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Liette
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Get-out-the-vote campaigns
not new, historian declares
Low voter turnout is a serious problem in American
politics, but it is not a new one.
Get-out-the-vote campaigns have been struggling
for nearly a century, according to Liette Gidlow,
history, the author of The Big Vote: Gender,
Consumer Culture, and the Politics of Exclusion,
1890s-1920s.
Published this fall by the Johns Hopkins University
Press, the book explores the importance of transforming
political values in order to improve participation
in the election process. Gidlow makes the case
that the women’s suffrage amendment was
important not only because it enfranchised women,
but also because it ushered in nearly universal
suffrage for the first time.
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BGSU Counseling Center achieves professional
recognition
The Counseling Center has been recognized by two
prominent organizations for the quality and comprehen-siveness
of the services and training it provides.
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Impact of Canadian values on
policy is focus of symposium
“Canadian Foreign Policy: The Values That
Shape It" is the theme of the 18th annual
Reddin Symposium, which will be held Saturday
from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 101 Olscamp Hall.
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Physical inactivity first topic in President’s
Lecture Series
Steven Blair, president and CEO of the Cooper
Institute in Dallas, will discuss “Physical
Inactivity: The Major Public Health Problem of
the 21st Century” at 4 p.m. Wednesday in
the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater.
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GMAC Bowl win caps record-setting season
for football Falcons
BGSU’s football Falcons added the final
chapter to their record-setting, 2004 success
story with a 52-35 win over Memphis in the GMAC
Bowl Dec. 22.
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