Students registering to vote at Friday Night Live
Bailey McBride
Issue date: 9/15/08 Section: News
Students gathered to register to vote and participate in election-themed activities last Friday at the "Rock the Vote" Friday Night Live.
"I had fun at the last FNL, so I expected this to be cool, too," said Richard Welsh, a freshman computer science major.
Sponsored by FNL and the Associated Student Government, this FNL consisted of a wide range of election-themed activities, including a booth where students were encouraged to create their own election buttons and signs and an opportunity to take pictures with the "candidates," which really were large cardboard cutouts of Barack Obama and John McCain. Students were also highly encouraged to register to vote.
A voter trivia game also got students thinking about their knowledge of elections and voter history. Questions included "True or False: 'There is no federal agency with regulatory authority or oversight of the U.S. voting machine industry'" and "True or False: 'A person who was not qualified to vote in the first election for failure to register 30 days prior to an election is not qualified to vote in the subsequent run-off.'" Both are true.
Besides election-themed fun, there were other activities available for students, including a large Velcro wall and a bungee run. Food and T-Shirts were distributed, as well.
Entertainment for the event was provided by the Scarlet Kings, a band from Nashville, Tenn., with a country-rock flavor. The band played crowd favorites, such as "Calling Baton Rouge" by Garth Brooks ,in addition to their own material from their record.
Unique to this FNL was the sponsorship from the ASG. President Carter Ford, who was volunteering at one of the booths at the event, said the evening was "a celebration of the right to vote and make a difference."
The ASG became involved with this FNL in order to help push its goal to register more students to vote.
"We tried to make it a fun, nonpartisan evening," Ford said.
Many students did participate in the activities provided by FNL.
"I had fun at the last FNL, so I expected this to be cool, too," said Richard Welsh, a freshman computer science major.
Sponsored by FNL and the Associated Student Government, this FNL consisted of a wide range of election-themed activities, including a booth where students were encouraged to create their own election buttons and signs and an opportunity to take pictures with the "candidates," which really were large cardboard cutouts of Barack Obama and John McCain. Students were also highly encouraged to register to vote.
A voter trivia game also got students thinking about their knowledge of elections and voter history. Questions included "True or False: 'There is no federal agency with regulatory authority or oversight of the U.S. voting machine industry'" and "True or False: 'A person who was not qualified to vote in the first election for failure to register 30 days prior to an election is not qualified to vote in the subsequent run-off.'" Both are true.
Besides election-themed fun, there were other activities available for students, including a large Velcro wall and a bungee run. Food and T-Shirts were distributed, as well.
Entertainment for the event was provided by the Scarlet Kings, a band from Nashville, Tenn., with a country-rock flavor. The band played crowd favorites, such as "Calling Baton Rouge" by Garth Brooks ,in addition to their own material from their record.
Unique to this FNL was the sponsorship from the ASG. President Carter Ford, who was volunteering at one of the booths at the event, said the evening was "a celebration of the right to vote and make a difference."
The ASG became involved with this FNL in order to help push its goal to register more students to vote.
"We tried to make it a fun, nonpartisan evening," Ford said.
Many students did participate in the activities provided by FNL.
Viewing Comments 1 - 1 of 1
al
posted 9/18/08 @ 10:25 AM CST
those cutouts are pretty funny.
i just ordered a few from lifesizecustomcutouts.com for a party.
Post a Comment