Students Light Fires of Change | Voice of America - English
College students have been a powerful force for change throughout history. In the 1970s, students led protests against the war in Vietnam that influenced U.S. policy to draw down its fighting. In 1989, students in China sparked larger protests that forced political and economic reform there. And in 2015, students protested racism at the University of Missouri, which led to the resignation of the university president.  Today's students are active, according to a survey that has measure the attitudes of college freshmen for 50 years.
chapter social media But Compres laments that many think only students have time for activism. And he says he wants to change that. [embed]https://youtu.be/rho6srB5Psg[/embed] standard reflected by our elected officials less, we are even less likely to come out and vote," Marsh said. "That sort of trend can only last so long, though, because at the end of the day, we?ve started to reject standard political campaign communication and have started connecting peer to peer." In early 2015, Marsh joined his school?s chapter of the . Created in 1892, this national organization encourages students to join the Republican political party and support conservative goals.