Voter registration among the 18-24 year olds is pathetic to say the least. In the 2000 election 36.1 percent of 18-24 year olds voted, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Would it help if the election process were staged like a weekly episode of “American Idol?”
The question looms, why don’t college students go out and vote? Don’t the issues matter to our generation? Certainly, they do because it will be our generation that will be responsible for the country’s debt and future status in the world. Not to throw around an old clich