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PETERSBURG --2004--ElECTiON N E s T SPECIAL ELECTION ISSUE V~l. 35;; N~.4 Unive'rsity, ~fsouth Ftciriga §i:' ~etersburg Nov. s, 2004 Third party 'Nervous but excited' supporters By Heath Hooper Staff W.riter go it alone· A mood of muted tension By David Donald was in the air in the Radisson Contributing Writer Hotel and Conference Center St. Petersburg as the While crowds of Pinellas Republican PartY of Pinellas County Democrats and County celebrated election Republicans met on election night Nov. 2. night to support their candi­ A crowd of 400 republican dates, a large gathering of third supporters stared at giant tele­ party candidate supporters was vision screens in the Milan hard to find. ballroom, cheering as Fox Members of the News' Shepard Smith and Libertarian, Reform, Green MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Veterans parties in announced favorable results. Pinellas County did not have USF Tampa students Katy organized gatherings on elec­ Stolzman and Tracy Harper tion night. The Pinellas County were out in support of the man Florida Veterans Party had an they have worked to keep in organized gathering but it was office. online, said party chairman Both Stolzman and Harper Philip Neskin. were volunteers for the Bush "Libertarians are hard to qunpaign, standing for hours Photo by Jacqueline Fawcett get together," said Zack Kidd, by the road with pro Bush USF Tampa students Katy Stolzman (left) and Tracy Harper (right) anticipate the results of the who sipped coffee at Starbucks signs at big events such as the presidential election with the Republican Party of Pinellas County. "I stand by Bush and his poli­ in downtown St. Petersburg on recent rally in Progress Energy cies," said Stolzman. Harper, who said she feels that being a Republican in college makes ·you election night. "It's like herd­ Park. stronger becaus.e people challenge you more. ing cats." "We can't donate money, Rat:p.er than meet on elec­ but we can donate our time," "I have a brother in the the participation of students on the ·outcome. tion night, many third party Harper said. Each felt that Navy and a brother in the Air because politicians know who Stolzman said that no ·mat­ members gather after the elec­ their work provided them with Force, and I still support the votes." - ter what the final result turned tion to discuss candidates for valuable experience, which war," Harper said. He also said an active out to be, it will be "interesting the next race, said Michael they hoped would benefit them "A lot of people have mis­ youth was necessary to alert in class tomorrow. I think Gilson, chairman of the after graduation. interpretations of Bush's pqsi­ the politicians of their pres­ there's going to be a ton 6f dis­ Libertarian Party of Pinellas While Stolzman and tions,'' Stolzman said.Paul ence. cussion." · County. The party is more Harper differ with the party Bedinghaus, · the Republican While Harper waited for Ultimately, the students focused on local, not national line on issues such as abortion, chairman in Pinellas County, swing states of Florida and said they were refreshed by the elections, he said. they said hey feel that Bush's said that student participation Ohio to be fully reported, she contentious political process. Many sa.y those who vote stance on heaith care, social was "absolutely fantastic, and characterized her feelings ~s "You stand by what you believe security and the war in Iraq necessary." "nervous, but excited." in. That's what makes this a were ultimately more in line Bedinghaus, a USF alum­ Harper said the election's beautiful country," said See Third Party on page 8 with their ideals. nus, said, "We need to increase effects on students depended Stolzman. High hopes for Kerry faithful By Brittany Fenske Fans were covered in stick­ attended the event and Staff Writer ers and pins praising the interned with the Kerry cam­ Democratic Party. Walls were paign. "If Bush wins, I am "Go Kerry!" "Go Kerry!" plastered with Kerry posters, scared." That was the chant heard along with red, white and blue "If the last four years is any at the Kerry-Edwards presi­ streamers. indication of what the next four are going to be, then it is dential watch party at the -With more than 200 Kerry Holiday Inn Select in supporters present, Kate going to be a disaster," said Bob _Spraitz, a Clearwater resi­ Clearwater on Nov. 2. Carptner, events and visibility They cheered and clapped coordinator for the Kerry cam­ dent and an alumni of USF as Kerry claimed victories in paign, said it was a terrific Tampa. states such as New York and turnout. P,eter Wahlberg, a senior Illinois. "If Kerry wins he is going at St.Petersburg High School Supporters bit their finger­ to have a lot of hard work get­ and president of the Young nails as they huddled around ting the deficit down," said Democrac~s , has worked on Linda Bock, 59, and Barbara Arnold 63, prepare a George Bush big screen TVs placed inside Kyle Feeley, a USF St. Voodoo Doll for attack. "We wanna give him some whacks for all and outside the hotel. Petersburg student who See Democrat on page 8 the bad things he's done to our country," Arnold said. HEATH HOOPER CHRIS GIRANDOLA The student-sponsored COLUMNIST GUEST COLUMNIST newspaper of USF St. Petersburg Jon Stewart is my hero Jon Stewart ·misses the boat In "Bad News," Robert their strategies. You are par­ Jon Stewart has a major Celebrity ·status has fueled EDITOR IN CHIEF Shogan outlines the myriad tisan - what do you call it - problem with broadcast jour­ the ever-changing face of 1V Kristie A. Martinez ways that journalists fail in hacks." nalism. While disguised as a and has itself been a byproduct their coverage during presi­ Carlson attempted to critique of television news of the competition that exists in ASSISTANT EDITOR dential elections. In his look rally against Stewart's shows, his crusade to inform the industry. With the plethora Vanessa Espinar · back· over thirty years of points, trying to franie the public of the laziness that of cable and .satellite program­ political coverage, Shogan Stewart as a hypocrite and exists in the media is an obvi­ ming, the mission of catching PRODUCTION MANAGER _ declares that "The new reali­ saying that "The Daily ous self-promotion for his and holding viewers' attention Donna L. Rhodes ty of the campaign trail boils Show" missed ample oppor­ newly-released book, "America is ever so important. down to this: The media all tunities to take candidates to (The Book): A Citizen's Guide So, noble as Stewart's call CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER too often have been reduced task when they appeared on to Democracy Inaction." is, he misses the boat. If any of to filling the role of enablers. the-show. To this Stewart The real issue Stewart pur­ the major news talk shows ven­ Gina Elliott Proulx Without fully realizing it or responded, "You're on CNN. ports, though, lies in the ture into deep analysis, then intending it, they allow and The show that leads into me demise of television journalists they will be relegated to the rat- SENIOR STAFF WRITERS sometimes is puppets across the ing status of Irena Milasinovic abet the m_aking crank board. CSP AN and the Genessa Poth abuse of the phone calls. On a ',. Instead of expect­ like. Proverbial ' ' Stewart took the What is heads will then· political recent tour of ing news shows to process by . opportunity to shred the .wrong with the talk show roll as money is STAFF WRITERS present a deeper ver­ Brittany Fenske the candi­ program's legitimacy by you?" circuit, lost in the wind: I'm not sion of their programs, Finally, Heath Hooper dates and calling out hosts Tucker Stewart sure what to Stewart should take his Stewart, in his Jason Merritt their han­ Carlson and Paul called out dlers." make of all hosts of hero status to a higher own contention Wendy Owen How Begala: '' this. Is it major cable realm and run with it. '' that he doesn't CONTRIBUTORS . sadly true that CNN shows, such matter iiJ. the David Donald this is. Modern media cov­ has lowered its standards of as CNN's "Crossfire," MSNBC's world of journalism, mistakes journalism so much that it the fact he holds any responsi­ Jacqueline Fawcett erage often breaks do~ to a "Hardball" and.Fox News' "The war of talking heads, . now considers itself on equal O'Reilly Factor." Stewart con­ bility as a journalist. His fake Chris Girandqla attempting to shout one footing with _Comedy tends that anchors have simply news show, "The Daily Show" Jim Grinaker another down while focusing Central, or that "The Daily become helmsmen of partisan on Comedy Central, has ADVISER on irrelevant minutiae of the Sho~" really is some form of hackery and do nothing more attracted about 1 million view­ campaign trail, completely "new news" worth consider­ on their shows thari shout at ers this season, surpassing the Lorene Roberson missing the forest for the ing seriously? Perhaps it's a each otlier or berate their total number of viewers trees.