>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:29:10 -0500
>From: Anita Long <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: "Brauer, Dorothea" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: Re: WARNING: camp 1 delete now!]
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>good perspective on electoral college.
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>Michael Radis wrote:
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>> >Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:21:23 -0500>To: Chris Maroldo
>> <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]>From: Michael Radis
>> <[log in to unmask]>>Subject: Re: WARNING: camp 1 delete now!>>Be careful
>> about what you wish for with the Electoral College. Right now it>is
>> the only thing that forces candidates to address issues that
>> are>important to minority groups. Without it (and a total minority
>> population of>under 10% of the total population) the candidates
>> could write them off. With>it, in states like California and New
>> York with a lot of Electoral votes and>a much higher percentage of
>> minority voters, the candidates need to address>minority needs in
>> order to gain those votes. I agree that there should be>some type of
>> modification but I would be very wary about abolishing it in
>> toto.>Mike Radis>>
>> Michael W. Radis Ed.D.
>> Assistant Director/Academic Coordinator
>> McNair Scholars Program
>> The Pennsylvania State University
>> Spruce Cottage
>> University Park, PA 16802-4606
>> Phone: (814) 863-4289
>> FAX: (814) 863-9822
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>> "Deeds not words shall speak me." John Fletcher (1579-1625)
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> Anita M. Long
>Director, Math Science Upward Bound
>
>"It has often been said that humans can be distinguished from the
>other animals by their ability to reason.  This has always struck me
>as little more than a rather ambiguous way of stating our conceit as a
>species." --Michael Guillen, Bridges to Infinity
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