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The country is at war. The job market is shaky. And
students actually are paying attention. That was the
conclusion of a survey of University of Illinois
students by I-ELECT, a political reporting project
in conjunction with the College of Communications at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Students reported caring most about the war and the
economy....
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Ben King, 25, expected nothing less than a comfortable,
high-paying job after graduating with a degree in
computer engineering from the University of Illinois at
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Alfredo Vargas, 22, sits in the bedroom of his frat house. A picture of the
American flag hangs on the wall. Only black and white photos of Saddam
Hussein serve as reminders of war now thousands of miles away....
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Burdened, to a degree |
Driving the vote |
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| Yasmin Youssef wants to be a doctor but can’t afford a university education
just yet. So she attends Parkland College, a Community College in Champaign,
Ill....
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The popular perception is that people can register to
vote at Department of Motor Vehicles offices when they
go there to get a driver’s license. Tthat’s what
politicians were
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Underemployment has its benefits
Caleb Kietzman, at age 23, landed in the emergency room after a hard night
of partying. He said he had his stomach pumped because he drank too much
alcohol. Total cost: $2,800.....
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A
‘vicious cycle’
University of Illinois student Monika Patel sits in a
lecture hall on a Friday night, not because she is waiting for
class to get out, but because she has come to watch the a
presidential debate for extra credit.....
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No place like home
College
culture is built around the daily use of the Internet. Students
use it to check their e-mail, do online homework, check account
balances, read the day’s news and even pay tuition....
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Becoming 'Mr. President' |
Adam Hanover registered 584 people in his county to vote. But Adam, the
Republican Party’s youth and voter registration chairman for Shelby County,
Tennessee, doesn’t plan to cast a vote come election day. Not until 2006,
anyway. Adam is only 16.
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Shaping the way youths vote
Voter registration drives have flooded campuses. Student
organizations advertise mass viewings of debates. College
Democrats and College.... But experts say you can rock the vote
all you want, but chances are, it won’t do a thing....
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Students look to media to get their news, form their political
opinions
Students
surveyed by I-ELECT also gave a lot of weight to the news. The
influence of media was the third strongest factor in forming
their political opinions, after family and where they grew
up.... "What people know about politics, to a great extent, is
what they get from the news media,” said former Gov. Jim
Edgar....
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Apathy vs. Interest |
On Oct. 5, Cole Richter walked into a coffee
shop perplexed and annoyed. The 19-year-old college
sophomore said too many people stopped him at various
corners on the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of
Illinois in an attempt to register him to vote on the last
day of registration.
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Presidential
Candidates
John Kerry George Bush
Senatorial Candidates
Barack Obama Alan Keyes
I-ELECT is a multimedia political reporting project in conjunction with the University of Illinois College of Communications. The project was undertaken by students in a journalism class and has been overseen by Department of Journalism faculty.
The group of students organized in a newsroom to produce print, online and
broadcast products. The group also conducted a scientific survey to drive its
reporting. The idea behind the project for students practicing journalism
convergence, a skill that is becoming more necessary by the day. The Daily Illini, WPGU-FM 107.1, WILL-AM 580 and others have assisted with the project.
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