Muckraking for Pennies

From the corners of a poorly lit room in Collegetown and rising from the chambers of an art deco style dorm down in our nation’s Capital, we bring you Muckracking for Pennies. Here at MFP, our goal is to bring you the news from an insider’s perspective as Donial Dastgir’10 works from DC and Liz Manapsal’10 writes from Ithaca. We’ll blog about important news and events but also take time out to blog about news that might not make it to the front page of the newspaper but still have impact on college students and the nation at large.

Muckraking for Pennies Contributors: Elizabeth Manapsal, Donial Dastgir and Elizabeth Manapsal, Donial Dastgir

From the corners of a poorly lit room in Collegetown and rising from the chambers of an art deco style dorm down in our nation’s Capital, we bring you Muckracking for Pennies. Here at MFP, our goal is to bring you the news from an insider’s perspective as Donial Dastgir’10 works from DC and Liz Manapsal’10 writes from Ithaca. We’ll blog about important news and events but also take time out to blog about news that might not make it to the front page of the newspaper but still have impact on college students and the nation at large.

Scandal in the Interior

September 15, 2008 - 10:28pm
By Donial Dastgir and Elizabeth Manapsal
Manapsal and Dastgir recall the myriad of scandals that have recently plauged the White House, urging the country back to ethical standards.

What Palin Says (or Doesn't)

September 11, 2008 - 4:19pm
By Donial Dastgir and Elizabeth Manapsal
Donial Dastgir and Elizabeth Manaspal draw commentary from various sources as they discuss the implications of McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket.

Palin's Contradictions

September 6, 2008 - 10:08pm
By Donial Dastgir and Elizabeth Manapsal
For better or worse, Wednesday night belonged to Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. In a night that saw speeches by former Republican presidential candidates Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, Palin, McCain's newly appointed running mate, held court in Minneapolis-St. Paul for the first time, in front of the largest number of people she'd spoken to in her political career.

Afghanistan in Flux

August 25, 2009 - 11:00pm
By Donial Dastgir
Welcome to the 2009/2010 edition of Muckraking for Pennies. I had this long piece of dramatic rhetoric (it'd put Marc Anthony in Julius Caesar to shame, believe me) planned for this occasion but I figured that that would be a bit pretentious and boring right now. Instead, let's focus on Afghanistan.