Thursday, August 14th, 2008

A Franklin and Marshall College poll released August 13 shows that a, “survey of registered Pennsylvanians finds Democrat Barack Obama leading Republican John McCain by eight points, 44 to 36 [percent].”

When asked which issue was most important to them this election year, most Pennsylvania voters said the economy (43 percent) was their top concern. The Iraq War was the next issue (12 percent) that concerned Pennsylvanians. More voters trust Obama to handle the economy (42 to 39 percent) and energy policy (47 to 34 percent); however, more voters believe John McCain would best handle the Iraq War (48 to 39 percent).

Voters in the state still have concerns about both candidates with 39 percent saying they are concerned that John McCain is too much like President Bush or “would be no real change.” The same percentage of people said they were concerned that Barack Obama lacked the experience to be president.

Polling also showed that Barack Obama holds a commanding lead in the city of Philadelphia with 82 percent of registered voters supporting him, and only 7 percent supporting John McCain.

Photo Media Credit: Joe Burbank - Orlando Sentinel/MCT

Lounge space in Myers, Kelly and Calhoun Hall will be used to house some dorm residents who signed up for housing after the deadline, according to an Aug 14 email sent from the Residential Living Office management to Resident Assistants.

“We will be using 7 lounges in Myers, a lounge in each floor of Calhoun and a lounge on each floor of Kelly.  Our goal will be to move these students into permanent spaces as quickly as possible,” read the email from RLO Assistant Director Jennifer Calvert.

The lounges will hold 3 -5 additional students, according to the email.

Freshmen students will now have the same overnight guest policy as upperclassmen, according to the email. “We believe that our first-year students are adults and should have the choices that adults have,” Calvert wrote to RAs

An email sent this morning to Calvert and Executive Director of Communication for Student Life and Admin Services James Katsaounis was not returned at the time of the posting.

Photo source: Drexel.edu/RLO