MFCD Students First Tour gets off to good (albeit windy) start

Heavy winds and temperatures in the upper 40s can't stop some of us from promoting student activism and having a good time.

After all, we're Democrats.

The first leg of the Michigan Federation of College Democrats' week-long Students First tour wound its way through Mount Pleasant Saturday, stopping in front of the Bovee UC for a couple hours Saturday afternoon.

Those who came by had the chance to drink cider from Uncle John's, eat a couple donuts, and sign two petitions. One called for the repeal of the Rogers Law, which requires students to vote at their home address instead of their campus address. The other petition was a nominating petition to get Senator Carl Levin on the ballot in his bid for re-election. He needs 15,000 signatures from registered voters across the state in order to appear on the ballot next year.

If you wish to sign either petition (or both!), but couldn't make it to the MFCD event, stop by the College Dems cubicle in the Student Organization Center in the lower level of the UC between noon and 2PM any weekday, or come to our next meeting on Wednesday.

(Pictured are Michael Mersol-Barg of the MSU Democrats; CMU Dems President Matt Sous; MFCD Treasurer Chris Stergalas; and MFCD Vice President Emily Mixter. Yours truly took the photo.)