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Show -- - - ------ ----------=:,--= THE "iO l I 111:1{, l ·1 .\ II l , I\ 1-1{ SI I , . l 1-1 > \ H. l I I , . l I \ 11 87TH YEAR; NUMBER 6 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1992 INSIDE: John Angell, director of student activities, stresses student inoolvement and 'total education.' ------A WVER OF ART: Martha MacLeish, assistant professor of art, recommends htt art appreciation classes for students interested in art. SEEPAGE 9. IX>SS HONORED: Matanda Doss is the fourth T.Binl. to snag the WFC Dtfrnsive Pla,er of the Wuk awanl. in five wuks of play. SEE PAGE 10. _ - - - - - - - - - - - .__. Bonn~ Hm~fa, SUUSA senator, is working on SUU's acumpt program sponsored lry MTV, ID SUU. ID reguteT more st1"Unts ID i ~ 1 ____,~ wtt. Part of that atttmj)( incl1"US bringing Rocle tht Vou, a Rock the Vote comes to SUU 'We really want students to vote,' says Bonnie Hennefer, SU senator BY CHERIS TUCKER 7lumderbird Editor According to Bonnie Henncfcr, SUUSA senator, Rod the Vote is not going to be a program simply seen on MlV, srudent government is bringing it to SU this ~r in an atn:mpt to get more students to vote. "We're going to set up booths today, Friday, Mo nday and Tuesday where students can register to vote,• said Hcnncfcr. "We'll have maps and addresses of wberc the students will have to go to vote, along with requests for absentee ball()(S for students wbo want to register in another county." The booths arc open on those days from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hcnncfer added. The booths will be set up in front of the Student Center and the Library and in the Ccnaum. Hcnncfcr says that members of dubs and organizations on campus voluntttrcd to sit at the booths. Rod the Vote, sponsored by MTV and the music industty, targets the l~H age group nationwide. ttying to shun the atrirude that voting •isn't 1ne program joins popular music bands on tour to register voca-s, oftal in oonjunction with the I.ague of Women Voters. A study by the University of Michigan's institute for Social Research indic:aa that only 44 percent of Americans 18 to 24 arc registered to voce. The research, based o n a survey of 2,000 people in 1990, found that while tdl youngest generation of voccrs don't actively vote, they still expect the most from the government "I really disagree with this rap about student apathy," said Mary Beth Maxwell. director of the United States Student Association. a srudcnt cool: lobbying group hued in WashingtOn D.C. "The laid of political awareness on campuses is definitely increasing. •0ur challenge this year is to make the connection between issues they care about and voting," she said."A lot of people don't sec them u rclattd." Already, Rock the Vote registered mo re than 10,000 new voters in Maine and New Hampshire, mostly students. "Somehow, since we're lWOC:iated with MTV, we're more hipper to young people," said Van Riker, one of the six Rocle the Vote staff members. "When you think about it, when did anyone ever tell you about votingr Your social srudics teacherr" The ooncept of enlisting popular stars to promOtc the cause is w o r ~ n g the famous personalities arc Madonna, Lenny Kravitz and U2. ' Henncfer says she had to make a lot of phone calls to bring the program to SU, but she says it is important to get srudents registered, especially since this is a presidential dcaio n. "It's just so important that students vote,• she said. In the 1988 presidential dcaions, just 36 pctCCOt of the 18-H age group voted; student lobbyists blame the low turnout o n difficult registration laws. "Politicians have written off young people,• says Riker. ·Who arc young people? We're not unified, and we' re not voting unless we're directly affected. "As a group, if young people vote, that's going to throw a cog into the system." |