Archive for October, 2007

Fightin’ Poverty in Philly

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

I’m at UPenn right now for the second ONE Student | ONE Vote (OSOV)

Tomorrow, at 4 P.M., we’ll hear from Tucker Eskew, former Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush; political strategist Tricia Enright; global health expert Josh Lozman; singer-songwriter and Salem band member Todd Anders Johnson; and Penn student activist Gelila Asnake in a panel moderated by Mike Allen, chief political correspondent for Politico.

As if that weren’t enough, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, R-Pa., also sent a special message for Penn students via video.

If you are in the area, the event is in Irvine Hall at 4 P.M. tomorrow.

Check back here for more on the event as I cover it live on the blog tomorrow.

Puppy P0wns Picture Poll

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Dylan the ONE dog just won the photo of the week by popular vote, garnering 10,000 points for Hofstra University.

We made the regular weekly photo contest the weekly challenge this last week, and when we couldn’t decide which photo deserved the grand prize we opened it up voting. Due in part to massive get out the vote operation by Hofstra, Dylan was able to walk away with a solid 42% of the vote.

Next week’s challenge: create the best ONE video!

OCC TV Episode 2: Oops We Did It Again

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

OCC TV: Episode 1

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Understand how the ONE Campus Challenge works by reviewing the rules. All participation in the challenge is subject to the terms and conditions in the rules.