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Putting aside conflicting loyalties to past presidential hopefuls, students from more than six schools converged yesterday in Sever Hall at the College Democrats of Massachusetts (CDM) Annual Convention with one common mission: getting John F. Kerry into the White House.
“I’m just waiting for a ‘Jews for Kerry’ pin,” joked another student at the convention.
The day-long convention consisted of question-and-answer sessions with politicians and presentations by prominent Democratic organizations, concluding with the election of Joel C. Washington ’05 and Joseph M. Hanzich ’06 to the CDM board as vice president and membership director, respectively.
Johnston revealed that this year’s Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Boston, will be the first “interactive convention”—videoconferencing technology will help create a “national conversation about the importance of the presidential election,?...
In addition to the speakers, the conference featured an information session on the Democratic National Convention and a campaign training workshop entitled “Campaigning 101.”