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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Campaign 2004: College Students Organize

to Educate Themselves and Shape the Future

 “Bush, Kerry or Third Party Candidates: Does It Matter?”

(Worcester, MA – October 21, 2004) Worcester State College students will gather in the Exhibit Area of the Student Center at 1:00 PM, Thursday, October 28, 2004 to present their research on the media coverage of the platforms of various presidential candidates running for office in 2004. The presentations will be followed by a forum in which students will make their issues and concerns heard about each candidate and related issues of interest and importance to them.

In order to take the election more seriously, and become more active citizens, the students from a Media Criticism course taught by Professor Julie Frechette in the Communications Department, will present their findings from a three-week research project aimed at analyzing the interconnections between mainstream media, interest groups, public opinion polls, campaign advertising, and responsible coverage of Campaign 2004.

As part of Generation Y—the largest voting block in the U.S. representing over 14 million eligible voters between the ages of 18-24—the students are organizing this event as an effort to revitalize their peers through informed discussions about politics.  With less than 30% of their generation expected to turn-out in the voting polls, the students will aim not only to increase awareness but increase participation in voting.

The event is sponsored by the Communications Department at Worcester State College and is free and open to the public.

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