Paul Ryan at Loras

Last Monday, Loras hosted a political rally for Paul Ryan. He is from Wisconsin, about two hours from Dubuque, and was starting a bus tour around the state of Iowa.

The Loras College Republicans club was active in supporting this event, as well as getting the word out on campus. We usually have team dinners on Monday night, so instead we went to this as a team after Mass.

Our Teammate Courtney 

The doors opened at 4:30pm and we got there after Mass ended at 6pm, so not surprisingly we weren't able to get into the Field House where Ryan was speaking since they were already at capacity. So we gathered with the other hundreds of people outside the Field House and waited. (Thankfully this was before the weather started to pretend it was winter so it wasn't unbearably cold!)

It was very interesting to hear Ryan speak. He is a dynamic speaker and told a few jokes making the crowd laugh! His grandfather went to Loras and even added in his speech several times, "Go Duhawks!" (which is the mascot at Loras, a Dubuque Hawk...)

His wife and three children were with him and afterwards came out to speak to us for a minute. Random thought: have you ever wondered about the wife of the vice-president? I hadn't before I saw Mrs. Ryan. We looked it up, and she is called the Second Lady. Since 1974, there has been a house designated for the Vice President and his family, located on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory. Kind of interesting...