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A student from Linfield just called me and asked me about my college search. I told her that I was applying early decision to Puget Sound, and she sounded so depressed after that... I told her Linfield was my second choice, but I don't think that helped. :(
Random question about college--I'm applying online. There are things that I'm supposed to sign on the application. How do I sign them if they're online?
...Erm. Why are people either virulently pro-Yankees or anti-Yankees? What's the big deal about the Yankees? *does not follow baseball at all. Except the Giants. :p*
And now for something actually important...
Residents of the United States who are over eighteen...you're voting, aren't you?
Because if you're not...I don't know what to say to you. Voting is a privilege, and one that both Iraquis and the American (and British, et al) troops are being wounded and dying for. And we in America have it, we've fought our own battles for it, through the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, through Women's Suffrage, through the Vietnam War and lowering the voting age to eighteen...
Don't take it for granted.
For all of us who don't yet have the privilege of voting, whether it be due to age or because we aren't US residents...vote, because we can't.
Whether you want Bush to stay in office or get out of office, do your part for whatever end you want--vote.
I've volunteered before to try and get people voting, I intend to do it more as Election Day approaches, and it's all I can do for another four years (or other amounts, for non-presidential elections).
I don't care if you're voting Democrat, Republican, or none of the above. Just vote.
My school is having a school-wide forum, debating Bush vs Kerry. I can't go because I've got class at UNR, but I'd like to. There may not be many at my school who are old enough to vote, but there are some, and eighteen to twenty-four is the age with the lowest voter turnout. Maybe this forum will convince some of them that they need to register too.
We talked about voting in Government today, and found out that the United States is at a whopping 52.6% for people of voting age who actually vote, and I find that absolutely pathetic.
This country needs to wake up and take advantage of something that we've fought tooth and nail for over the years. Don't take it for granted anymore. Vote.
Vote for whomever you want, because you want them.
Vote, for the issues you think are important.
Vote, because I can't, and I want to.
And when I'm reading 1984, and have just finished Animal Farm, this world grows even more frightening...
Random question about college--I'm applying online. There are things that I'm supposed to sign on the application. How do I sign them if they're online?
...Erm. Why are people either virulently pro-Yankees or anti-Yankees? What's the big deal about the Yankees? *does not follow baseball at all. Except the Giants. :p*
And now for something actually important...
Residents of the United States who are over eighteen...you're voting, aren't you?
Because if you're not...I don't know what to say to you. Voting is a privilege, and one that both Iraquis and the American (and British, et al) troops are being wounded and dying for. And we in America have it, we've fought our own battles for it, through the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, through Women's Suffrage, through the Vietnam War and lowering the voting age to eighteen...
Don't take it for granted.
For all of us who don't yet have the privilege of voting, whether it be due to age or because we aren't US residents...vote, because we can't.
Whether you want Bush to stay in office or get out of office, do your part for whatever end you want--vote.
I've volunteered before to try and get people voting, I intend to do it more as Election Day approaches, and it's all I can do for another four years (or other amounts, for non-presidential elections).
I don't care if you're voting Democrat, Republican, or none of the above. Just vote.
My school is having a school-wide forum, debating Bush vs Kerry. I can't go because I've got class at UNR, but I'd like to. There may not be many at my school who are old enough to vote, but there are some, and eighteen to twenty-four is the age with the lowest voter turnout. Maybe this forum will convince some of them that they need to register too.
We talked about voting in Government today, and found out that the United States is at a whopping 52.6% for people of voting age who actually vote, and I find that absolutely pathetic.
This country needs to wake up and take advantage of something that we've fought tooth and nail for over the years. Don't take it for granted anymore. Vote.
Vote for whomever you want, because you want them.
Vote, for the issues you think are important.
Vote, because I can't, and I want to.
And when I'm reading 1984, and have just finished Animal Farm, this world grows even more frightening...
