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              The Rambler
Farmingdale State College Student Newspaper • Volume 79, No. 4 March 14, 2008
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Voice Your Choice
By Joanne Gucwa
Since 1920 and the passing of the
15th and 19th Amendments, every aduh
American has gained the right to vote,
which is one of the most important rights
we have as American adults. According
to Mark Lopez, the research developer
of Youth Vote Coalition, unfortunately,
only 59 percent of 18-25 year olds are
registered to vote, and only 32 percent
actually voted in the last presidential and
primary elections.
On Tuesday, November 4th 2008,
Americans will be voting for a new Pres-ident,
Vice President, a new House of
Representatives, and one-third of the U.S
Senate.
In the last seven years many devastat-ing
events have occurred, that have left
young voters concerned for their future.
Some of the issues that cause the most
concern for our age group are the oppor-tunities
for good jobs, the economy, the
war in Iraq, and the candidate's motiva-tion
and vision.
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The Chancellor's Award is given to
students for their outstanding academic
work. This year four seniors received
the award. Cheryl Williams who is in the
nursing program; Larauen Fink in man-agement
technology; and two students
from the Professional Communications
Major Delia Sarich and Frank Rampello.
The four students traveled to Albany
to receive their gold medals from the SU-NYChancellor.
Students are
nominated who
have demon-strated
academ-ic
excellence,
leadership,
excellence,
athletics, com-munity
ser-vice,
creative
and performing
in Seaford. After she graduates, Fink
plans on attending graduate school for
marketing and business management.
Delia Sarich was the assistant manag-ing
editor for The Rambler in 2006-2007;
she did an editorial internship at The New
York Observer in New York City last se-mester.
She now works as a web producer
for News 12, where she writes articles
and edits videos for the website.
A f t e r
graduation
Sarich plans
on teaching
in France and
then attend-inggraduate
school.
"When
I found out
I won, I felt
very hon-ored,"
said
arts or career Award Winners Lauren Fink, Frank Rampello, Delia sarich "It was
achievement. Sarich, Cheryl Williams and FSC President Dr Keen exciting to
Cheryl Wil-liams
is in the nursing program and she is
the president of Phi Theta Kappa Honor
Society.
"I've always been a person who ap-precitates
education," said Williams. "I
love Framingdale and I try to get involved
in all of the activities."
Williams took her 11-year-old son,
Kyle, to the ceremony in Albany. Kyle
said he felt proud to stand next to his
mom when she received her award. Wil-liams
will graduate as a registered nurse
and would like to work with post surgery
patients.
Lauren Fink is in the technology man-agement
program and is the president of
Sigh Beta Delta Business Honor Society.
"I never thought I would get something
like this, I was really suprised," said Fink.
"The ceremony was in Empire State Pla-za,
which was a great experience. "
Fink said her family is very proud of
her: She has been working in marketing
and sales for United Skates Roller Rink
hear that Frank
Rampello won the award as well. To have
two PCM students win is a really great
reflection of our department."
Frank Rampello has been very active
in student government during his four
years at FSC. He was elected vice presi-dent
of Student Government and last year
he was a senator. Currently he is a mem-ber
of the new Student Union Commit-tee,
the Art of Giving Committee and Phi
Theta Kappa Honor Society.
"It was really a thrill to be nominated.
Honestly, my four years at Farmingdale
have been filled with painful bouts of
self-doubt," said Rampello. "Winning
this award makes all the bad times worth
it. I am so thankful to everyone who has
helped me along the way."
Rampello is currently in the process
of applying to graduate schools. He will
be taking some time off in May and June
to evaluate his plans.