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6A Sunday, October 28, 2018
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
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AUSTIN STEELE I The Times
Arturo Adame of the Hall County Young Democrats canvasses for Stacey Abrams on Friday,
Oct. 26.
VOTERS
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‘It seems that the two sides are
standing at the opposite sides of
the room screaming at one another,
rather than sitting at the table.’
James King
Chairman of the Young Republicans of Northeast Georgia
Courtesy Brenau College Republicans
Brooke Thigpen, chair of Brenau College Republicans,
participates in a phone bank for Republican candidates.
said. “But I think that people
will do a good job of getting to
the polls and voting. ”
King said it seems impos
sible to avoid hearing about
politics, even if that informa
tion is biased or inaccurate.
“We get on Facebook and
everyone is sharing their
opinions with one another.
... Wherever we go, we’re
bombarded with what’s hap
pening politically,” King
said. “We’re bombarded not
just with facts, but with peo
ple’s opinions about things.
It seems to be emotionally
driven. It seems that that
environment makes more
people want to get out and
express their opinions and
vote.”
King, a student at Truett
McConnell University, said
one of the goals of Young
Republicans of Northeast
Georgia is to get people to
vote, even if they aren’t
Republicans. But political
conversations are becoming
more polarized, he said.
“It seems that the two sides
are standing at the opposite
sides of the room screaming
at one another, rather than
sitting at the table,” King said.
Brooke Thigpen, chair of
Brenau College Republicans,
said Brenau students have
collaborated to keep politi
cal conversations on cam
pus civil. Brenau’s College
Republicans worked with
College Democrats and the
county’s elections office to
host an event to educate stu
dents about voting.
“On Brenau’s campus spe
cifically, we’ve seen a sharp
increase in the amount of
students who are interested
and engaged in the political
process on all levels of gov
ernment,” Thigpen said in
an email. “... Ensuring young
voters are informed of the
political process is crucial to
making sure young people
have a voice.”
Lieneweber said the cam
pus environment has stayed
collegial, even as political
tensions mount as the elec
tion approaches.
“We’re able to be friends
at the end of the day as well,
no matter if we disagree on
a policy issue or voted for
someone different,” he said.
The election is Nov. 6, and
voters in Hall can cast their
ballots early until Nov. 2.
AUSTIN STEELE I The Times
Arturo Adame, left, and Christine Osasu, of the Hall County Young Democrats canvass for
Stacey Abrams on Friday, Oct. 26.
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Veterans’ lives, experiences
celebrated at new museum
JOHN MINCHILLO I Associated Press
A staff member browses a display at the National Veterans
Museum and Memorial, Monday, Oct. 15, in Columbus, Ohio.
BY JULIE CARR SMYTH
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio
— Step lightly between
two facing mirrors at a
first-of-its-kind museum
honoring and celebrat
ing the experiences of
military veterans, and it
takes your breath away.
Behind and in front of
you, as far as the eye can
see, are folded flags.
You are standing
midstream among the
tidy triangles of past
and future, the men
and women who gave
and will give their
lives in service to the
United States. This
remembrance gallery
is basked in sprays of
color arranged on the
windows, like stained
glass, in the patterns of
military service medals.
Developers of the $82
million, 53,000-square-
foot National Veterans
Museum and Memorial,
which opened Saturday
on Columbus’ down
town riverfront, seek to
inspire and educate visi
tors with this and other
inventive interactive
displays.
It shows military
families cleaved and
reunited, it visually visits
young recruits aboard
military vessels, it tells
love stories, it mourns
wrenching losses. All this
is done through state-
of-the-art interactive
graphics, shifting photo
images, documentary-
style videos, oral history
interviews and other engag
ing approaches.
General Colin Powell, the
former secretary of state
and chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, serves as
honorary chair of the muse
um’s board of advisers. He
said during opening cere
monies that by delving into
what inspires veterans to
serve, the nation can begin
to heal.
“They represent the rain
bow that is America, the
strength and goodness of
America,” he told the crowd
hunkered down against
cold and rain. “And, in this
day when we’re having tri
als and tribulations, we’ve
just had another tragedy in
Pittsburgh, let’s remember
that basically this is a good
place, a welcoming place, a
warm place. We’re all one
team, one family, and let
us bring ourselves together
again and set aside these
terrible incidents that are
so contaminating our soci
ety at this moment.”
The museum is neither
a war memorial nor a tra
ditional military museum,
said Amy Taylor, chief
operating officer of the
Columbus Downtown
Development Corp., which
spearheaded the effort. The
goal is to show veterans’
individual lives before, dur
ing and after they serve.
“It’s a narrative journey
and, while artifacts are here
and we have them, they’re
only here to advance the
story,” Taylor said. “So it’s
not like, oh, I’m here to see
the original ‘Star-Spangled
Banner’ flag. No, you’re
here to learn a story and
maybe an ice cream carton
helps tells that story, or a
drum helps tell that story.”
Subtropical Storm Oscar forms in
Atlantic; no forecasted threat to land
MIAMI — Forecasters say this hur
ricane season’s 15th named storm is
strengthening over the Atlantic Ocean, but
it’s no threat to land.
Subtropical Storm Oscar formed late
Friday over open waters. The National
Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday
afternoon that Oscar was centered about
925 miles east-southeast of Bermuda, and
it was moving west at 17 mph.
The storm had top sustained winds of
60 mph.
Subtropical storms have less defined and
cooler centers than tropical storms. They
can develop into tropical storms, which in
turn can strengthen into hurricanes.
Forecasters said Oscar was developing
a warmer core, indicating it would transi
tion soon to a tropical storm. Oscar could
become a hurricane as its track curves
toward the North Atlantic early next week.
Associated Press
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