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2008 Highlander Vol 91 No 7 November 3, 2008 Regis University ePublications at Regis University Highlander - Regis University's Student-Written Archives and Special Collections Newspaper 11-3-2008 2008 Highlander Vol 91 No 7 November 3, 2008 Follow this and additional works at: https://epublications.regis.edu/highlander Part of the Education Commons, and the Religion Commons Recommended Citation "2008 Highlander Vol 91 No 7 November 3, 2008" (2008). Highlander - Regis University's Student-Written Newspaper. 271. https://epublications.regis.edu/highlander/271 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at ePublications at Regis University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Highlander - Regis University's Student-Written Newspaper by an authorized administrator of ePublications at Regis University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STRESSED WITH AMENDMENTS? ANOTHER OPTION TO STARBUCKS Haven't voted yet? Are you stuck on which Red Trolley Cafe ... has an amazing menu, plus, ones to say "yes" and" "no" to? some free food if you check out the article. .____________ See page 3 ,.._________ See pages 5-9 See page 14 REGIS UNIVERSITY- 1 Serving the Regis community since 1888 Volume 91, Issue 7 www.regishighlander.com Monday, November 3, 2008 McCain or Obama? SO WHO WILL WIN THE ELECTION? The person with the most yard signs, said Steven Colbert on The Colbert Report. Last Tuesday, Oct. 28, Colbert explained, "I don't pay attention to polls. I just count lawn signs. So get ready for President Re/Max!" Around the Regis neighborhood, residents sported yard signs for both candidates, amendments, and other candidates (along with Re/Max). Obama currently holds the lead in Colorado though, averaging 50.5% to McCain's 45.5%. Activist Paul Loeb promotes civic engagement Jimmy Sengenberger voter engagement efforts at each cam­ "Imagine if the election is contingent on your vote, Staff Reporter pus. The Campus Vote 2008 Rally was sponsored by Colorado Campus and then remember that no matter who wins Four years ago, Paul Loeb was can­ Compact as a part of a $30,000 non­ vassing door-to-door in Washington partisan grant funded through the gen­ you're going to have to keep working for justice." State in an Election Day effort to get erosity of Loeb. Colorado Campus out the vote for the candidate he sup­ Compact, a non-profit hosted by the Romanoff and The Independence "coalition of more than 1,100 college ported. Because of his efforts, three Regis Mission Office, seeks to advance Institute's Penn Pfiffner discussing and university presidents-representing new people voted for his candidate­ the civic mission of higher education what is at stake for public education in some six million students-dedicated to including one who was actually by actively engaging college students Colorado. Denver County's Clerk and promoting community service, civic unaware that it was Election Day. in service-learning and community­ Recorder, Stephanie O'Malley, shared engagement and service-learning in On Thursday, Oct. 23, Loeb, an based research. what to expect for Early Voting and on higher education," according to the esteemed author, political activist and Together, the nine campuses-­ Nov. 4. Campus Compact website, lecturer on university campuses across including University of Colorado at After O'Malley, Loeb addressed civic compact.org. the nation, spoke to 100 attendees Boulder and Denver, Johnson and engagement and responsibility from Mr. Loeb has written five acclaimed gathered for at the Campus Vote 2008 Wales, University of Northern his perspective as the creator and books, worked with 15 states on engag­ Rally, held in the Mountain View Colorado, University of Denver and cooridnator of Campus Compact's ing students in the electoral process Room at Regis. Regis--registered over $30,000 new 2008 Campus Election Engagement and served as an active and involved Students and faculty from campus­ voters. Project, which helped colleges and uni­ citizen. es across the state, representing thou­ Attendees witnessed a heated debate versities in 15 states engage students sands of Get out the Vote volunteers, on Amendment 59, with Colorado with the election. See Loeb on page 2 came together at Regis to share their Speaker of the House Andrew Nationally, Campus Compact is a , •• , ...,., I' 2 Highlander NEWS I MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2008 Contact the Highlander 3333 Regis Blvd, Mail Stop I-8 Denver, CO 80221 Our Mission: As the staff of the Regis University weekly publication, the Highlander, we intend to serve the campus and the neighborhood by providing a forum for news, information and exploring ideas. Our publication is designed to cultivate awareness, undestanding and dialogue about matters of community importance. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Maricor Coquia On Thursday, Oct. 23, Loeb, an esteemed author, political activist and lecturer on university campu~es across the nation, spoke to 100 attendees gathered for at the Campus Vote 2008 Rally, held in the Mountain View Room at Regis. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kathryn Brisnehan Civic Engagement from change, he argued, is impossible to view of the importance of participat­ achieve, citing the Civil Rights move­ ing, paying attention and fighting for PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR front page ment as an example. Kennedy and change. In the discussion portion he Brett Stakelin At the end of the 2004 election for Johnson were at first arms-length emphasized the importance of fighting governor in Washington State, the from the Civil Rights movement, he climate change, which he believes to be gubernatorial candidate he supported ONLINE MANAGER & pointed out, but the issue was forced one of the most critical issues of our LAYOUT & DESIGN won by just 129 votes-even fewer than upon them by the nation's citizens to time, and the value of faculty bringing the 537 votes that separated George W. such an extent that President Lyndon students out, giving them a voice, Joey Ruffini Bush and Al Gore in 2000. Had just Baines Johnson placed all his political moderating discussions with set fifty more people volunteered on the capital on it-and he would not have boundaries and, above all else, rein­ HIGHLANDER/KRCX other side, he advised, things could accomplished the task without people forcing civility as a way to help combat LIAISON have been different. standing up. the nastiness of politics and encourage Lauren Fellows "You just don't know," said Mr. Loeb, "We need to replace [that] desire for the civil exchange of ideas. who then told the tale of a congress­ abstract purity with the notion of slow He closed with the story of Desmond STAFF WRITERS/ man who won by a mere, 25 votes. change," he said. "What it really Tutu, the famous South African leader, One particular young woman he met REPORTERS means is, [whatever candidate] you are who never once went silent. He Amber Alarid was reluctant to get involved. "She not supporting, by not voting you're worked in Rwanda, voiced opposition Brandon L. Blessing didn't feel she could make a differ­ hurting the candidate who could beat to the Iraq War and lent aid to Haiti, ence," he said. But in the end, she felt him." but he would never leave. He was Sarah Franzino she had to volunteer-and so she did. "I Aside from the need for all always jumping in,.never tired, "always Kerry Grady want to convince every student on Americans to be involved in the joking, teasing, laughing." Bobby Guerrero campus that they could be the equiva­ process itself, Mr. Loeb underscored "God has a sense of humor and he'd Vinze Garzone lent of that young woman." the importance of education for tell a silly j9ke," Mr. Loeb recalled Tutu Jimmy Sengenberger That is why Mr. Loeb partnered with engagement in schools. He proposed saying. "In the middle of everything, Angelia Shugarts Campus Compact-and why he came to that professors give their students it's critical to remind us to laugh," said Emily Sloan Regis. "I want to get students to feel incentives, such as extra credit, to get Loeb. Amy Smith like, maybe it's in my hands. Maybe I involved. When one does the work Paul Loeb Zach Owens could make a difference," he said. "Professors should encourage stu­ and Campus Compact are doing to In the context of such issues as the dents to volunteer," he said. "You engage students, he felt, one should do crisis in the financial markets, the Iraq might have someone on campus who it with joy and savor the good commu­ FACULTI ADVISER War and climate change, Mr. Loeb could win an award only if you get nity and the wonderful things the "gor­ Mary Beth Callie, Ph.D. emphasized the importance of student them involved. Supposed someone geous state" of Colorado have to offer. involvement in the community and in takes the terrifying step of knocking on His vision is a vast number of new peo­ Our policies regarding submis­ social and political causes-and the the door or making a phone call. ple starting to involve themselves in sions and editorials from the speed at which he often spoke revealed They'll find out it's really not that bad. the process, the challenge being to get community: his passion for the subject. "We must put people in touch with them started and to evolve along the "A lot of times students don't get each other to learn from each other way. Submissions are encouraged involved because they feel they need to how to make young people get "One way or another decisions are from our readers. Email sub­ know everything," Mr. Loeb, author of involved," said Mr. Loeb. "No one going to be made that will have an the recent book The Impossible Will should graduate without having some enormous impact," said Loeb.
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