Washington Examiner – Austin R. Yack https://austinyack.com Ascendyn CEO & Writer Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:13:25 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.9 https://austinyack.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-fullsizeoutput_2126-32x32.jpeg Washington Examiner – Austin R. Yack https://austinyack.com 32 32 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grabs the media’s love, where’s the spotlight for GOP millennial candidates? https://austinyack.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-grabs-the-medias-love-wheres-the-spotlight-for-gop-millennial-candidates/ Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:46:29 +0000 http://www.austinryack.com/?p=801 The media has made Democratic millennial candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the face of the next generation. “Millennials are much more open to socialism,” one article declared over at CNN. “28-Year-Old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Pushing For Millennials’ Future Through Politics,” headlined another article. However, there […]

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]]> The media has made Democratic millennial candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the face of the next generation. “Millennials are much more open to socialism,” one article declared over at CNN. “28-Year-Old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Pushing For Millennials’ Future Through Politics,” headlined another article.

However, there are other millennial congressional candidates headed to the general election who have a clear path to victory, and they have garnered very little national attention. One of those is 30-year-old Justin Fareed, a Republican running in California’s 24th Congressional District.

In a recent poll commissioned by his campaign, Fareed is nearly tied with Democratic incumbent Salud Carbajal, with Fareed polling at 46 percent and Carbajal barely squeezing by at 47 percent. “Justin is already favorably defined in district,” the pollster, Olive Tree Strategies, concluded. “Once Salud’s record is made common knowledge Justin becomes the clear favorite to win in November.”

The irony, though, is that Fareed doesn’t have a high favorability among millennials. In a congressional district filled with college students and recent graduates, Carbajal seems to be the favorite among Fareed’s peers.

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]]> California college: Free tuition for 500 first-year students https://austinyack.com/california-college-free-tuition-for-500-first-year-students/ Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:34:18 +0000 http://www.austinryack.com/?p=634 A California community college is offering free tuition and fees to 500 first-year students who apply to its First-Year Promise Plus Program. Rather than provide funding based on academic merit, College of the Canyons is doling out the funds on a […]

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]]> A California community college is offering free tuition and fees to 500 first-year students who apply to its First-Year Promise Plus Program. Rather than provide funding based on academic merit, College of the Canyons is doling out the funds on a first-come, first-serve basis.

“This is an incredible opportunity that increases access to higher education and changes lives,” College of the Canyons Chancellor Dianne Van Hook said. “I urge all potential first-time students to give this serious consideration – and to apply as soon as possible.”

The College of the Canyons program is funded by a state program called California College Promise, and it received nearly $900,000 for the 2018-2019 academic year. Formerly the Board of Governors Fee Waiver, the California College Promise Program claims to be “a program that waives community college tuition fees for qualified students unable to afford it.” This no longer seems to be the case, however.

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