Vol. XXXV, No. 6 Penn State
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March 1, 2004
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The entire Penn State community
gathered in University Park for
THON, and the Delco campus was
well represented.
INSIDE
_ Staff member departs..Page 3 |
_ Class of the Month.......Page 4
Entertainment............Page 5 |
_ Editorial......................Page 6 |
~ Guest Column..............Page 7 |
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By CHARLOTTE BARR
Lion’s Eye staff writer
CCB148@psu.edu
Indecision may have
been the biggest winner,
but ultimately, Penn State
Delco students say John
Kerry would be the choice =
as their next president. pr
the undecided vote drew dead even
when students were asked to pick their
choice of the Democratic candidates
for president (some of whom have
dropped their candidacy since the poll
was conducted).
—_
Kerry ... maybe
Lion’s Eye poll finds many students aren't sure;
economy viewed as nation’s most pressing issue
their No. 1 concern. Terrorism and
security placed second at 16 percent
and health-care availability and the
war in Iraq tied for fourth at 14 per-
cent.
"They need to concentrate more on
domestic issues such as schools and
health care, malpractice in surgery,
corporate corruption and pollution,”
“said James Blocksom, an educa-
That’s according to a _ ™, tion i abit
poll the Lion’s Eye con- : : N en asked i
ducted during February. Who would you vote for if the face is between , President Bush's inva-
The poll was a random Kerry and Bush? NO \, sion of Iraq was jus-
sampling of students » WHAT MATTER tified, a large
and was not a sci- py iS THE 40 Key WHETHER majority, 64 per-
entific sampling. / MOST re \, cent, said it
Kerry was PRESSING 5 THE INVA- _ was not.
the choice of ISSUE | Bush SION WAS Some 34
38 percent 30 JUSTIFIED, \ percent
of students FACING nNoResponse| SHOULD WE , believe it
in a poten- ; THE U. S.? 2 BDont Care REMOVE OUR was. The
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the Democratic
nomination is
up for grabs
between Kerry and
Edwards, I really
don't care who ends up
with the nomination,” said
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whether the
invasion was
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More than half
J of the students
thought Saddam
Hussein had weapons of
Prince Awo, a psychology
major. “I would just like to see a
change of president."
Jennifer Williams, an animal
science major, summed up the
opposing view.
"Bush is willing to stand up
for righteousness and
Godliness in this country,” she
said. “He is not afraid to do
what is right, no matter what
the cost.”
More, Kerry's vote and
Kerry’s vote and the undecided
vote each took 34 percent in that ques-
tion.
In other questions, students say
they feel that the economy was the
most important issue to be addressed
during the election. Some 40 percent
of respondents said the economy was
mass destruction and/or was
an imminent threat to the U.S.
"I believe Saddam and his regime
posed no threat to our security as a
nation,” said Charles Sandor, an
English major. “America illegally invad-
ed a nation and violated several
treaties within the United Nations that
it is a signature of.
“Osama bin Laden posed more of
an imminent threat and Iraq was just
a ploy used to justify our imperialistic
ideals."