Entries Tagged as 'Student Vote'

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Ghosts of Elections Past: A Political Coming of Age

In the year 2000, I did not recognize the consequences of things. I thought about getting my learners permit, about turning sixteen the next year. I thought about what I wanted to do with my hair color; about different ways to not fit in at school. Despite the fact that I still scribbled anarchy signs […]

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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Non-college students, non-voters

MTV is running a marginally depressing story about college-age students that actually aren’t in college and really don’t care about voting. Yes folks, to vote and be involved you have to register. Civil involvement seems to correlate with educational engagement.
“There is a lot of literature in political science to show that people with higher levels […]

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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

The Dailey Post: Wait, What? Am I Supposed To…? Wait, What?

Matt Dailey is a correspondent and contributor for The College Voter from Penn State University in Pennsylvania.

I got a letter from my grandmother the other day, and in it was the usual news: the azalea bushes near the side of the house are getting more buds; the postman asked after me last Monday afternoon; the […]

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