Cyan Magenta Yell Black ( Hurry01 ) Where is everyone? Apathy returns to campus OPINION PAGE 6 Jill Scott: A diva and proud of it EDGE PAGE 9 Latin Fest entertains and unites with music, food and dance NEWS PAGE 3 Anik Huffman goes from the soccer field to medical school SPORTS PAGE 14 PLUS: Where's Bush's Odd team out? mind? 7 Miami may be overlooked by the BCS... again Motorcycle Diaries 11 EVAN PIKE/Hurricane Staff CyanCyan Magenta Magenta Yell Yell Black Black ( (Hurr2 Hurr2 ) ) CALENDAR Students registering to vote encounter dilemmas OCT TODAY “[Our] mission is twofold—empowerment and education,” Pamela An information reception on fund- Scheiss, director of Get Out the Vote, said. 12 ing for graduate school in a field According to a recent CNN article, many college students have encoun- leading to a public service will be tered a barrier to voting when they try to use their campus address as their held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the permanent address when registering to vote. The problem is that dorms are Toppel Career Center Library. Louis H. Blair, executive secretary of the agen- considered temporary addresses and college students are required to cast an cy that provides Truman Scholarships, absentee ballot from their permanent place of residence. will be speaking. Light refreshments Michael O’Loughlin, a political science professor at Salisbury University will be served. For additional infor- in Maryland, along with researchers at the Institute for Public Affairs and mation on the Truman Scholarship Civic Engagement at Salisbury University, indicates that states that force visit the Honors Program website at out-of-town students to vote absentee are likely to have a lower percentage www.miami.edu/honorsprogram. of student voting. According to Scheiss, Florida allows students who are from out of state to OCT WEDNESDAY register as Florida residents. Today is the last chance to vote for However, other states are not as accommodating. Some students from 13 the Student Government elections in the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., said that the system the UC Breezeway. is unfair and have filed a federal lawsuit demanding the right to vote in their college town, where they feel they will have the most impact. Richter Library’s used book sale LEIGHA TABER/Of the Staff takes place today in the Provin room, VOTE: Get Out the Vote has registered about 2000 students in the past year. “Students are being disenfranchised,” Young Han told CNN. Han is a just off the Breezeway, from 9 a.m. to junior at Hamilton College in New York, but originally from Seattle, Wash. 3 p.m. Most books range from $0.50 By Shelly Garg “It makes no sense for me to vote in a city election where my parents live,” News Reporter to $5. The sale ends on Oct.14 at 1 Lowe said to CNN. “I live in Williamsburg nine months out of the year.” p.m. Scheiss concurred that students feel they have a greater impact voting in With one of the most crucial elections in history just weeks away, the their college towns, especially in Florida. campaign to get young people to the polls is in full swing. From MTV’s “Rock OCT FRIDAY “The greatest motivation for voting in Florida is that you are spending The Marine Graduate Student the Vote” to P.Diddy’s “Vote or Die,” a national movement to increase student about four years of your life in this state; the decisions made by the govern- 15 Organization of the Rosenstiel School voting is rapidly expanding. ment are directly affecting your life,” Scheiss said. “Considering the presiden- of Marine and Atmospheric Science The issue now, however, is where college students can register to vote. tial election, Florida is a huge swing state, and as a young voter, I couldn’t campus of UM is hosting its annual Whereas the traditional absentee ballot is used for college students not imagine any other place where you’d like your vote to be cast, especially Student Auction at 6:30 p.m. at 4600 attending school in their hometown, some students believe they should be considering the 2000 election debacle.” Rickenbacker Causeway (next to the able to vote where they live most of the year, and on local issues that directly In association with Council for Democracy, College Republicans and Seaquarium). Admission is $5. For affect them, such as housing regulations. College Democrats, Get Out the Vote will be holding a series of events prior to more information please call 305- Since Oct. 4, the last day to register to vote in Florida, students have been 361-4145. the Nov. 2 presidential election to make sure that students are well informed able to cast absentee ballots. of the candidates and to encourage student involvement in the election. Get Out the Vote has been working on campus to register students to vote Fall Career Day: Careers in Marketing is today from 12:15 p.m. for about a year now and has registered approximately 2,000 students to vote >> For more information on Get Out the Vote, email [email protected]. to 2:45 p.m. in the School of Business in Coral Gables. The organization does not directly sponsor absentee ballots Storer Auditorium. All students are because of the great variation of procedures from state to state. Shelly Garg can be contacted at [email protected]. invited, regardless of their current major. For more information, contact Dr. Lewis of the School of Business at 305-284-4052. SG SENATE ELECTIONS Elections began yesterday, and will run through tomorrow at the UC Breezeway. Here are the candidates: SATURDAY OCT Scott Wacholtz Apartment Area Senator Emily Ershowsky Freshman Senator Alejandra Arango Junior Senator Patty Perdomo Commuter Central Senator Rosie Miller Freshman Senator Michael Ershowsky Junior Senator The UM School of Law is hold- 16 Peter Groverman Commuter South Senator Freshman Senator Paula Georg Junior Senator ing an open house from 9 a.m. to Raneir Pollard Eaton Senator 1 p.m. at the law school. To register, Danielle Glickson Nathaniel Skinner Freshman Senator Christopher Maranges Junior Senator or for more information, visit www. 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That group includes people with chronic medical conditions, healthcare workers in direct patient care, adults 65 and older, children six to 23 months, children six months to 18 years on chronic aspirin therapy, pregnant women, and residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities.