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Trump Billboard conveys minority perspective, embodies 1st Amendment

By Juan Carlos Ramirez ’18 THE ROUNDUP If you drive down Grand Avenue and Taylor Street in Phoenix, you might have seen the President Donald Trump billboard that has caused a stir of political conversation. The artist of the Trump billboard, Karen Fiorito, is an ASU graduate who created the symbolic art that featured President […]

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Media must play key role in checking Trump administration

Photo Courtesy of Tribune News Service | President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe depart the White House on Feb. 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. By Hayden Welty ’19 THE ROUNDUP In this new era of presidential politics, it has become increasingly important for the media to keep deceit at bay and away […]

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Community react to early Trump executive actions

Photo Courtesy of Tribune News Service | President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe depart the White House on Feb. 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. By Michael Taszarek ’18 THE ROUNDUP Members of the Brophy community reacted strongly to President Donald Trump’s early wave of executive actions. Through just over three weeks in […]

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Amidst election fallout, support needed for Trump

Photo Courtesy of Tribune News Service | President Donald Trump greets Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson. By Graham Armknecht ’18 THE ROUNDUP It’s odd to think that the United States of America elected Donald J. Trump as its 45th president.       From someone who openly supported Hillary Clinton (and wrote a column […]

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Trump’s election will impact the future of the Supreme Court

By Hunter Franklin ’19 The Roundup  The grueling election cycle is finally over and President Donald Trump will make an impactful decision on who will fill the empty Supreme Court Justice seat. The first order of business for the next president will be to fill a vacant seat for the U.S. Supreme Court created by […]

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Hispanic students offended by Trump’s rhetoric

Photo Courtesy of Tribune News Service | Trump Speaks at a campaign event By Matthew Zacher ’18 THE ROUNDUP With a school diversity that closely mirrors that of Maricopa County, Hispanic students say they are offended by the divisive rhetoric of the presidential campaign. Most of this ire is pointed at Republican presidential nominee Donald […]

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Trump defines election, keeps Clinton on defensive

By Hayden Welty ’19 THE ROUNDUP According to a recent poll by The Washington Post, 56 percent of Americans view Donald Trump “strongly unfavorably,” but he could still be our next president. With the passionate, wholehearted support of a section of America obscured from mainstream society, Trump, an unorthodox presidential aspirant, has somehow muscled his […]

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Trump has set himself up for November Defeat

By Michael Taszarek ’18 THE ROUNDUP Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, has set himself up for a loss in November. As much as I oppose Trump and his policies, it has been his own actions that have set him up to fail in November. Trump began his campaign in June of 2015, giving […]

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Bloomberg campaign adequately represents moderate voters

By Hayden Welty ’19 THE ROUNDUP In this country the biggest group of voters are moderate, but neither party gives them a voice. According to the Pew research center, today, 92 percent of Republicans are to the right of the median Democrat, and 94 percent of Democrats are to the left of the median Republican. […]

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