Even though first-years had barely stepped foot on พรพรสำฦตโs campus last week, Adam Zimmermann โ10 didnโt waste any time getting the Class of 2012 fired up to vote.
Recognizing a golden opportunity, Zimmermann, president of พรพรสำฦตโs Student Association for Voter Empowerment (SAVE), decided to integrate a voter registration drive into Link orientation meetings.
โWe figured this was the year to kick off a different way at พรพรสำฦต,โ Zimmermann told The Christian Science Monitor.
SAVEโs effort was highlighted in a recent Christian Science Monitor story about campuses that are going beyond traditional voter registration programs โin an attempt to turn Election โ08 into the educational opportunity of a lifetime.โ
โWeโre trying to get something much more systematic and ingrained in the culture,โ added Zimmermann.
He considers the new initiative a step in the right direction. During last weekโs orientation, about 175 first-years registered to vote.
Meanwhile, geography professor Ellen Kraly is making headlines for climbing to the top of Mount Rainier in Washington state โ one of the countryโs highest peaks.
The Post-Standard (Syracuse) has been tracking Kralyโs climb with her son, Jim, to raise money for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Kraly, a breast cancer survivor, told The Post-Standard that beating cancer is a lot like climbing mountains โ both empowering and humbling.
โIt was a very moving experience,โ she said. โIt had looked so large in my imagination. To have done it was something that meant a lot to me personally.โ
This was Kralyโs second climb; four years ago, she took on Mount Baker in Washington state.
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