2008 Woodie Awards
As congressional candidates draw closer to the judgment of Election Day on Nov. 7, the Marist Institute of Public Opinion is gearing up in preparation for collecting and analyzing the results, according to Director Lee Miringoff. Throughout an election cycle, particularly the week before the vote takes place, the "pace picks up," Miringoff said.
For some, lunch hour is a time to recharge, relax, and distance themselves from the stresses of the day. For MIPO Director Dr. Lee Miringoff, it's an opportunity to get polling operations settled. Though they ate, joked, and laughed like others in the workplace, Miringoff and his colleagues also prepared for the intense few weeks preceding the congressional midterm election.
The Marist Abroad Program puzzled students when it was announced that spots were still vacant for the Spring 2007 semester, over a month past their posted due date for applications that was September 15. The reality is that this is not a desperate attempt by the Marist Abroad Program to fill up spots, but an effort to allow more students to experience going abroad.
If there is one word that the Marist community associates with American politics, it's Iraq. More than three years after U.S. troops invaded the Middle Eastern country, the continued military efforts there constitute a major issue for the upcoming congressional elections, according to some.