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The Red and Black • Wednesday. October 28. 1992
By CATHLEEN EGAN
Staff Writer
Tuesday's mock election mirrored the latest
statewide and national presidential polls giving
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton a thinning lead over
President George Bush.
The election was sponsored by the University's
Demosthenian Society, and was offered only to
University students.
Of the 1,059 students who cast their votes, 474 be
lieve Clinton is going to be the next president of the
United States. However, Bush is right on Clinton's heels
with 429 student votes and the Independent candidate
Roes Perot trailed with 120 students on his side. The re
maining 36 votes were earned by Libertarian candidate
Andre Marrou and a variety of write-in suggestions.
TTie ballot also included Gov. Zell Miller’s proposal
for a Georgia state lottery. Of those students who voted,
628 think the state should adopt a lottery while 394
were opposed to the idea. The remaining 37 voters ab
stained from answering the cmestion.
Associate professor of Political Science, Keith
Billingsley said while he agrees the student poll results
match those of the state, little can be determined by the
mock election.
*Ihe turnout is so small that you’re probably dealing
with extremely involved students," he said. "But it does
not show how University students will vote in the na
tional election."
Billingsley said while the campus is almost 60 per
cent in favor of a statewide lottery, the voters show bias.
"You’re dealing with a group of people who really
think education is important," he said.
Scott Wells, Demosthenian’s Programs Committee
Chair, said 19 students wrote-in choices for a presiden
tial candidate, instead of choosing among the four tra
ditional parties. Nominations ranged from Sen. Paul
Tsongas to Mickey Mouse.
Wells said he originally predicted a Bush landslide
but was shocked when the numbers came in.
"I’m surprised because UGA is very conservative," he
said. "I expected at least 50 percent for Bush. But
Clinton’s win could be a result of the recent Gore rally,
or maybe the student’s frustration about jobs."
As for the student approval of the lottery, Wells said,
"It’s obvious that the student body is strongly behind it
with almost 60 percent voting for it, and that shows a
strong interest."
After casting their votes, students had an array of
predictions about the outcome of the University’s elec
tion Amy Rae Johnson, a senior from Waycross, said al
though she voted for the Bush/Quayle ticket, she antic
ipates the national results to be different.
"I voted for Bush, but I predict Clinton will be the
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ity to be president."
Joel Abbott, a sophomore from Roswell said he thinks
just the opposite.
“I’d have to give it to Clinton by about six percentage
points, plus or minus three,” Abbott said. “Clinton is the
only president for the students.”
Billingsley said he could not predict who the winner
will be Nov. 3.
“I think that either Mr. Clinton or Mr. Bush can win.”
Dutch students study in America
By TOM CALLAHAN
Contributing Writer
Nothing could be a better intro
duction to American culture than
being caught up in the World
Series, and University exchange
students from Holland were given
a baptism by fire last week when
the Atlanta Braves took their sec
ond shot at at World
Championship.
Exchange students Paula
Huisman, Anke Bruggenwirth and
Astrid van Vonderen are among 12
Dutch students studying about
American culture at the
University.
On the night of the Braves’ vic
tory over the Pirates in Game 7 in
the National League
Championship Series, the group
took a break from studying to cel
ebrate the Braves’ trip to the
World Series on the streets of
Athens.
The women have passed a quiz
on their knowledge of our national
pastime by correctly identifying a
home run, a strikeout and a sacri
fice fly, but were tripped up by the
infield fly rule. They retaliated by
asking how many Americans could
name three Dutch cities.
Although Bruggenwirth said
she doesn’t have a favorite player,
Huisman said "David Hunter and
Brian Justice."
The students said America is
still idealized in their country.
Huisman, an international
business m^jor, said, “In Europe,
America is seen as a big fantasy
world." She said most Dutch peo
ple feel they should see it at least
On the whole, the students said
people have been very friendly and
their experience has been positive
thus far, despite the fact they are
often asked strange questions.
Alan Munzer, another exchange
student, said a University student
asked him if the group had trav
eled by train, while another asked
if Holland was the capital of
Denmark.
The most popular questions, the
students agreed, were inquiries
about Amsterdam’s infamous “red-
light district."
Huisman said she will attend
the University for a year, but the
others will leave after fall quarter
is over.
Each of the three students had
been to the United States before
they decided to study at the
University. Bruggenwirth lived in
El Paso, TX for a year and
Huisman, whose mother is
American, has lived in Boston and
Texas.
Van Vonderen said she has only
visited the States, but saw quite a
bit of the country as she traveled
from New York to Miami.
Although they said their views
were very different, they admitted
that the Dutch view Americans as
“superficial* and “conservative."
They said they personally feel
race relations here are more
strained than in the Netherlands.
They said a member of their group
is black and he has been made to
feel uncomfortable in some social
situations like football games.
The women also expressed con
cern about walking alone after
reading about the recent rapes in
downtown.
All three women said they have
kept up with American politics by
watching the debates and offered
their opinions about the candi
dates.
“I like things about Bush and
things about Clinton; they both
have good ideas,” Bruggenwirth,
an international business major,
said.
Huisman said she would sup
port Bush over Clinton.
“Concentrating primarily on
the domestic economy is danger
ous," she said.
Another major difference be
tween the countries is the lack of
drinking age in Holland.
“Here it is a big deal to get
drunk," Bruggenwirth said. "In
Holland it is more to socialize."
She also said drinking and driv
ing is not a major problem in
Holland. However, she said the
Dutch have their vices as well.
“Smoking is much worse in
Holland," Huisman said.
“Probably a bigger problem than
drinking."
None of the women said they
have experienced homesickness,
yet.
Huisman said she hasn’t been
homesick at all, but she is inter
ested in what’s going on at home.
“It’s a good thing there’s a tele
phone," she said.
Van Vonderen, a marketing
major, said she was not homesick,
but admitted she missed her
boyfriend and is glad she is going
back at the end of the quarter.
Bruggenwirth said she wasn’t
homesick either. “You can have a
good time anywhere; it just de
pends on your attitude," she said.
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