Student Government encourages students to vote, university welcomes speaker in annual lecture
Staples of our country's patriotism, like apple pie and copies of the U.S. Constitution, awaited students who stopped by the Student Government tent on Greene Street Monday morning.
In an attempt to increase student political involvement on campus, representatives from SG gave out voter registration forms for anyone who had not registered to vote in South Carolina yet. Fittingly, the registration drive was also on Constitution Day, a day that celebrates the anniversary of the ratification of our Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787.
For students who missed the opportunity to register, there will be a few more available. Registration forms will be distributed on Greene Street on Sept. 20 from noon to 1 p.m.; on Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and on the Pickens Street Bridge Sept. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Also in celebration of Constitution Day, the political science department hosted its annual Constitution Day lecture, welcoming political theorist Robert Martin of Hamilton College Monday evening. Martin delivered a lecture titled "Occupying Philadelphia in 1787: The Constitution's Critics and the Birth of the American Democratic Culture" to students and faculty members.