Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Students socialize before the start of the AU launch Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful." — Teddy Roosevelt    Kali L Peterson School: University of California, Berkeley Member of: Core Chapters and Staff Policy Strategy and Communications Policy interests: Criminal justice, Education, International development, Outer space, Religion, Science and innovation, Social policy, The media, Voting rights I'm mostly harmless.  I'm a senior English and History student at Cal.  I'm also VP of Roosevelt, Editor-in-Chief of the Smart Ass, member of the Cal Dems Executive Board, President of the English Undergraduate Association, and VP of the Rubberband Club.  Yes, the Rubberband Club.  It's real!  This year I'm facilitating our rockin' DeCal.  Next year... the world.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359