Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The Parthenon University Archives Fall 11-3-1992 The Parthenon, November 3, 1992 Marshall University Follow this and additional works at: https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Marshall University, "The Parthenon, November 3, 1992" (1992). The Parthenon. 3084. https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/3084 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Parthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. November 3, 1992 Tuesday Partly cloudy; Low in the 60s - - Survey: Blacks endorse Clinton Blacks on campus support l Bill Cinton for president, ac­ cording to an informal poll Officials expect high turnout ' conducted Monday by The ~ Parthenon. ; Approximately 20 black stu­ By Jennffer C. McVey dents said they support the Reporter - "This Is the largest election In a 24-year Arkansas Governor as the next cylce ...and this causes more people to get out West Virginia officials are pre·sident. Only two chose and vote." President George Bush and predicting the largest voter Bill Harington none chose reclusive Texas bil­ turnout in recent years, cit­ lionaire, Ross Perot. ing voter interest in write­ chief 0t staff (or secrssw of stass "fve never liked the last four in and independent cam­ paigns as an incentive for dates for various offices on the 24 have replaced blacks as • years," said Gregory Waites, ballot, and this causes more the single biggest block of • Fairmont freshman. "I don't voting. ~ Secretary of State Ken people to get out and vote," uninterested voters, with think Bush has accomplished Harrington said. only ·17 percent of that age •l something over there." Hechler predicts a 75 to 80 percent turnout, said Bill Damp weather may have a group voting in the last Waites said he knows the slight negative effect on turn­ election. Many experts now ; candidates might do something Harrington, Hechler's chief 'I of staff. These predictions out, Harrington said. say young voters hold the different than what they prom­ More young people will vote key to the 1992 presidential ised before the election, but are based on absentee bal­ ' loting as well as predicted because of Clinton's stand on election. '4 said Clinton will change the abortion, Charles Bullock, a "I would guess that there voter interest in various j economy. specialist in Southern politics will be an increase in voting ' Young vote Waites said he wants Clin­ races, Harrington said. at the University of Georgia among people under the age •j ton to emphasize more on do­ "This is the largest elec­ tion in a 2-year cycle, mean­ told the Associated Press. of 30," Democratic pollster to make. mestic issues and less on in­ In recent years, people 18 to ternational issues. ing there are more candi- Geoff Garin told the AP. difference "We need to help ourselves right now," he said. "We don't I By w. Dale Nelson really need to deal with any­ it's not you are wiser," she said. Republicans' policy of treating many Americans want to hear," Associated Press Writer body else when we have star­ "Ifhe can cbange his own state, the rich or upper class better Davis said. "But politicians will vations or crimes by ourselves." why don't we give him a chance than the middle and working do different things when they I WASHINGTON-Youngvot­ "I am tired of George and his to change the whole country." classes. get into office: ers who have shunned polling lips," added Victoria Wilburn, Many black students said Despite their eager support Davis added, America will places in recent years could Huntington resident, a 1981 they are Democrats because for Bill Clinton, many said not drastically improve after hold the key in a tight election, Marshall graduate. their parents are Democrats. they will not vote in the elec­ the election and may even get political experts say. Wilburn said she thinks "I don't support any of them, tion. worse. lt In recent years, people 18 to America is ready for change. but I will vote for Clinton be­ "Voting won't make a differ­ Rickie Carter, Wakefield, She said she believes Bill Clin­ 24 have replaced blacks as the cause I am a Democrat," said ence," said Damon Davis, Va., sophomore, agrees. Car­ 'I single biggest block ofunregis­ ton is not as risky as others are Robert Blair, Norfolk, Va., Austin, Texas, junior. ter said he will not vote be­ I tered voters. Only 17 percent saying. sophomore. "I think Clinton will win cause he thinks one vote will I of that age group voted in the "Just because you are older, Blair said he does not like the because he is saying the things not change the situation. last presidential election. I' I "If the same kind of people I are voting as have voted in Campus lights are on the blink, students say I past elections, just more of I I them, then that helps George a-, Ashley E. Day Bush," said Republican poll­ I Reporter j ster Vince Breglio on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press." The tall, black lamp posts ' "On the other hand, if you along the paths of campus are - I havefirst-timevo~rs or people coming back into the voting for the student's protection, process that haven't been there but according to some students for a while, that helps Bill Clfn­ they aren't working right. ton," Breglio said. Tom Jackson, Miami sopho­ more, said when he walks home from night class, the lights go Pritt visits off when he passes them. j I "If that is the way the light I Marshall system is suppose to work, it I should be changed," he said. I Tim D. Hardiman I a-, Donald L. Salyers, director I Reporter of public safety, said the lights I work from dusk to dawn and l West Virginia Gubernatorial should remain on at all times j Candidate Charlotte Prittgave during the night and overcast • I her final campaign speech · I days. • I Monday in front of the He said the next time some­ Marshall Memorial Student one notices the lights going off Center, officially ending her campaign tour. when someone gets near them Pritt spoke to about 50 to punch the emergency phone people. She stressed students and a dispatcher will come over having the power to make a and look at the problem. difference by voting. Raymond F. Welty, associa- · "fm going to love to say that tive vice president for admini­ Marshall students helped put stration said the lamps are light me into office," she said. sensitive and have nothing to Pritt focused on unemploy­ do with a person bieng near ment, health care and the en­ them. vironment. According to Pritt, "The only time I could imag­ she is second in the polls, be­ ine that the lights go on and off hind Gaston Caperton. is around dusk." Pholoe bf Tony Plerlo If she does not win, Pritt said "'When it gets dark or cloudy, These pictures Illustrate a lamp post llght near the James E. Morrow Library. As a pedestrian she will run again in the 1996 the lights might come on," moved closer to the lamp post, the llght dimmed. ·,I election. Welty said • Page 2 . The Parthenon Tuesday,Nov.3, 1992 Whiners take heed­ Pafthenon Volume 104 • Number 34 he's armed and mad The Parthenon, Marshall University's dally newspa­ are they'll buy your beer in a per, Is published by stu­ time of need. dents Tuesday through Fri­ Or, better yet, get a job. day during the fall and The other day a bleach-blond spring semesters. girlfriend of mine who likes to Responslblllty for news wear tight, skimpy clothing and and edltorlal content lies enough paint to cover a house solely with the editor. was complaining about how she Editor CHRIS RICE never meets "nice guys" when Kevin D. Melrose she goes to bars. Managing Editor COLUMNIST Bill Gardner Golly. Imagine that. News Editor Whining, is fashionable in But, possibly the most worth­ Michael &lcher some circles on campus. less complaints ofall are about Assistant News Editor Most college students, how­ the weather. 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