In another sign that more young people are paying close attention to the presidential race, and that candidates and the media are likewise paying attention to young voters, the student body presidents from four Philadelphia area colleges cosigned an endorsement of Senator Obama last week – and their endorsement got attention.  At Penn, the endorsement stirred a small controversy and Inside Higher Ed profiled the endorsement in the context of a swirl of competing endorsements at Penn.  In Scranton, the Scranton High School Senior Class President, Colin Saltry, was told to step down from his position after skipping gym class to meet Senator Obama at a diner across the street.  Saltry went so far as to get an excuse slip signed by Senator Obama, but Scranton High administrators did not accept it.

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