THE NEWSPAPER OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1913 VOLUME 99, ISSUE 38
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012
Aztecs rock campus voting registration
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Elisse Miller Staff Writer
San Diego State registered more new voters this fall than any other CSU with 4,413 students registering through the Rock the Vote campaign. Each CSU campus aimed to register at least 10 percent of its student body in a voter drive sponsored by the California State Student Association. The Rock the Vote effort was prominent on campus, with volunteers registering students almost daily and reminding them of the large potential for change this November’s election holds. “The reason we have things like budget cuts and tuition hikes is because people our age tend not to vote very much, so our interests aren’t heard,” Associated Students Vice President of External Affairs Tom Rivera said. “People think we don’t vote, so we must not care what our situation is, but the truth is that it’s the exact opposite—students care very much,
but they just never necessarily knew how to use the power they actually have. It’s important that students are engaged and they know what’s actually affecting them.” Throughout the CSU, 31,372 students registered to vote in California. While SDSU led the charge, San Francisco State, CSU Chico, Humboldt State, Cal Maritime Academy, CSU San Marcos and Sonoma State also registered more than 10 percent of their student bodies. “This shows that CSU students are committed to protecting our state’s system of higher education by voting for Proposition 30 and voting for candidates that support the CSU,” CSSA Vice President of Legislative Affairs Pedro Ramirez said. Rivera pointed to social media and Internet usage as important tools for registering college students. The ability to register online played a major role in student voter turnout. In fact, 1,400 students registered online.
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San Diego State students line up to register to vote on campus. Rock the Vote was made throughout the CSU, while SDSU led the charge registering 4,413 students.
“We could blast it out in emails and messages and on Facebook and Twitter, so people could just click a link and register to vote right there when they were at home,” Rivera said. “We also had the Rock the Vote video, which got a lot of positive feedback.” Change may be in the horizon
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as students’ political awareness increases. “We’ve dealt with budget cuts and a lot of problems with the CSU and we have been taking hits,” Rivera said, “So I think finally people are trying to be engaged when they realize the kind of power that everyone can quickly have as students.”
Hirshman frees house elf
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The office of San Diego State’s President Elliot Hirshman was in uproar yesterday following a series of events that led to the release of the president’s subservient house elf. The house elf, Kiff, served SDSU’s president diligently for the five years leading to his accidentally imposed freedom last Tuesday.
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A boat lies on debris in Long Beach, N.Y. in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30. More than 8.5 million houses have lost power due to the storm thus far.
J. Hutton Marshall Managing Editor
As Superstorm Sandy, recently downgraded from hurricane status, continues to bombard northeasten U.S., the entire country is feeling the rippling effects from the massive storm. For the first time since 1988, U.S. stock markets closed for two consecutive days as a result of weather. The markets will likely reopen Wednesday, as the final day of the month is a key trading day. This is the first unplanned shutdown since the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The presidential race was also stalled by Sandy, with President Barack Obama cancelling campaign events on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to devote time to disaster relief. Gov. Mitt Romney also cancelled several events because of weather conditions and
out of respect for those enduring the storm. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, recently praised Obama for his work in helping his state cope with Sandy.
Romney resumed campaigning Tuesday, although his events centered mostly around Superstorm Sandy. He attended three campaign rallies in Florida yesterday, a key swing state
I spoke to the president three times yesterday. He has been incredibly supportive and helpful ... Not once did he bring up the election.
“I spoke to the president three times yesterday,” Christie told CNN. “He has been incredibly supportive and helpful to our state and not once did he bring up the election.”
Chris Christie New Jersey Governor where polls are currently too close to call. The Associated Press reported at least 40 deaths from Sandy thus far and more than 8.5 million homes have lost power.
To lose his service in such easily preventable circumstances is truly a tragedy. Kim Thornberry Directer of Psuedo-Human Services at SDSU “House elves are hard to come by these days, especially a good elf like Kiff,” SDSU Director of Pseudo-Human Services Kim Thornberry said. “To lose his service in such easily preventable circumstances is truly a tragedy.” According to a recent press release, a manila folder containing information regarding the CSU budget was handed to Kiff to be delivered to the College of Arts and Letters building. Reportedly, Kiff soon discovered there was a man’s wool glove—rumored to belong to Hirshman—inside the folder. A basic and often detrimental HOUSE ELF continued on page 2
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