Lauren Ratliff
Lauren Ratliff is a senior at The University of Texas at Austin majoring in Government and English. Her involvements on campus include the Senate of College Councils, Orange Jackets, Liberal Arts Council and Zeta Tau Alpha. Her passion for politics and the political process has played a huge part in her life. Lauren identifies with Republican ideals; she believes that people need more than a handout – they need a help-out. Lauren is specifically interested in how the Republican Party will shape itself during the upcoming years and reach out and inspire her generation. And she’s excited to play an integral part in that movement. Party bickering, name-calling, and partisanship have no place in a country where all people need to listen and collaborate to make the most effective policies. She is also very interested in the role of women in the political process, loves learning about the Spanish language and culture, and thinks that Texas is the best place on earth.
Grown-ups table: invitation only?
March 19, 2009 | BY Lauren Ratliff
For as long as I can remember, holiday meals with the family were eaten at two separate tables: one for the grown-ups and the other for the “kids.” For me, transition to the grown-ups table presents a symbolic gesture of the time when my family accepts me as an adult, and finally takes me seriously. [...]
Can Obama lead the next generation?
January 2, 2009 | BY Lauren Ratliff
Dear President-Elect Obama, You did not win my vote, but you’ve won my respect. And even though you are not from my party, you are without a doubt the president of my generation; just as Reagan was for my parents’ generation, like Kennedy was for my grandparents, and Franklin D. Roosevelt for my great-grandparents. These [...]
