Senator Obama showed students that he will bring about change we can believe in at Converse College Saturday.
Student voters in Georgia harassed
“From the day I take office as President, America will have a Justice Department that is truly dedicated to the work it began in the days after Little Rock. I will rid the department of ideologues and political cronies, and for the first time in eight years, the Civil Rights Division will actually be staffed with civil rights lawyers who prosecute civil rights violations, and employment discrimination, and hate crimes. And we’ll have a Voting Rights Section that actually defends the right of every American to vote without deception or intimidation. When flyers are placed in our neighborhoods telling people to vote on the wrong day, that won’t only be an injustice, it will be a crime.” ---Barack Obama, Howard University Convocation 9/28/2007
Students for Barack Obama is committed to changing the political landscape by getting students more engaged and involved in the process. And because SFBO has been so successful, it comes as a shock when we hear news about student voters being intimidated and threatened while trying to vote. It's hard to fathom that happening in 2007.
According to the National Campaign for Fair Elections students at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro "have been the victims of challenges to their registration, threats, intimidation, and have faced police officers stationed outside and inside early polling places all because they had the nerve to want to vote in local elections."
Change in North CarolinaIn North Carolina this week students from rival universities came together to welcome Senator Obama and start counting down to change.
Students from UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. Central, N.C. State, Duke and N.C. A&T universities crowded the field and the bleachers to hear the words of the man in whom they have put their trust."To see a lot of young people here excited about change and the future is really encouraging," said Stephen McIntyre, a UNC-CH law student.
Debate at DrexelDrexel University students welcomed the Democratic presidential contenders for this week's debate on their campus. In an online campus poll immediately after the debate Senator Obama won with 47% of students responding saying he had the best performance of the night.
Cornell not divided into red and blue
Cornell did not have the honor of hosting a real live Presidential debate…so they substituted student supporters for candidates. Senator Obama had two student representatives taking part:
Matthews Grosshans '11 characterized Senator Obama as a charismatic and inspirational speaker who could restore the American electorate's faith in the country's government."Obama appeals to the core values that unite all Americans instead of dividing the citizenry into blue and red states," said Grosshans, referencing Obama's keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
In other news…Obama participates in MTV/MySpace Forum with Iowa college studentsGeorgetown University's star center Roy Hibbert may follow in Obama's footsteps
Hibbert looks forward to tossing his mortarboard in the air at graduation next spring, not the type of sentiment one hears every day from a big-time college athlete. Hibbert, though, said he could put his degree to good use down the road.He has been keeping tabs on the 2008 presidential campaign and went to hear the Democratic candidate Barack Obama speak twice."After basketball, maybe you might see me running for governor or mayor, something like that," Hibbert said, his eyes and smile as wide as can be. "I won't go so far as to say president, because that's kind of cliché. But you never know what will happen."
The Chicago Tribune reports on candidates courting the youth vote in Iowa.
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