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Delroy Cornick Jr.
Columbia, Maryland
Cable Company: Comcast

My experience with C-SPAN began while working a series of odd jobs after returning from a not-so-successful attempt at a college education. During this time, C-SPAN became the soundtrack to many miles spent on the highway as a delivery driver. As I have attempted to get my life and my education back on track by returning to college, C-SPAN has been an amazing tool for use in and out of the classroom. I remember one morning listening to an event on C-SPAN about the plight of women in Saudi Arabia; valiantly fighting government sanctioned kidnapping, and our government�s delicate relationship with such countries. Not but a few minutes later in my Comparative Government class did this exact topic arise and I felt more than adequately prepared to add my opinions and to make my arguments, backed with supporting facts, figures and ideas, all thanks to C-SPAN.

With tuition costs constantly rising, C-SPAN�s free and always-available programming has been the best textbook any student can own. Nothing is more fair and balanced than listening; nothing more insightful than existing as a fly on the wall, and this is what C-SPAN has allowed me to do. I adore C-SPAN�s ability to exist independent of political parties, giving those on both sides of the aisle equal opportunity to voice concern and raise issues of the greatest importance. Roosevelt�s fireside chats have evolved into the 21st century and for that I thank C-SPAN.


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Contest Winners
Read the essays of the 25 contest winners.

Press Releases
Sep. 28, 2005 -- Winners Named in C-SPAN Viewer Essay Contest Marking 25 Years of Viewer Calls

Sep. 14, 2005 -- C-SPAN Marks 25 Years Of Viewer Calls-Ins With LIVE, 25-Hour Call-In Program On Oct. 7

Aug. 17, 2005 -- C-SPAN Marks 25 Years Of Viewer Calls-Ins With LIVE, 25-Hour Call-In Program On Oct. 7

News Articles
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) - Oct. 10, 2005
Talkers Magazine - Cover Story Oct. 2005
Jewish World Review - Columnist David Brooks, Nov. 1999

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