http://cpp.allegheny.edu/soapboxalliance/news/ en-us 2007-10-30T16:23:40-05:00 SoapboxAlliancehttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoapboxAlliance/~3/ZXREp35x-ng/007616.php Today, on the 150th anniversary of the birth of its pioneering investigative journalist, alumna Ida Tarbell, Allegheny College president Richard J. Cook invited institutions of higher education nationwide to join Allegheny in a democracy-strengthening initiative with the goal of ending the practice of holding closed “town hall-style” meetings on college campuses.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoapboxAlliance/~4/ZXREp35x-ng" height="1" width="1"/> Mike 2007-10-30T16:23:40-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/soapboxalliance/news/archives/007616.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoapboxAlliance/~3/FR0XAEqcYfk/007617.php By DANIEL M. SHEA Big-league campaigning came to Allegheny College in 2004 with a visit from Vice President Dick Cheney. It was an exciting event, with political passions running high among Republicans and Democrats alike. It was also big news...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoapboxAlliance/~4/FR0XAEqcYfk" height="1" width="1"/> Mike 2007-10-29T16:33:48-05:00 http://cpp.allegheny.edu/soapboxalliance/news/archives/007617.php