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Chairman's Welcome

Hello everyone.  My name is Greg Baker and I am the chairman of the University of Iowa College Republicans.  I would like to welcome you to our website.  We want to make it easy for you to get involved with our group, so we want to make our website as convenient as possible.  Please feel free to participate in our wide variety of events that you will see under our calender link.  You do not have to attend meetings in order to participate in our activities.  I do highly recommend that you do come to our meetings for it allows you to make important decisions for our group and get the fullest amount of information possible.  Not to mention you get to make many great friends that also share your political beliefs.  Our mission at UICR is to make the Republican voice heard on this extremely liberal campus.  Do not be discouraged by our last election, but instead be motivated to get your voice heard at this University with us.  Join us in changing the direction of this country, because change starts with you.  Thank you very much and I hope to see you with the UICR.

Thanks,
Greg Baker (UICR Chair)

Iowa Caucus
Written by Greg Baker   
Tuesday, 11 December 2007

The Iowa Caucuses will be on Janurary 3rd this year.  They will begin at 7 P.M.  If you want to vote in the caucus you have to be a registered Republican and you have to be registered to vote in Iowa.  On caucus night students natively from Iowa have to choices on locations where to vote.  You can csucus at home and register with your parents address or you can caucus here with your university address.  Out of state students you have to caucus in Iowa City with your university address.  Hillcrest and Mayflower dormitories are both open over break.  If you need a place to stay let us know and we can help arrange that for you.  Most students will be voting at the IMU.  The IMU includes precincts around the UI and also precincts that the West and East side dorms are in.  Mayflower and Parklawn will not be in the IMU.  Mayflower will be voting at Lincoln Elementary School and Parklawn will be voting at the Shimen School gym.  If you need to know which precinct you are in go to www.johnson-county.com/auditor.

 Precincts

 IC 3, IC 5, IC 10, IC 11, IC 19 are all in the IMU.

IC 22 is in Shimen School gym.

IC 4 is in Lincoln Elementary School.

Rooms for the Union will be announced shortly.  You can find out in the Union on the night of the caucus. 
 
Home for the Holidays
Written by Greg Baker   
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
College Republicans will be sponsoring Home For the Holidays from December 11-14.  College Republicans will be collecting presents for the troops overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Gifts will be collected to help the troops feel more at home during the Holiday season.  These gifts are items that troops do not get to have overseas that we often take adavantage of at home.  Please stop by the collection sites to help the troops this Christmas.  On Saturday College Republicans from across the state will be coming to Iowa City to box up these presents and send them overseas.  We will be meeting at 1 P.M. in the River Room cafe of the IMU.  Please stop by to help.  We are expecting to send over at least 200 boxes.

Collection Sites:
Burge: December 11 5-7 P.M.
IMU: December 12 11-2 P.m.
Hillcrest: December 13 5-7 P.M.
Mayflower: December 14 12-2 P.M.

Items:
Food: beef jerkey, coffee, pretzels, hard candy, trail mix, popcorn, and cereal.
Toiletries: Shampoo, soap, hair gel, deodrant, band aids, and sun block.
Entertainment: Batteries, DVDs, CDs, PS@ games, board games, portable CD players.
Others: prepaid phone cards, small flashlights, holiday decorations, small bibles, and alarm clocks.
Cash donations are also accepted.

Also on Friday College Republicans will be singing Christmas Carols at the VA Hosptial at 4:30 P.M.  Meet in the parking lot of the IMU at 4 if you would like to attend.
 
Donating To Our Organization
Written by Greg Baker   
Tuesday, 10 April 2007

As you can tell from our website we have a lot of great ideas for the year ahead and many more to plan out as the year and election get underway. But to make all of those ideas possible, we need your help. Volunteers and ideas have never been a problem for us. One area where we need help is funding. As college students, we can only afford to spend so much out of our pockets.

We have no overhead costs; consequently, be assured that every penny we receive will support our efforts, such as recruiting future volunteers and leaders, planning more events to promote the Republican Party on campus, mobilizing members for the Party’s efforts, educating members about the core principles of our Party, and building future leaders of America. Any donation that you can give will help young Republicans at the University of Iowa campus.

To donate simply click on the paypal section on our front page. Enter in the dollar amount you wish to donate and then press enter on the keyboard. Paypal when then ask you to sign into your paypal account if you have one. If not you can enter your credit card or bank account number and paypal will process it for you. There is not service charge and you have the safety of the highly trusted paypal. All money is automatically sent to the College Republican bank account here in Iowa City.

 

Thank you very much.

Greg Baker

UICR Chair