Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Decked out in Republican paraphernalia, Andrew Garza awaits the results of the 1988 election at the College Republican victory party. (Pholo by Robert Williams} In the Tech precincts, a total of 1 ,458 students voted in the 1988 presidential election. After a long, hard cam- paign by both Republican and Democratic student organizations, most Tech students in these precincts chose to vote for the Republican, Biish-Quayle ticket. (Artwork by Gerald fielleyl 1% Fulani Mendez 9% Paul Marrou Members of the Young Democrats organization, in- cluding Robert Lowery, gather at the Democratic headquarters to watch Michael Dukakis and George Bush debate. (Pholo by Robert Williams} Decision 17

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STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN DECISION ' 88 Mud-slinging between presidential can- didates George Bush and Michael Dukakis caught Texas Tech students in a heated bat- tle in party politics. Students were bombarded by people shoving party paraphernalia in their faces as they walked through the University Cen- ter. While the Young Democrats and the Col- lege Republicans were frantically register- ing eligible voters on campus, the organiza- tions also knocked on doors and telephoned voters, encouraging participation in the 1988 election on Nov. 8. This is my si.xth year as a College Re- publican. I went to rallies and helped with committees and campaigns, said Michael Verdone, a political science graduate from Lubbock. Angela Ledford, a freshman from San Angelo, said, Since I am a political science major, I decided to get involved in the elec- tion by supporting the Lubbock County Young Democrats. Specials were shown on television to en- courage voter participation. Newspapers flashed candidates ' faces on front pages around the country. Many Tech students were voting in their first presidential election and weren ' t sure who was right for the job. Some students made a voting decision on who they thought looked the best on televi- sion. The two Bush versus Dukakis debates raised many of the issues that had not been resolved during the ' 88 election. The trillion dollar deficit and the defense budget were leading the headlines. Abor- tion, taxes and child care were other issues that confronted the candidates. I didn ' t feel that any one of the candi- dates had a good standing on the issues, so I chose not to vote for either one, said fresh- man Liz Pyle. Between both precincts on campus, 36 percent of the 2,284 registered voters did not vote. Of all the students who were regis- tered to vote, 51 percent voted for Bush- Quayle and 12 percent voted for Dukakis- Bentsen. Two other relatively unheard of parties showing a return were the Libertar- ian Party with .9 percent of all registered voters and the New Alliance Party with .1 percent. Bush took the majority of the Tech vote as well as Texas and the nation. He won a landslide on the Tech campus with 1,170 votes, or 80 percent of the ballots, to 265, or 18 percent, for Dukakis. The Libertarian candidate received 16 Tech votes, or 1 per- cent, and the New Alliance nominee re- ceived 2 votes for less than 1 percent. — Rebecca Hawkins Representing the College Republicans. Kevin Treible answers questions about issues at a campus debate Nov. 3 in the UC. (Photo by Greg Humphries}

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TEXAS-SIZE CAMPU 18 — Campus Buses Designed by Lor a Litiz