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THE e e aro 1n1an THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UNCG www.caroi FREE---------------------11!111 n i a n o n n e . c o m Oct. 28- Nov. 3, ~ 2008 Carolinian Voter Guide · With six days .to go, we've got everything you need to know- PAGE 3 .i '$. Governor Sarah Palin speaks at Elon University Toby Shearer Staff Writer It felt more like a summer festival than a political rally when Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at Elon University earlier this month. Parents brought their children in spite of the peculiarly warm autumn afternoon; people selling Palin paraphernalia lined the walk ways leading to the Walter Latham Baseball Park where a crowd of thousands gathered to listen to bluegrass covers by the Wells family Band from Clayton, N.C., and a brief set by Hank Williams Jr. in anticipation of hearing the vice presidential nominee speak. Thursday, Oct. 16 was Gov. Palin's second visit to North Carolina in as many weeks and it echoed Sen. McCain's visit to Wilmington earlier that week. Palin's rally was aimed at boosting the McCain/Palin ticket in North C?rolina, which has come to be considered a "toss-up" state according to close poll numbers between McCain and Obama. North Carolina is one of "several important swing states. The. 15 Electoral College votes representing the state could push either candidate in the right direction. The crowd was a mixture of Elon University students and families nearly filling the entire Republican vice preside11tial candidate Gov. Sarah· Palin spoke at a campaign rally at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, on Thursday, October 16, 2008. (Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & OberverjMCT) I " \ . . baseball field with an ecstatic energy. Many snuck in homemade Palin signs and. .the crowd was awash in slogan T-shirts, like one woman whose shirt was emblazoned with a pug in lipstick saying, ''Support Your Local Hockey-Mom." · . .,_ North CarolinaSenators Elizabeth Dole and-Richard Burr were . on hand to express their support for Palin. "You know why you. think you know her? Because · she's ene of us," Burr said of the Alaskan governor to uproarious cheers from the crowd. Framed by two large banners behind her exclaiming her tour's slogans, "Victory in North Carolina" and "Country First", Palin spoke for 24 minutes outlining in a polished speech the McCain/ Palin ticket's combined proposed policies. Echoing the presidential debate the night before, she said, "Last night everyone in America got a clear look at the choice we face. It's the choice between a politician who puts his faith in government, and a true leader who puts his faith in all of you." ·Palin focused heavily on what she felt to be her missions; energy independence through the all-of-the-above development of alternative energies, national government · spending reform, and looking after special needs children. Her soil Trig was born with Down Syndrome in April of this year. Gov. Sarah Palin, as a mother of five, is a direct reflection of the middle class,. and it is this similarity that drives interest in her. Linda Patelli, a local mother in attendance with a group of friends said, "As a mother of three girls to see someone doing what she's doing, and still having a family and being a good mother, I think that's fantastic." Jan Wilson, a local mother in attendance with a group of friends said, "She>s just an American mom doi.Qg the same thing we're all doing." ·Even foJ those sypp<?_rting_ ~ · Obama, Palin holds a special in: terest. Makeda Young, a sopho- · more in attendance at the rally, and a professed Obama supporter, still spoke highly of Palin, "Most people can relate to her. Now the other side gets to see what somebody just like this can do," she said. Early voting is ongoing all this week. Election day is Nov. 4. Echaveste speaks .,on hU-11!~n rights Jennifer Hasty Staff Writer On Oct. 14, Maria Echaveste visited UNCG as part of the Office of Multicultural Affairs' Human Rights event. Echaveste is one of seven children born to Mexican immigrants. After her family moved to California, she received a Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology at Stanford University and a law degree from Berkeley's law school. She became the White House deputy chief of staff during the second Clinton administration. She appears frequently on PBS' "To The Contrary" and is also the co-founder of the Nueva Vista Group, along with many iilore acclaimed positions. · At the beginning of Echaveste's lecture, she stated that after the 2000 census, which highlights the ·THE CAROLINIAN ESTABLISHED 1919 VOL. LXXXIX ISSUE 4 ·;.'~~ ·-...~ changing demographics . of the United States, geadlines conyeyed a sense of alarm about the-aging America, increase in the Hispanic population and/or .the d~cline in two-parent families. This event . inspired her main topic of discussion: Is this something that Americans ··should be worried about? She -asked, "Does it matter that increased racial and ethnic diver~ity strikes fear in some Americans?" - After she. asked this question, . she focused on public education while using California as an exClfllple. California, which is the has the largest minority population of any state in the U.S. and is a place she grew up in, allowed a child of farm workers with minimal education to educate their children, she stated. At the time, her graduating year being . 1976, California .was in the top . ..~>. -CONTACT US. the_ carolinian@hotmaiLcom PHONE: FAX: • • • 336-334-5752 336-334-3518 ·"G:-~ -- five in student expenditures. Currently, California has dropped to ·the bottom· six. Echaveste wondered why California had started to make such bad decisions and considered what has shaped California is what the nation is now starting to experience. Her first explanation ofCalifornia's poor decisions was about life expectancy and its .implications :which relate "wrongly or rightly" . · to race and ethnicity. -In 2030, 20 percent of the population will be 65 or older, compared to 12 percent in 2000. Of that population, 72 percent will be Caucasian, 11 will be Hispanic, 10 will be Afri- .. can-American and 5 percent will be Asian. This information raised this question: ''Are we making the right capital investments now to SEE RIGHTS ON PAGE TWO DIRECTORY News Classifieds Corrections Opinions A&E Sf?orts .Ll. ft:J. ..... ., . " .,. ... -. ... •.•.•.•.•.•.·.·~· 2-4, 18 2 5 5-7 8-9, 19 10-13 14-16 • • • • A few easy tips to redur.t?. your energy use and help protect our environment! Save Energy, Drink Responsibly ... Water, that is! In 2006, Americans used over 50 billion water bottles and sent 38 billion of those to the landfill, the equivalent -of 912 million gallons of oil. Americans could power 190,000 homes with the energy we waste using bottle w~ter. A better solution: Try a Brita Filter!! The average Brita pitcher filters 240 gallons of water a year for only about 19 cents a day! How much would you spend on a bottle of water a day? A Halloween Tip: Buy your pumpkin from a local market or famers market, and remember to save your seeds for an easy snack! For more water facts and tips visit www.filterforgood.com Compiled by Maggie Colgrove, staff writer. ON THI ·WEB AT:
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Title | The Carolinian [October 28, 2008] |
Date | 2008-10-28 |
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Full text | THE e e aro 1n1an THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UNCG www.caroi FREE---------------------11!111 n i a n o n n e . c o m Oct. 28- Nov. 3, ~ 2008 Carolinian Voter Guide · With six days .to go, we've got everything you need to know- PAGE 3 .i '$. Governor Sarah Palin speaks at Elon University Toby Shearer Staff Writer It felt more like a summer festival than a political rally when Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at Elon University earlier this month. Parents brought their children in spite of the peculiarly warm autumn afternoon; people selling Palin paraphernalia lined the walk ways leading to the Walter Latham Baseball Park where a crowd of thousands gathered to listen to bluegrass covers by the Wells family Band from Clayton, N.C., and a brief set by Hank Williams Jr. in anticipation of hearing the vice presidential nominee speak. Thursday, Oct. 16 was Gov. Palin's second visit to North Carolina in as many weeks and it echoed Sen. McCain's visit to Wilmington earlier that week. Palin's rally was aimed at boosting the McCain/Palin ticket in North C?rolina, which has come to be considered a "toss-up" state according to close poll numbers between McCain and Obama. North Carolina is one of "several important swing states. The. 15 Electoral College votes representing the state could push either candidate in the right direction. The crowd was a mixture of Elon University students and families nearly filling the entire Republican vice preside11tial candidate Gov. Sarah· Palin spoke at a campaign rally at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, on Thursday, October 16, 2008. (Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & OberverjMCT) I " \ . . baseball field with an ecstatic energy. Many snuck in homemade Palin signs and. .the crowd was awash in slogan T-shirts, like one woman whose shirt was emblazoned with a pug in lipstick saying, ''Support Your Local Hockey-Mom." · . .,_ North CarolinaSenators Elizabeth Dole and-Richard Burr were . on hand to express their support for Palin. "You know why you. think you know her? Because · she's ene of us," Burr said of the Alaskan governor to uproarious cheers from the crowd. Framed by two large banners behind her exclaiming her tour's slogans, "Victory in North Carolina" and "Country First", Palin spoke for 24 minutes outlining in a polished speech the McCain/ Palin ticket's combined proposed policies. Echoing the presidential debate the night before, she said, "Last night everyone in America got a clear look at the choice we face. It's the choice between a politician who puts his faith in government, and a true leader who puts his faith in all of you." ·Palin focused heavily on what she felt to be her missions; energy independence through the all-of-the-above development of alternative energies, national government · spending reform, and looking after special needs children. Her soil Trig was born with Down Syndrome in April of this year. Gov. Sarah Palin, as a mother of five, is a direct reflection of the middle class,. and it is this similarity that drives interest in her. Linda Patelli, a local mother in attendance with a group of friends said, "As a mother of three girls to see someone doing what she's doing, and still having a family and being a good mother, I think that's fantastic." Jan Wilson, a local mother in attendance with a group of friends said, "She>s just an American mom doi.Qg the same thing we're all doing." ·Even foJ those sypp. -CONTACT US. the_ carolinian@hotmaiLcom PHONE: FAX: • • • 336-334-5752 336-334-3518 ·"G:-~ -- five in student expenditures. Currently, California has dropped to ·the bottom· six. Echaveste wondered why California had started to make such bad decisions and considered what has shaped California is what the nation is now starting to experience. Her first explanation ofCalifornia's poor decisions was about life expectancy and its .implications :which relate "wrongly or rightly" . · to race and ethnicity. -In 2030, 20 percent of the population will be 65 or older, compared to 12 percent in 2000. Of that population, 72 percent will be Caucasian, 11 will be Hispanic, 10 will be Afri- .. can-American and 5 percent will be Asian. This information raised this question: ''Are we making the right capital investments now to SEE RIGHTS ON PAGE TWO DIRECTORY News Classifieds Corrections Opinions A&E Sf?orts .Ll. ft:J. ..... ., . " .,. ... -. ... •.•.•.•.•.•.·.·~· 2-4, 18 2 5 5-7 8-9, 19 10-13 14-16 • • • • A few easy tips to redur.t?. your energy use and help protect our environment! Save Energy, Drink Responsibly ... Water, that is! In 2006, Americans used over 50 billion water bottles and sent 38 billion of those to the landfill, the equivalent -of 912 million gallons of oil. Americans could power 190,000 homes with the energy we waste using bottle w~ter. A better solution: Try a Brita Filter!! The average Brita pitcher filters 240 gallons of water a year for only about 19 cents a day! How much would you spend on a bottle of water a day? A Halloween Tip: Buy your pumpkin from a local market or famers market, and remember to save your seeds for an easy snack! For more water facts and tips visit www.filterforgood.com Compiled by Maggie Colgrove, staff writer. ON THI ·WEB AT: |