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Without being of voting age, political life seems meaningless and far away. However, high school ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,-...- 4 . it.:', i1 4 .1 1 self-report- to be politically involved, political efficacy may rise. Other ways to get involved include, but are not limited to: Knowing who your local officials are and talking to them. ed Attending town hall city council meetings. Participating in protests. Volunteering for a cause. Writing letters. Donating. Uta la's policy on civic education is available by going to https:utah.govi and searching R277-475. - , I to I i1,0.1.. , Send letters to the editor to DixieSun dixie.edu. Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in , tirg Nighttime horror ads need option ' Ir IL49., r i , , . , 1 f , , , to be skipped the newspaper andor dixiesunnews.com. The guidelines for letters are , .. ' Submissions should be no longer than 250 words and must be Writers must include name, phone number and email address. Students should also include year in school, hometown and , v. :,- - ,, ,. , well-writte- L BY AUTUMN NUZMAN AutumnNuzman major. Letters are subject to editing for length, style and grammar. Letters consisting of inaccurate, libelous or highly offensive content will not be published. Letters should be submitted to dixiesundixie.edu in the body of the email, not an attachment. Letters become property of Dixie Sun News and may be published in any format. Dixie Sun News ena lively discus- sion on its website among its readers. Dixie Sun News does not edit comments. However, an editor will not post any comments that are libelous or vulgar. : Imagine you're lying in bed after a long day, listening to a few songs on YouTube to wind down for the night. Slow songs, just to soothe your senses. And then a demonic nun jumps out at you. Fantastic, "The Nun" had just given me irrational nightmare fuel. My only solace was knowing that particular ad would stop showing up after the movie came out on Sept. 6. It's still ridiculous how often I get shown horror movie ads at night while listening to songs that have nothing to do with horror. In fact, it would be , , , as follows: courages "Our analysis of state policy and student experiences indicates that most states do include important aspects of a quality civics education in their standards and curricula," the Brookings study reported. "However, there is room to grow in incorporating more participatory components of civics education into students' experiences." An important thing to remember when considering our youth's engagement in the political world is that they can do more than just vote. If teachers include these other ways enough to vote. Most high schools usually require just half of a year of a civics class in order to graduate, and the school environment can often focus on tests and grades, not experiences and participation. In a study done on high school seniors by Brookings Public Policy Institution, 70 percent of students said they had never written a letter to give an opinion or help solve a perproblem. Fifty-thre- e cent had never had outside speakers or gone on a politically focused field trip. test. The only question that was answered correctly was: "What is the national anthem?" This lack of knowledge could be one of the main contributors to the poor amount of political involvement in the United States. In fact, according to the Pew Research Center, the US placed 26th out of a list of 32 developed countries when it came to voter turnout. One of the ways to solve this problem is to give citizens, specifically high school students, the knowledge they need in order to feel comfortable ,, nice if YouTube gave you the option to opt out of certain ads, especially horror movie ads. What if I had serious mental issues such as PTSD and anxiety? Gee, thanks for the panic attack, YouTube. I have a friend who uses PTSD filters that stop ads with triggering themes, but it's not provided by YouTube and I don't have the time or resources to look up stuff like that. It's not as if I hate the horror genre. I've played the "Outlast" video game trilogy and I just wrote an article suggesting a whole list of horror movies. I just refuse to watch or play anything horror related at night. Obviously, I know none of the stuff in the horror movie ads is real, but that doesn't mean I won't end up having unpleasant dreams if that's the last thing I see before I go to sleep. And with the stress of college life, I don't need anything unpleasant showing up in my dreams. , , , , 14 - , ,., , , , 4 , li.4f) . , ,.,,,. ., ,,,,, i , , .,..0 6' x Z - ,c ' -- .I 40 c.: ,, '''s: . , ,', : , , I f ,,,, k , . , i 2rtl There is nothing fun about starting to fall asleep listening to music and a nighttime ad of a horror movie coming on to wake you right up. 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