What to watch

Who to watch? Who to trust?

There are dozens of channels and Web sites to watch for election coverage, but it is difficult to decide who to watch.

The goodies but oldies are always there, but there are some newcomers to the game as well.

For solid - mostly unbiased – reporting check out CNN. If you want to watch it one sided coverage, you know where to go.

Now, for the interesting coverage. Comedy Central and Current are newcomers to the election and live news reporting.

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will be reporting with their patented “fake news” coverage. Current and Digg will also be covering the election and its results for a younger audience as well.

One way or another, it will be hard to find a channel that doesn’t have coverage – ESPN has even been talking to McCain and Obama the last few days.

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Vote for yourself

This may be the biggest and most historic election in the country since the first one more than 200 years ago. In addition, this may have the biggest voter turnout ever recorded.

But a lot of people will not cast their vote.

Sure, they will cast a vote, but it will someone else’s.

Students, in particular, have people telling them how to vote (teachers, parents and friends) and when they vote today, it will be for what others believe.

Proposition 8 is clearly the biggest initiative on the California ballot this year and with that there has been a lot of discussion and debate on it as well.

There have been Facebook notes, Myspace bulletins and blogs written by students on their stances on whether or not gay marriage should be legal.

The arguments, however, do not read or sound like the thoughts of students.

The students are obviously writing them, but the arguments seem to be regurgitated from what was heard in class.

Whether it is for or against Proposition 8 or the presidential election, students – and all voters – need to be sure to think for themselves and vote for themselves today.

bAbel.