Spring 2016

Want to know who’s going to win the presidential election? A Georgia Southern study suggests you might find the answer on Twitter. Georgia Southern data science graduates Garrett Neidlinger, Chris Bergin and Jacob Dahlberg created a capstone senior project that analyzed the political opinions of Twitter users against Democrat and Republican Primary results. They captured…

Influential Journalists Challenge Students to Focus on Political Process Three prominent journalists encouraged Georgia Southern students to become more involved in the political process by showing up to vote on Election Day. Former ABC News “Nightline” anchor Ted Koppel, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson and NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson addressed the students as…

In November, many students on our campus will vote for the first time in a presidential election. Millennials, or people born between 1982 and 2000, now number 83.1 million. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, millennials are more diverse than previous generations, with 44.2 percent representing a minority race or ethnic group. Young Americans will…

School choice crusader Steve Perry challenges students to be agents of change — ‘You can’t hashtag your way through a social movement’     Long before he was standing in front of crowds as a school choice crusader, Steve Perry used to sit alone in his room, listening to the taped speeches of Martin Luther…