ghemminger
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Go 4 it dude!
Yesterday I came up with a great (though maybe a little silly) idea for the campus blitz, and I'm totally going to do this. I'm going to make a backpack anchored Ron Paul sign. It'll be tall--extending above my head. And I'll change the signs around, personalizing them to make Ron Paul sound very appealing to the college crowd. I'm really pumped about this. My "Ron Paul 2008" button gets a lot of attention/looks, so I know a big sign sticking out of my backpack will really stand out.
I hope my description makes sense. Just imagine the signs on sticks that people carry around at Ron Paul speeches and stuff. I want to make one that I can carry around in my backpack and that will be taller than my head so everyone around can see it. I'm gonna feel a little insecure to begin with, but I'll know it's for the best cause, so I'll have confidence I usually don't have.
I'm really excited about doing this. I'm not usually very out-going, but Ron Paul inspires me. If the media won't cover him and all of his greatness, then we've gotta step up our game people!!!
I'll keep you updated on how construction is going. Hopefully I can be carrying my big Ron Paul sign around campus everyday really soon!
I'm pumped.
Looks like a great and comfortable setup..... go for it.
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All other college students should do this, too! It'd be so much better than bumper stickers and shirts and buttons.
And we can personalize them. Make them really catchy. It'll be so awesome.
This could be big...don't you think?![]()
We did this yesterday. We tried fliers and articles. Many fliers ended up on the ground, the articles they kept. Can't tell you why. But the campus did not appreciate the mess with the fliers. Many of us stuck around to pick them all up. For some reason the articles they took. Maybe because they look like handouts they get in class and they are used to keeping that stuff. Maybe because they were interesting. I don't know.
We tried several different fliers and got the same reaction, so I don't think it was content.
Plus, the campaign cannot give out the Ron Paul articles, we can - so I heard. So we might as well take advantage of that and do what they are not allowed to do.
Yesterday, myself and a couple of other students went to the main parking lot at ASU (which holds up to 5,000 cars) hit up about 80% of all the cars that were there. I would have to say we put out close to 3,000 fliers. We are planning to do this every two weeks with a different flier.
We are also in the process of getting an officially recognized organization here at ASU for Ron Paul. We will see how that turns out.
Reccomendations:
- Include a Sudoku on the page. Seriously. It works. This will get people to actually keep the insert around during class. With this, you'll want to make the insert NOT glossy. People should be able to write on it easily.
- Concentrate on issues that are targeted toward college students. The liberty card has a pretty good run-down of the ones college-students favor: http://www.libertytalk.com/liberty_card.php
- Make sure there is a bullet-pointed list that covers what you REALLY want to get across. This list should stand out from everything else. Everyone will read through the bullet-point list so long as it is short and concise; then, the interested will read further into the paragraphs of information.
I like this idea a lot. I'll see how much it costs to get this done here at Purdue.
What are some links to some good articles/flyers designed for college students?