Power 100 attendees got their first opportunity to show their stuff with a little trivia. Weldon and Erin asked some serious questions about the number of phone calls made and the countries affected by our actions, but I am going to focus on the some of the more important questions.
First, what is the sign-off Erin and Weldon use on OCC TV?
After dozens of people stood to answer earlier questions, only one brave student dared to stand up and answer this question.
“Huzzah” Of course, that answer was not suffient, Erin demanded that they “do the whole thing.” Link to see what that means.
Second, they asked what state had the most schools represented at the Power 100 Summit?
It took eight wrong guesses (at the end I think it was more akin to deductive reasoning): Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, California, Iowa… Nope, the correct answer: Pennsylvania.
January 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 am | posted by Virginia Simmons
Yesterday, we welcomed more than 100 of the top student organizers to DC for the “Power 100 Summit.”
All participants are either a representative of one of the top 100 schools in the ONE Campus Challenge, or were selected through a competitive application process.
While Weldon Kennedy and Erin Eagan formally welcomed everyone last night, our own Josh Peck placed some posts on the ONE Campus Challenge Blog. I’m cross posting them here now.
Weldon and Erin are welcoming everyone to the challenge and giving folks an overview of the agenda. Paul Begala, Gene Sperling, Steve Radlet and Bill Frist will all be addressing the attendees. But the real purpose of the Power 100 Summit is to bring student leaders together from across the country to share their experience organizing their schools.
While the ONE Campus Challenge pits schools against ONE another Weldon reminds everyone that, while cheesy, the real purpose is to bring an end to extreme poverty — and we’re all in it together.
The summit is the first of its kind. We’re breaking new ground organizing campuses across the country in the fight against poverty — and the reason why this weekend is so important.
Monday, November 5th, marked a great historical moment for the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). At a press conference held by the ONE Club at UNLV, Provost Neil Smatresk represented our University President David Ashley, and read a proclamation declaring UNLV a “ONE Campus!” This proclamation comes at a very unique time as UNLV gets ready to host the CNN Democratic Presidential Candidate debate on November 15th.
Chancellor Jim Rogers was also in attendance as a ONE Vote ‘08 Ambassador to announce a very unique scholarship opportunity for ONE UNLV Club members. UNLV students gathered together and in full force have jumped on the ONE Campus Challenge this week. The press conference was covered by 3 local TV stations and our student paper, The Rebel Yell.
We are excited by all the ways we can earn points for our university. As our basketball team gets ready to begin the new season Rebel fans are anxious to get them in ONE gear at a game. Other future events will include hosting a ONE ROCKS! Concert November 14th to raise awareness of the ONE Campaign and recruit new members.
UNLV is off to a great start and excited about the ONE Campus Challenge. Keep watch while these Rebels with a Cause work their way up in the standings to raise awareness about ONE.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:52 am | posted by Weldon Kennedy
Every week, we take the best photo from the ONE Campus Challenge and toss it up on the ONE Blog. But this week, we raised the stakes and made the “photo of the week” worth 10 times more points. As a result we got some great submissions and we need your help deciding the winner.
Go here to vote for this week’s ONE Campus Challenge photo of the week.
The Obama rally at Union Station in St. Louis, MO, went great on Saturday! 7 ONE Webster students went in ONE shirts and ONE Webster students Alex Cruz and Ellie Curran were interviewed by Fox Channel 2. I managed to work my way to the barrier by the side stage to band Representative Clay and Representative Carnahan. After the rally we caught up with Obama, but he said he already had a ONE band, so ONE Webster member Mark Albrecht gave him his T-shirt.
Two of our members, Sandra Lemenaite and her friend, arrived early and were packed into the very front of the crowd behind the barrier directly in front of the stage. I passed their T-shirts through the crowd to them. Afterwards, Sandra told me that they were packed in so tight that they had to get help from the people around them to slip the shirts over their jackets. One lady who helped them happened to be a ONE member and showed Sandra her ONE band.
The atmosphere there was charged with enthusiasm for the next election. We can’t wait for the next presidential candidate to come to town. Extreme poverty must be an issue in the 2008 election!
-Nick Stevens, OCC Regional Outreach Ambassador, co-chairman of ONE Saint Louis, and President of ONE Webster
October 25th, 2007 at 12:36 pm | posted by Virginia Simmons
ONE, the newspaper the Politico, the University of Central Arkansas, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Washing are teaming up to launch the national “ONE Student | ONE Vote” today, an unprecedented initiative to motivate students to become politically active global citizens. Right now, ONE’s Kimberly Cadena, Chandler Smith, Sheena Arora and Erin Eagan are on the ground in Arkansas to help the already strong crew down there pull off the first ONE Student | ONE Vote event.
Jim VandeHei, executive editor and co-founder of the Politico, will moderate the conversation at the 1:30 p.m. ONE Student ONE Vote forum. Panel members include UCA President Lu Hardin; author and national security expert Jeffrey Laurenti with the Century Foundation; Dr. Elaine Fox, a professor with great knowledge of Central America and the needs in that region; UCA students and others. Students will provide questions for the panel beforehand as well as throughout the event.
Next ONE Student ONE Vote events:
University of Pennsylvania on November 1
University of Washington on November 8.
October 24th, 2007 at 5:20 pm | posted by Virginia Simmons
Announcing the launch of OCC TV, starring VJs Erin Eegan and Weldon Kennedy. As long as it gets picked up by the OCC station- I think you can expect to see more;)
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