{"id":34195,"date":"2016-03-02T14:54:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T20:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=34195"},"modified":"2016-03-02T14:56:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T20:56:12","slug":"art-combined-with-voter-advocacy-columbia-college-chicago-students-try-to-get-young-people-to-vote-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/art-combined-with-voter-advocacy-columbia-college-chicago-students-try-to-get-young-people-to-vote-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia College students use art to fuel activism, voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sophie Zhang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">While voters across the nation cast Super Tuesday ballots, Columbia College Chicago students merged their artistic talent with political activism through a free poster giveaway depicting candidates in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The Art + Activism student group provided\u00a0potential young voters\u00a0with detailed voting information and tries to persuade people to register to vote. To capture their peers&#8217; attention, organizers gave out 10 posters that mimic the style of artist Shepard Fairey&#8217;s iconic Barack Obama poster, according to Lane Hedler, president of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s election is kind of theatrical and the candidates are kind of wild and have their own personalities. We want to utilize that to spark this conversation among young people about the election,\u201d said Emily Gallaugher, member of the project.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n[vimeo 157488472 w=474]<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Posters of Bernie Sanders, whom most students are likely to support, according to Hedler, and Donald Trump are most popular among students. 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