of College Democrats is a group designated to unite, lead and coordinate chapters of College Democrats of America on college campuses throughout Tennessee.

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October 20, 2006

What We've Done

It's been a while since we updated our website, so we want to let you know the many things we've been doing over the past few months. Here are the highlights:

We’ve gone all out to register students to vote. Our voter registration drive included knocking on every door on campus and sending voting instructions and forms to all 8,923 students who attend UTC!

We are going to use the same level of determination to get students to actually vote. This week and next week, we’re going door to door again to distribute information about the candidates and early voting.

This only builds up to Election Day. We're going to contact students again just before Nov. 7 to remind them to vote if they haven't already done so, and vote Democratic. We plan to provide a shuttle from the UTC University Center to our local polling station to make sure no students have an excuse not to vote.

That is just what is occurring on our campus. We’re working with party headquarters and directly with several campaigns. We’ve recruited volunteers to help canvass for Bill Lusk, Brent Benedict, and Harold Ford all across Hamilton County. In fact, the assistant campaign manager for Bill Lusk is our former President, Adam Green. Through programs we’ve done in the past, such as going to conferences held by the Tennessee Federation of College Democrats and the National College Democrats of America, in addition to our everyday work, we’re training the next generation of leaders in the Democratic Party.

David Elliott
President
UTC College Democrats

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July 25, 2006

TN wins big in St. Louis

The UTC College Democrats sent a delegation to the College Democrats of America (CDA) national convention held July 20-23 in St. Louis, Mo.

Tennessee had a delegation of 27 students representing 14 schools, and had the third largest number of votes in the CDA national elections.

While at the convention the Tennessee Federation of College Democrats (TFCD) was named State Federation of the Year.

Read more at the TFCD Website.

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April 21, 2006

College Democrats dominate campus politics

The leadership of the College Democrats were please to find the following article in yesterday's edition of the University Echo. We attribute our organization's success to the hard work of dozens of our members, who, as a whole, are an incredibly energized, focused group of young poeple.

College Democrats dominate campus politics
By: Heather McPherson
Source: utcecho.com

Although both sides of the political spectrum are represented on UTC's campus, student Democrats have had a more prominent presence for the last several years.

Democrats and Republicans have organized groups on campus, but most people agree that the College Democrats have been the most noticeable political force at UTC. The College Republicans group is not registered with the school, but it does exist.

Continue reading "College Democrats dominate campus politics"

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March 14, 2006

UTC Students Elected to TFCD Executive Board

Nashville, Tenn. – Three members of the UTC College Democrats were elected last weekend to the Executive Board of the Tennessee Federation of College Democrats.

TFCD Executive Board Members from UTC:- Adam Green, a junior political science major from McMinnville, Tenn., was reelected to his position as Communications Director. Adam serves as Communications Director for the UTC College Democrats and as President for the Hamilton County Young Democrats.
- Margaret Franklin, a sophomore political science major from Memphis, Tenn., was reelected to her position as Minority Affairs Director. Margaret is Vice President of the UTC College Democrats and is UTC Campus Organizer for Team Ford, the student arm of the Harold Ford, Jr. for U.S. Senate Campaign.
- Taylor Helton, a freshman political science major from Franklin, Tenn., was elected to the position of Programs Director.

The UTC College Democrats currently have the largest representation on the TFCD Executive Board. All three students are highly involved in local politics.

"I am pleased to see that Adam Green and Margaret Franklin are returning to the executive board, and at the same time am excited to have Taylor Helton joining our group,” Alex Youn, TFCD vice president, said.

“The members from UTC have always brought both the experience and leadership needed to push our organization to its current strength; I look forward to working with these three individuals to address the issues that matter most to college students across the state of Tennessee."

About the TFCD
The Tennessee Federation of College Democrats is a group designated to unite, lead and coordinate chapters of the College Democrats of America on college and university campuses throughout Tennessee. The TFCD currently is made up of 26 chapters across the state, representing more than 2,000 students.

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VeryFancyFrist.com

This is from salon.com.

Look who’s “fancy” now

Last week, the National Republican Senatorial Committee took a shot at Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford — a contender for the Senate seat Bill Frist is vacating — by launching fancyford.com. The site took Ford to task for living “the good life”– fancy hotels, an Armani suit, fine dining and a stop at Playboy’s Super Bowl party last year. There was something subtly racist about the whole thing; maybe it was the use of the word “fancy” — “fancy man” being a synonym for pimp — or maybe it was the picture of Ford’s black face hovering above a photo of four white Playboy Bunnies.

Whatever it was, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has just fired back. The DSCC’s veryfancyfrist.com is a spot-on replica of the fancyford site, with the focus turned on the man who’d like you to think that he’s the Republicans’ presidential front-runner.

It’s a little silly all the way around — is anyone really surprised that members of Congress stay in nice hotels and (sometimes) wear good suits? — but at least the DSCC manages to substitute substance for racism. In place of that photograph of the Playboy Bunnies, the DSCC site has a stack of cash and a photo of a ship in port, reminders of the ongoing investigation into Frist’s financial dealings and his flip-flop on the Dubai Ports World deal.

– Tim Grieve

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