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...quantities rivaled only by Halloween, with Tootsie Rolls taped to the cards kids hand out. I have no problem with the holiday for 8-year-olds, now that it has shed its Darwinian savagery. Children are expected to bring a valentine for every classmate, unlike the days of our youth, when the teachers would collect the cards in a big red box and then call out names one by one, in a public accounting of exactly how many friends each child actually...
...college students across the country ponder casting votes in primaries this week, the last thing we need is more reasons to keep them away from the polls. As it is, the number of college voters hovers around 50 percent, and this at a time when youth activism seems to be all the hype. While numerous theories attempt to account for this low number—from apathy to complacency to ignorance—the voting process itself may very well be discouraging, and even disenfranchising, a number of young voters...
...most outrageous roadblock to youth voting is that many college students’ votes come at an unfair price—a postage price to be exact. With the exception of residents of four states, students living outside of their registered district—many college students fall under this category—will be forced to pay postage on their absentee ballots. Only Hawaii, Minnesota, Nevada and West Virginia pay the return address for an absentee ballot. So what’s the problem with the systems in the other 46 states? Confusion and ambiguity plague the process...
...victory and showed that he had raised the level of his game, turning himself from a pesky defensive opponent into a fearsome attacker from any point on the court. After splitting two sets against Alex Cojanu, an opponent who had improved vastly since Clayton disposed of him easily in youth tennis, the “third set was heart,” Assistant Coach Andrew Rueb ’95 said. Up 5-4, and returning serve, Clayton played his way to match point, when his opponent caught fire. “For a while, [Cojanu] was just unstoppable...
...Young Republicans As "America's oldest youth political organization," the Young Republicans (or "YRs," as they're also known) have united registered Republicans from 18 to 40-years-old since 1935, including notable alumni Florida Governor Charlie Crist and his predecessor, Jeb Bush...