Discuss “Sophomores create CMU Students for Kerry”

With the end of the Republican National Convention, the 2004 election campaign has begun in earnest, and students across the country are becoming involved. Carnegie Mellon too has its share of students who have started their own political organizations.

Mike Shaw and Mark Caola, both sophomores at Carnegie Mellon, recently founded the campus organization called CMU Students for Kerry. Caola, a business major, says that they began by going to the Allegheny County Democratic Headquarters to search for volunteer opportunities. There, they met other students from local college campuses that were in support of John Kerry. Their interest in helping the Kerry campaign grew, and eventually they decided to begin their own organization at Carnegie Mellon....