On Monday Sept. 21, the Wolfington Center put three tables around campus for students to register to vote. Cabrini encourages everyone to vote in the 2016 presidential election and they want to make sure students are registered to vote so that they can have the opportunity to change America. Two of Cabrini’s new missioners, Morgan Perry and Vanessa Miranda, were running the voter registration table in Founder’s Hall.
Why is it important for students to be registered to vote? “So that they can be involved in their community and it gives young college students a chance to voice out their own opinion,” Miranda said.
Miranda said that she hates when people complain about topics like legislation when they did not even vote and could have had an impact on the results.
Many students are not registered to vote and Perry thought that was interesting, due to the curriculum that Cabrini teaches.
“Being in college, you are more aware of what’s going on especially at Cabrini where we stress on so many issues like social justice and registering to vote gives you the chance to do something about it,” Perry said.
Freshman Garry Crouch was one student who registered to vote.
“Over the years, more kids have lost interest in politics and voting compared to passed generations who were more interested in this stuff,” Crouch said.
We live in the United States of America where expressing our views is what this country is all about so by voting, students can do that and take advantage of the opportunities they have here in America. Cabrini encourages students to go online and register to vote so that you can have a say in the upcoming presidential election.
