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"Every year in NYU&amp;#039;s Foundations of Journalism class, the students survey NYU undergrads about different issues pertaining to young people. And, with the 2008 elections soon approaching, the obvious topic had to do with voting rights. This upcoming presidential election will be the first that I will be old enough to participate in and I&amp;#039;m really excited. But, as I was surveying other students about how much they value their right to vote, I didn&amp;#039;t get this same kind of enthusiasm from them. In the survey, students were asked if they would trade their vote in one year&amp;#039;s election for an iPod. Surprisingly, many agreed that they would. I know that a lot of you still have a couple of years before you reach voting age but I think this question is still relevant for you. Would you trade your vote for an iPod? How about $1,000, or even a car? I have to admit, it would be tempting but I&amp;#039;m still undecided. I would love to be able to say that I would never trade my right to vote, but I&amp;#039;m not sure if that would be completely honest. The democratic system in a large part defines our freedom, but does one vote really make a difference? Although on one hand I have Diddy&amp;#039;s slogan &amp;quot;vote or die&amp;quot; ingrained in my head, on the other I don&amp;#039;t know if I would rather be listening to his latest single on my new iPod. Let me know CG&amp;#039;s! Would you ever trade your right to vote?   Check out the Washington Square News in the upcoming months to see the results of what the undergrads at NYU said. Ciao Ciao! Kiki Von Glinow Beauty Intern "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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