Letters: Keenan-Devlin relates to college kids, hoops starting lineup shows promise

Starting lineup shows promise for NU hoops

In previous years, I used to gNash my teeth over the sluggish play of Northwestern's basketball team. But this year's squad sure has the Juice. Luka how well they are playing. The coach Drew a starting lineup of five solid players. I'm Shurna gonna miss the rest of this season. Go Cats!

— Jim Carper
Medill '79
NU men's basketball season ticket holder
Former Daily staffer

Keenan-Devlin relates to concerns of college kids

When was the last time you looked at a candidate running for office and really related to him or her?  When was the last time you felt like you could visit the office of your elected representative and have him or her truly listen to your concerns?

Because we know he will listen to us and represent us with sincerity, we support Patrick Keenan-Devlin for 18th District State Representative. We Northwestern students have trusted him to represent us before—Patrick, Weinberg and Bienen '06, served as our ASG president in 2005. He understands our community and the issues we care about.

We are tutoring children. We are serving meals to the homeless. We are engaging people living with disabilities. We are organizing for a living wage. We are fighting for gender equality. We are building a greener world. We are obtaining higher education.
We are college students.

Patrick may be young, but we know age does not necessarily equate to level of experience or depth of passion. He has been fighting alongside us on our issues at the state level for years. While the Illinois budget crisis has threatened funding for organizations like Mary Lou's Place, a shelter for battered women and their children, and programs like state-funded financial aid for low-income students, Patrick has been advocating for a new tax structure that would protect vital human services and access to higher education.

Patrick Keenan-Devlin is a committed advocate of social justice. He will champion the causes we care about. Beyond that, we trust Patrick to be responsive to our concerns and represent us well in Springfield. We urge you to join us in supporting Patrick—visit his Web site and cast your vote now at the Evanston Civic Center!

— Samantha Reed
SESP junior
Student coordinator, Patrick for Illinois
— Adam Yalowitz
Weinberg junior
Education co-chair,
Northwestern Community Development Corps
— Maddie Orenstein
SESP '09
Former co-chair, Freshman Urban Program
Patrick for Illinois volunteer