Georgetown College’s Student–Run Newspaper
November 6, 2019
Volume CXXXVIV Issue 20
Democrat Andy Beshear narrowly defeats Bevin
By ANDREW ALVEY
News Editor In a very tight race for the Governor’s mansion, Attorney General Andy Beshear (D) has defeated the incumbent Governor Matt Bevin (R). The race was considered a toss-up by pollsters with most polls showing the two candidates tied prior to today. Beshear’s win relied mostly on the Democrat strongholds of Louisville and Lexington along with other large cities in the state such as Bowling Green and Frankfort. Because of the populations being so much denser in these cities as opposed to the majority of the more rural counties, Beshear won by a small margin despite losing in the vast majority of the counties. Bevin, having had many
scandals during his one term in office, has been widely seen as disliked by both Democrats and Republicans. He only won 52% of the vote during the Republican primary earlier this year. However, Bevin has not conceded yet and is planning on asking for a recount. In order to get one, Bevin will have to seek and win a court’s approval where the process
will then be dictated by said court. Beshear ran on a campaign of state issues such as strengthening Kentucky’s public education system by increasing teachers’ salaries and raising the amount spent on public schools. This was a direct counteract measure to many of the proposed cuts that Bevin had made on the education system during his term.
Beshear had also campaigned on halting Bevin’s effort to reduce Medicaid in Kentucky— a cut that would potentially lead to 300,000 people losing their healthcare, according to the New York Times. Beshear had stated that when elected he would fund these increased programs by expanding gambling in the state past the horse industry. This would increase the tax revenue of the state significantly. Beshear has widely avoided national party politics during this campaign though he is pro-choice, supports clean air and clean water and supports using renewable energy sources. In Beshear’s victory speech he stated that his first acts as
with the Cawthorne Award at the 2019 Commencement ceremony in May. The event was attended my many Georgetown faculty and students alike, who were all extremely excited and anxious to get to hear Dr. White speak. Dr. Richard Harris, also a professor of Mathematics here
at Georgetown, introduced Dr. White, and gave many warm and kind remarks to Dr. White in his opening speech. Dr. Harris also commented on the astounding fact that this will be Dr. White’s second Cawthorne lecture, an amazing achievement for a professor here at Georgetown. Dr. White’s lec-
ture was entitled, “Between Science, Art, and Religion.” Dr. White begins his lecture with a quick preamble that stated, “WARNING: There will be math the exits are behind you.” Dr. White also began with several comments on the importance of a liberal arts education, and
how he has witnessed several of his former students here at Georgetown and other universities at which he has taught go on to extremely successful careers in the academia and business world.
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Men’s soccer finishes season with a win page 5
Bystander intervention training nexus page 6
Thanksgiving deserves more respect page 10
THE GEORGETONIAN / LAURA CALLIHAN
Voter outcome for the 2019 Kentucky Governor election. The red represents counties won by Bevin (R) while the blue represents counties won by Beshear (D).
governor would be to rescend the earlier mentioned Medicaid waiver, appointing a new board of education and restore voting rights to over 140,000 Kentuckians who were previously charged with a felony. Georgetown College Senior, Cameron Kenner said “As a Beshear voter, I believe Kentucky is taking a step in the right direction as we try to move away from heavyhanded power poltics into a more cooperative commonwealth.” It is important to note that Beshear is the only Democrat that won in the state on Tuesday night. Republican candidates for Attorney General, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, Treasurer and Auditor all won their individual races.
Dr. Homer White gives annual Cawthorne Lecture
By ROBERT BIRD Staff Writer This past Tuesday, the 2019 edition of the annual Cawthorne Lecture was presented to Georgetown College faculty, staff and students. This year’s lecture was given by professor of Mathematics Dr. Homer White, who was presented
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