A group of 10 college interns from around the nation founded a viral voter registration campaign, Stop and Vote, with the intention of getting their generation to the ballot boxes this November.

The Concept Farm, a New York communications company, spearheaded this movement with hopes that its interns would become proactive and reach countless numbers of disaffected youth, according to a company statement.

With the White House and congressional leaders struggling to resurrect a rescue of the nation’s struggling financial markets, they are searching for ways to sweeten the deal for reluctant lawmakers.

The idea of boosting the cap on federal bank deposit insurance has gained some momentum, with both candidates for president – Democratic Barack Obama and Republican John McCain – propose lifting it to $250,000. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. insures individual bank deposits up to $100,000.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sept. 30 – the first polling data available based entirely on interviews following Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama’s first Presidential Debate – shows Obama getting 51 percent of the vote while McCain garnered 45 percent.

Before another stressful day of teaching, music professor Charlotte Mabrey rested on a bench overlooking the Green, her lips encircling the filter of a cigarette as she pensively sucked out the tobacco smoke.

Those walking by don’t notice she’s breaking UNF’s campus policy by smoking too close to covered walkways.

“When I started, we smoked in the classroom,” Mabrey said, reminiscing about her 27 years teaching at UNF.

While Mabrey might be aware of UNF’s smoking policy, many students are not.

Senate President Brandon Eady called Sen. Robert Foster out of order during the Sept. 29 Student Government Senate meeting and had him removed from
the chambers.

The debate began during the first reading of Foster’s proposed bills, two amendments to Title VI concerning election penalties and campaign financing.