Obama Meets With College Editors Via Phone |
By Christine Thomasos -- Black College Wire | |
Barack Obama took a break from his busy campaign schedule to remind college students keep up with the issues -- and to vote on Nov. 4 -- in a recent conference call with 75 universities, including Florida A&M University. "First of all this is an important call for me because one of the hallmarks of this campaign has been extraordinary involvement at every level of young people in colleges," Obama said. "Voters in every single state have been involved. I think that there is a sense [of urgency] among the next generation of voters that we're in a defining moment in history." He said voters needed to stay informed because the country is facing several problems, real change will be left up to voters to help create. "We're involved in two wars, we're seeing the worst economic crisis since the great depression, and we continue to be dependent on foreign sources of oil that threaten our national security," Obama said. For this reason, the Illinois senator said, he thinks young people are becoming more involved in politics. "I think people recognize that if we don't deal with these critical issues now, then at some point we may be too late," he said. "That explains why you see such an extraordinary outpour of support and involvement not just with our campaign but with Sen. Clinton's campaign and other campaigns throughout the year." Christine Thomasos writes for The Famuan, the Florida A&M University student newspaper, which originally published a version of this article. |
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Posted Oct. 08, 2008 |
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