Wrestlers lay the 'Smackdown' on voting
Joseph Pezza
Issue date: 9/21/06 Section: News
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On Sept. 12, the Mahogany Room was transformed into a wrestling ring, where voting issues were given the "smackdown."
The "Smackdown Your Vote" rally was Sacred Heart's effort to attract students to the political world by encouraging them to vote and to be interested in the future of government.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstars Chris Nowinski and Shelton Benjamin were the featured speakers at the rally. Nowinski and Benjamin stressed the importance of individuals between the ages of 18 and 29 voting in upcoming elections.
Benjamin finds that he shares a more similar mindset to the younger generation of adults as opposed to an older generation, such as the baby-boomers, when it comes to politics.
"There is much more that I have in common with say, a thirty-year old, as opposed to a sixty-five year old man," said Benjamin.
Nowinski and Benjamin have traveled to universities across the nation to promote voting and to lay the "smackdown" on silence pertaining to political issues affecting the future of college students.
Each wrestler emphasized that it is especially important for young adults to have their voices heard and to better understand political campaigns. Young adults are crucial in making important decisions that determine the future.
The Smackdown to Vote rally drew a large crowd. Individuals political parties attended the rally to hear the wrestler's attitude towards voting.
"It's important for the younger generation to control their own destiny and to do so require the act of voting," said Dr. Gary Rose, Sacred Heart Political Science professor. "Why let older generations determine the fate of young persons?"
Rose also commented that there is a type of mean-spiritedness developing in today's political system and that civility restored to politics would be most advantageous to the younger population.
"What would be most beneficial to our way of life would be unity among all people, not just our young adults as there are countless social, environmental, moral, and ethical issues which have divided the people of America," said Rose. "Divisions separate [us] and in turn, many potential voices are now voiceless."
The "Smackdown Your Vote" rally was Sacred Heart's effort to attract students to the political world by encouraging them to vote and to be interested in the future of government.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstars Chris Nowinski and Shelton Benjamin were the featured speakers at the rally. Nowinski and Benjamin stressed the importance of individuals between the ages of 18 and 29 voting in upcoming elections.
Benjamin finds that he shares a more similar mindset to the younger generation of adults as opposed to an older generation, such as the baby-boomers, when it comes to politics.
"There is much more that I have in common with say, a thirty-year old, as opposed to a sixty-five year old man," said Benjamin.
Nowinski and Benjamin have traveled to universities across the nation to promote voting and to lay the "smackdown" on silence pertaining to political issues affecting the future of college students.
Each wrestler emphasized that it is especially important for young adults to have their voices heard and to better understand political campaigns. Young adults are crucial in making important decisions that determine the future.
The Smackdown to Vote rally drew a large crowd. Individuals political parties attended the rally to hear the wrestler's attitude towards voting.
"It's important for the younger generation to control their own destiny and to do so require the act of voting," said Dr. Gary Rose, Sacred Heart Political Science professor. "Why let older generations determine the fate of young persons?"
Rose also commented that there is a type of mean-spiritedness developing in today's political system and that civility restored to politics would be most advantageous to the younger population.
"What would be most beneficial to our way of life would be unity among all people, not just our young adults as there are countless social, environmental, moral, and ethical issues which have divided the people of America," said Rose. "Divisions separate [us] and in turn, many potential voices are now voiceless."
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