College Dems, Reps Show No Signs Of Slowing At Indiana U.
This story was written by Sean Morrison, Indiana Daily Student
In the election's aftermath, student political groups at Indiana University still have business as usual.
Everyone in the College Reps is feeling a lot more ready to work hard just because now we have to defend ourselves, said Justin P. Hill, chairman of IU College Republicans. I can see why when one party wins people could step down and relax, but thats the exact opposite of our situation.
IU College Democrats also plans to keep moving forward with its on-campus activities.
Right now, were focusing on party-building activities and making sure we maintain membership, said Anna Strand, president of IU College Democrats. This is something the Obama campaign is going to continue across the nation. Were also working on a lot of fund-raising.
Hill and his friends within the IU College Republicans are working for the years ahead. While he could not comment on his exact plans, he said his group has high aspirations. What were doing is set up a system so that, in two years and four years, the College Republicans can turn this campus red, Hill said. Were going to use resources to get our message out.
Besides building their partys campaign, IU College Democrats is also planning a philanthropic event.
Were looking into some things right now, Strand said. As long as funding permits it, we would like to do something on a larger scale. Were still gathering all of the information about the election, so there are still things going on.
IU College Republicans recently had elections to appoint new positions within the group. While running for chairman of IU College Republicans, Hill ran under a platform of community service and leadership. We will be reaching out to the community, Hill said. We just really want to be service-oriented. We really want to reach out to the community and show people what College Republicans are all about.
Despite the election being over, many of the new members of IU College Democrats who joined to help the campaign are staying on board for their party, Strand said.
Meanwhile, Hill and IU College Republicans plans to do more recruiting in the spring semester.
We have people that are picking up new roles, Hill said. We are actually very excited and ready to see how we can define a party.