In an election with historic voter turnout, young voters came out in strong force. More than half, 52%-55% of young people voted in the 2020 election, leading Joe Biden to victory. In the audiogram below a few Hunter students shared their concerns about food security, school funding, immigration, coronavirus and racism.
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Author: Carol Almonte
Carol Almonte is a Senior at Hunter College, following a pre-medical track and majoring in Media Studies with a concentration in journalism. She was born in the Dominican Republic and was raised both in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Queens, New York. Carol aspires to become a physician and a public health journalist. Her career goal within journalism is to deliver information by making complex science and health issues more comprehensible to the public.
A Message from Hunter Students to President-Elect Joe Biden
By Carol Almonte | December 9, 2020- Tweet
"I’ve decided he’s a superior poodle,” said the owner of 11-year-old Tasso, just one of the therapy dogs brought in at the beginning of finals season for students.
https://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/hunterathenian/2022/05/students-show-up-in-masses-for-therapy-dogs/
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15 days left in the semester and @Hunter_College has not announced when graduation will be. “I think that's really momentous for me and the fact that it's not clear when it's gonna happen it's just breaking my heart,” said one student.
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