Homemade T-shirt fashion show gets political
STANFORD, Calif. (U-WIRE) - The Delta Sigma Theta's fashion show had students sashaying down the runway modeling their original designs. But they were not wearing dresses, skirts or even so much as a tank top on the catwalk - only T-shirts were allowed.
Political T-shirts, to be exact. Information about propositions and candidates were projected onto a screen behind them.
As part of the sorority's national "I promise to vote" initiative, the fashion show was geared to educate attendees about political issues relevant in this year's election. Members of 14 student groups designed the T-shirts.
"All of us, as students, have special concerns in this election that need to be addressed, and every group on campus recognizes that," said Angel Davis, a member of the public service sorority.
First on-campus polling place flooded with voters
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (U-WIRE) - The vote was rocked. Students voted Tuesday at the first polling place at California State University-Long Beach in the school's history. The polls, staffed entirely by students, were packed during all open hours.
There were five polling stations and a line extending down the bridge of the Student Union all day.
Kim Hinckson, a government adviser who was working the polls, said the student government recruited 900 students from the political science department to work the polls. Stipends of $55 were provided, along with extra credit from some professors and a day enjoyed outside of classrooms.
Zahra Billoo, a student government representative, said in the past, students were forced to vote outside the precinct in surrounding neighborhoods. That was before Billoo and other student government representatives spearheaded an effort to host a polling station at CSULB.
300 students bowl, eat,watch election results
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (U-WIRE) - Some came to cream Kerry, others to bash Bush. But they all had one thing in common: Free popcorn and bowling.
Nearly 300 people showed up at the University of Maryland Stamp Student Union Tuesday night, long after the winding lines of voters were gone, to bowl in the Terp Zone bowling alley with lanes designated for students vying to "cream Kerry" or "bash Bush" and to watch the election results in the Hoff Theater.
The voices of Wolf Blitzer and his CNN cronies blared from large televisions and competed with the din of falling bowling pins. Students faced the televisions while seated in large green chairs as red and blue states flashed across the screens.
Some students were interested in the magnitude of the day, while others just came for the freebies.
Scion offers free rides to polls at 16 universities
BOSTON (U-WIRE) - Hoping to encourage greater voter turnout, Toyota employed the use of its new Scion line of cars Tuesday to help Boston University students get to the polls for the presidential election.
The cars were part of Scion's Drive the Vote campaign, which was launched at 16 campuses nationwide on Election Day.
Patrick Courrielche, managing director of Inform Ventures - the marketing company that executed "Drive the Vote" with Scion - said BU was chosen to participate because of its size and proximity to the Scion regional offices.
Courrielche said the campaign wished to increase awareness on Election Day and encourage students to express themselves.
"Creating a platform for expression is what Scion is all about and we created this program to facilitate that idea," he said.
Scion and Toyota officials hoped that by giving free rides to and from the polls, students would be left without the excuse of being too busy or too tired to vote, Courrielche said.
