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Coyote Chronicle Vol. XLVI, No. 7
THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY SAN BERNARDINO FOR 45 YEARS
Tuesday, Tuesday November 13, 13 2012
How did he win? The president lost in every age group of white voters, but won both the Latino and black vote By ANDREW HUCKS Staff Writer
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he results are in: President Barack Obama scored a seemingly decisive 303-206 victory in the electoral college vote to beat the GOP candidate Mitt Romney and remain our president for another term. This draws an end to a long and hard fought battle between the two candidates in one of the most controversial and, according to the Associated Press’ Calvin Woodward, “most ideologically polarized elections in years.” Though the President won the electoral vote by what appears to be a landslide Continue on Pg. 4
Seniors work hard to get charged extra By BRENDA ACUNA Staff Writer With the approval of Proposition 30, CSU students can breathe a little easier, however many are still in no mood to celebrate as the California State University Board of Trustees plans to impose new student fees on what one student group considers “taking too long to graduate.” According to the news release from Students for Quality Education, the new fees will “punish students who take too long to graduate, who rack up more units than their majors ostensibly require, or want to focus on more than one field with double majors or minors, along with other behaviors.” The news release also said the Trustees are seeking this change in the name of “modifying students’ behavContinue on Pg. 3
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Young American’s participation in the 2012 presidential election made a major impact this year in poll numbers, in a large thanks to Senator Yee’s new online voters registration law.
New online voters show support for election By MARIA AGUILAR Staff Writer The 2012 election had a record increase in young and first time voters. Young voter participation in the 2012 election jumped one percentage point from 2008 levels, although young voters were slightly less likely to vote for President Barack Obama than in 2008, according to the Huffington Post. This increase is due to California
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Senator Leland Yee’s new online voter registration law. California now has a record setting 18,245,970 online registered voters for the Nov. 6 election, according to statistics released today by the Secretary of State. The election fell in the middle of the quarter when CSUSB students were finishing midterms and preparing their school schedule for next quarter. The new online registration allows busy students, some who are first time voters, a faster way to
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register. “As a first time voter I felt privileged to be part of a historic event. I registered online and it was definitely easier. Voting was like fulfilling a duty not only to the nation but the world as a whole,” said student Charity Dumpit. According to an article released by Senator Yee’s Chief of Staff Representative, Adam Keigwin, more than one million people used the system to register and Continue on Pg. 3
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