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Fellow graduate and professional students,

     The following is an open letter from the National Association of
Graduate-Professional Students, concerning voting in the upcoming
election.

Tim Benner, President
United Government of Graduate Students
University of Colorado at Boulder

UMC Room 327       Campus Box 207
(303) 492-5068     http://uggs.colorado.edu

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AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL STUDENTS


October 30, 1996

Dear Student,

Next Tuesday you will have an opportunity to prove many of our nation's
leaders wrong.  You have the right to vote.

They don't think you will do it.  In fact, some have even said to
me that, despite millions of students on campuses throughout the
US, they don't consider students a "viable constituency."  Time and
time again, national and local student leaders face the stereotype
of the apathetic, non-voting student.

But they are wrong.  In the past two years, proposal after proposal
to reduce education funding or student aid was opposed by thousands
of active students.  Our organization helped lead students -
graduate & undergraduate - in defeating proposals that would have
made student loans more expensive and student aid less available. 
Sometimes we won at the last minute.  In the end, it was students
from all walks of life, from all aspects of the political spectrum,
that defeated cuts to education through letters and telephone
calls.  Last year, student aid and education even received an
increase in funding at the federal level.

We successfully convinced our leaders that students were back as an
active force.  But our credibility, and the future of student aid
and education, relies upon your backing us up on November 5. 
Numbers count!

Vote as if your future depends on it, because it does.  Regardless
of your party affiliation, our government will make dramatic
decisions in the next decade.  Painful choices are inevitable. 
Each of the major parties says they are making these decisions for
_your_ future.  But without your vote, how will they represent you? 
And when the statistics on the 1996 voting electorate are
published, how will they react if they see low numbers in the 18-24
or 24-30 age brackets? 

Vote Democratic.  Vote Republican.  Vote Green.  Vote Reform.  Vote
independent.  Write-in your roommate.  But Vote.  It's _our_ future. 
Be a part of it.

Sincerely,


Kevin G. Boyer, Executive Director
National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
825 Green Bay Road, Suite 270
Wilmette, IL  60091
Toll Free 1-888-88-NAGPS
nagps@netcom.com

For information about Congressional voting records, links to online
voter guides, and tons of info on student aid and education
funding, visit the NAGPS Student Aid and Voter Registration web
site at http://www.nagps.org/NAGPS/


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