y, November 1, 1984 The Capitol Times tIX,VIIOI\I A 9841 Based on 9 / 6 /84 Based On 50 preliminary enrollment students polled 700 Comparison of Federal Deficits 600 500 400 300 200 $l2) ($29) man 1989, the national debt will climb to $3.1 trillion, eating up 32 cents of your tax dollar in interest payments on the debt alone (Cumulative for each Administration In Billions of Dollars) Kennedy Eisenhower Voter registration draws record student turnout By Mark Edquid As election day approaches, students at Penn State and around the country are ap parently waiting to vote in record numbers. "Not only did Penn State register more voters than any other university in the nation, but we also broke any previous records at Penn State," said Kevin DiGiammarino, voter registration coordinator for the university. The Commonwealth Cam puses contributed approximate ly 2,200 new registered voters to the Penn State total with Capitol Campus contributing 50 new student voters. DiGiammarino said that by working with undergraduate student governments and other various campus organizations, "we were able to register an ($39) Johnson outstanding number of 13,900 students." The National Student Cam paign for Voter Registration (NSCVR) estimates there are well over one million new stu dent voters. Students registered to vote -- and registered others scale unprecedented in our history," said Amy Kelly, Na tional Office Coordinator of NSCVR. She points to the na tionwide cooperation of Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), the United States Stu dent Association, State Student Associations, student govern ments, and campaign political groups as the key to the cam paign's success. "Last Spring, a lot of people in the country thought "student politics" was a contradiction in terms," says Kelly. "After this fall, when students organized themselves, registered, and are now about to make a signifi- ($114) ($124) Nixon Ford cant impact on the election -- after all that -- thost people won't make that mistake again." Students registered other students at voter registration rallies, "Reg Fests," parties, tables, dining halls and dorms, walks, and class registration lines. -- on a The University of Texas /Austin registered 10,000 new student voters. 6000 were registered at State University of New York in Albany. Ohio State University reports 5600 registered for the fall elections. On its way toward registering 4600 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the voter registration coalition there found that the city clerk is "overwhelmed every time we come in to turn in completed registration forms -- they can't believe the numbers," accor ding to Kristin Hass, Michigan coordinator for NSCVR. ($194) Carter Reagan ($670)
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