Activists decide to vote
Joanna Bernstein
Issue date: 3/28/08 Section: Goofordian
Despite their concerns about universal healthcare, workers' rights, the Iraq war, and climate change, many campus radicals have been reluctant to vote. The students claimed that the federal government is too corrupt to fairly count their votes.
However, in light of recent sociopolitical revelations, self-proclaimed activists at Guilford College have decided to vote in the 2008 Presidential election.
After practicing social deviance for years, anarchists, communists, and other political minorities have succumbed to participatory democracy.
Sophomore peace and conflict studies major Alyzza Callahan registered to vote as an independent last weekend.
"The whole experience was incredibly surreal," Callahan said. "For the first time in my life I felt like I was doing something politically productive."
Making the decision to register to vote was not easy for Callahan, who has attended a plethora of anti-capitalist and anti-globalization protests since enrolling in college.
"Getting kicked out of the Pepsi headquarters parking lot in South Carolina before the company's CEOs had even arrived that day for work was really empowering," Callahan said.
After several similar experiences at other 'relatively productive' protests, Callahan grew increasingly tired of getting the boot from law enforcement officials before the capitalist pigs at Pepsi caught a glimpse of the anger in her eyes.
"Electoral politics are far from perfect," Callahan said. "But at least voting will give me a fighting chance of having my voice heard."
Callahan's decision to vote has caused many of her friends to question their ideologies about what constitutes political activism.
Sophomore English major Eileen Barnett, a friend of Callahan's, was forced to re-evaluate her own views and behaviors after she learned about Callahan's newfound means of political participation.
"When I attended protests all I was able to do was scream and shout, but I never felt like anyone was listening to me," Barnett said. "But by voting, my stances on a number of issues that govern this country's existence are permanently on record."
However, in light of recent sociopolitical revelations, self-proclaimed activists at Guilford College have decided to vote in the 2008 Presidential election.
After practicing social deviance for years, anarchists, communists, and other political minorities have succumbed to participatory democracy.
Sophomore peace and conflict studies major Alyzza Callahan registered to vote as an independent last weekend.
"The whole experience was incredibly surreal," Callahan said. "For the first time in my life I felt like I was doing something politically productive."
Making the decision to register to vote was not easy for Callahan, who has attended a plethora of anti-capitalist and anti-globalization protests since enrolling in college.
"Getting kicked out of the Pepsi headquarters parking lot in South Carolina before the company's CEOs had even arrived that day for work was really empowering," Callahan said.
After several similar experiences at other 'relatively productive' protests, Callahan grew increasingly tired of getting the boot from law enforcement officials before the capitalist pigs at Pepsi caught a glimpse of the anger in her eyes.
"Electoral politics are far from perfect," Callahan said. "But at least voting will give me a fighting chance of having my voice heard."
Callahan's decision to vote has caused many of her friends to question their ideologies about what constitutes political activism.
Sophomore English major Eileen Barnett, a friend of Callahan's, was forced to re-evaluate her own views and behaviors after she learned about Callahan's newfound means of political participation.
"When I attended protests all I was able to do was scream and shout, but I never felt like anyone was listening to me," Barnett said. "But by voting, my stances on a number of issues that govern this country's existence are permanently on record."
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jim2008
posted 6/03/08 @ 5:04 AM EST
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i am a new one.
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