August 4, 2006

When Candidates Visit

By DANIEL M. SHEA

Big-league campaigning came to Allegheny College in 2004 with a visit from Vice President Dick Cheney. It was an exciting event, with political passions running high among Republicans and Democrats alike. It was also big news in the community: While William McKinley briefly attended Allegheny, no sitting president or vice president had ever before made a stop on our campus.

In retrospect, however, allowing the vice president to use our facilities was a mistake — one that

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