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Hopefully, this voter suppression will go the way of poll taxes and grandfather clauses, but for right now, I do not think it will matter tomorrow. Black turnout will be record-breaking, and all of the 80-pound paper in Ohio cannot stop black voters from being the deciding factor in removing Bush from office. Either way, this election may well be dragged out over the course of a few months as lawsuits over balloting and voter suppression will be decided all over the nation. In the end, however, black voters will have carried Kerry to victory and he will...

Author: By Brandon M. Terry, | Title: Black Man's Burden | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...seems to me the fact that voter turnout is usually extremely low, especially amongst the younger voter, should be considered a problem.  Until the youth vote becomes more of a significant factor, politicians will continue to neglect the issues that are most important to us.  To “fervently hope” that younger voters will “continue to be simply too lazy to show up at the polls” is not only ridiculous, but also borders on the unconstitutional.  To imply that the country would “loose...

Author: By Michelle Sonia, | Title: Eminem political video speaks to youth interest in election | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...It’s never really a large factor, but being in a different territory is always a mental and physical strain on the team,” Ogbechie said.That strain contributed to a rout on Friday, as the visiting Crimson could not recover from the evening’s 25 attack errors and suffered just its second Ivy loss on the year...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Volleyball Splits N.Y. Swing | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...that the higher tuitions at private schools would lead her to a state school, the exorbitant cost of going to medical school does not seem to have much of an effect on Harvard undergraduates. “I do not hear from my students that cost is a major factor in whether or not they apply to med school,” Michaelson writes...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Gap Year, Pre-Med Style | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

...location through which almost every resident passes on a daily basis. The dining hall is a necessary stop on the way home, unlike the satellite dining halls so common at the river Houses. Currier only has one commonly used entrance, and so the entryway itself becomes a uniting factor. Even the shuttle, the cause of so much woe for new Quadlings, provides a forum for day-to-day communication. The result is that Currier residents know each other very well. The existence of wide open spaces and large groups watching playoff baseball and political events on television not only brings...

Author: By Jonathan C. Bardin, | Title: The Other Case for Currier House | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

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