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llim Ini s /agotla savs
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leads fm .i i Itangr. out' .i ‘ .linliil.llc hki
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gm, ’ /indict vi\s
I h i 1 like out generation has lived a
whole hlr without .i gleal Ir.ulri .111(1
win jaded wr have a iight iii Ik o m
i.il .dirt 12 vt .us of Ihisli and Reagan.
Inn tK'otilr inn age have to open dim
nrs and see that |( linlon| is .i Iradri
that is hr t r at id trails /llidlri sas s
\ ohilltrri i ooiditiatoi s ftotti ho ill
campaigns sav thi s grl hundreds ol
a|>pIk atioiis c.u h scat from studrnts
who want to help
"Kids." as 11 ll lege wot kits i ifteti I rlri
to themselves, i all Hush inlet n t oordi
natnr I sun (.1.111.1111 "Mom t.iaham.
a solunleet heisell. sass students lined
to work al the national level often have
volunteered Iih alls
Intents have to he interviewed and
submit witting samples and three In
lets ol reference Most teceive some
soil of ■ iillcge 11 edit
" I hev aren’t being paid, hut they
treat it like they are," (uahaui savs.
Richard Sli auv> was a politi
i al v ience senior at the t
of ( alifomia, lais Xngeles,
when Clinton won
I'loridas I>emo< t atu pi i
man Strauss was working at the tam
pin new'ipajK'i and was involved in ml
lege t adlo at the time
"I couldn't just mi in tnt apartment
and wat« h news stories." Stiauss savs.
Several months alter applying for an
unpaid internship with Clinton at the
end of 1'ftl, Strauss was told he had a
job m New Hampshire il lie was inter
esled
f le wit lull ew front l'( I A and wt n ked
with radio media and sound lutes until
the primaries were over After that, he
staved with the campaign ihiougti
South Dakota, (Colorado, Mir higan and
three other states.
I |e now serves as Clinton’s national
i adio i oot dtnatot at campaign head
quarters in Arkansas. He prepares
audio lot an KOO-line anti in )ulv ta|>ed
live interviews on the floor ol the
Demisratii Nationalt lonvention.
"People out age have to get involved
— we can make a difference il we will
onlv go out and vote," Strauss savs
Involvement In-gins with signing up
at a campus information table and
evctuuullv can lead to a phone call like
the one Laura Anderson received at
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President Bush speaks to the campus leaders of the College Republicans at the organization's 100th anniversary celebration. On
stage with the President are the group's national officers, from left to right, Jim Cawley, Temple U„ Tom Hudson, UCLA. Pete
Nlcolettl. Fairlelgh Dickinson U„ and Steve HamlD, Marquette U.
homo in Illinois in Jul\ I-1tends in l'tali
(old Itet Bush was coming io speak at
Biigham \ tiling l in three dass and
asked il she could IK out and Kelp orga
nize events She lleis to 1 tali the next
< las and slat ted making < alls
Andeison. a (tinini public relations
majol at BYl . teas promoted to state
mi; tn m hiNil m the (all. many campus
organizers like \ndcrson and national
workers like /indict and /abulia will
stay with thru campaign* through
Novrmlx-t
Still othet campaign workris won't
have the opportunity to assist thru ran
didatr through the (all
didn 't get out," hr saw
A week after Perot's announcement.
Wise savs most ot the students were
< leaning out thru offices and going
ha< k to old jobs or v hoof.
"I've always been one to take tisks
and opirortunities — I’ve learned more
in two months here than I'd probably
“...Will I ever graduate from college? I’ve watched most
of my friends graduate as I’ve done these campaigns.”
— Ethan Zihdler
youth coordinator fot the Young
Refill till* an* in l tah a veal altei she
signed up to volutiteri on camptu. She
now oversees I 1 chaplets with more
than 2,000 members throughout the
Mate.
"IVople don't realize how iiecessan
student involvement is — sometimes
viiu don’t get gratification 01 recogni
tion on this level, hut the campaign
knows sou are important," Vnderson
saw.
Attn Bush’s speech, Anderson
scrambled to get students with
Bush Quayle signs to stand on street
i timers and work the crowd even as the
t andidates drove awas.
She saw everything seemed to end
secs <|UH kls
“In 15 minutes he was done sfieakmg
and it was all over, but it makes me feel
good to know I had a part in the plan
ning, fust doing all those little things."
\lldel son saw
Although some students are return
On July 16, one group of students m
IK.ll.o got .in unwelcome early reprieve
from the campaign grind.
When Ross Pciot dmp|>cd out of the
presidential race, among the thou
sands of campaign volunteers and
workers left m .1 lun h weie 1 1 heavily
recruited public polity students in
charge of resean lung Perot's issue plat
form.
Andrew Wise graduated
from the l'. of Texas,
Austin's Lyndon H
|ohnson S» hool of Public
Affairs in 199 1 and was
writing s|H-ec lies foi I exas Kc-puhlu an
State Sen ( Slide Kner when he was
hired to help Perot diafl crime and
drug policy.
Wise savs he was shocked and disu[>
|x pm ted when Perot pulled out liecause
the ideas his team was winking on were
unique. “We had ideas neither party
was talking about: it’s too had they
leal n in ihd miirr years of k bool,"
Wise sivs.
Polio (loordiualor |ohn While < .tiled
a vjenei.il meeting after Perot withdtew
from the rat e
“lie told ns, 'Keep your faith, and
slat involved in die proves*' — dial was
what Perot was all alxiut,’ Wise savs.
Kven with die lace narrowed to tvso
i andidaies, interested students find
there is muih voting people can do to
help, including handing out fliers on
tainpus. taping sound bites and thing
with t ainpaign delegations.
"The question arises, will I ever gtad
uatc from college? I've wait lietf most of
inv friends graduate as I've done these
campaigns," /.indlei savs.
Zindler savs he will think about
st litMil again .liter November.
"You don't team much about politi
t al v ience in t lass; in fact, there’s noth
ing scientific about it,” he savs. “I hr
onh wav to learn is to go out and do it
and make a lot of mistakes “