On September 17 NYRA made an unexpected appearance as part of the top news story on America Online’s welcome screen. NYRA-DC President, Laura Finstad, and NYRA Executive Director, Alex Koroknay-Palicz were both interviewed for an ABCnews.com article about lowering the voting age that appeared on the 17th. AOL news picked up the story and used…
NYRA-Montgomery County’s “Petition of Voices” has begun circulation for the 03-04 school year. This petition, first started last year, calls upon all high schools in the Maryland county to create a student advocate position. This faculty member will defend students accused of violating school rules. In half-an-hour of petitioning the chapter collected 140 signatures outside…
The NYRA Board of Directors had its first meeting of the 2003-2004 term on August 31st. There was much work to do, the Board elected officers, appointed committees, and scheduled meetings for the year. The positions of Vice-President and Treasurer were contested. DeWarren Langley and Johnathan McClure were nominated for Vice-President, and after an interview…
After much work NYRA has unveiled their comprehensive curfew page this week. Hailed as the most complete curfew resource on the Internet, the curfew page joins NYRA’s popular Drinking Age and Voting Age pages. The new site contains a Curfew FAQ, an analysis of curfews, and an in-depth action page. Plus much more. Expansion of…
NYRA has joined the campaign to amend North Carolina’s constitution to allow candidates under 21 to run for local office. Attempts by Zach Medford and Jonus Nobles, both under 21, to run for local office in North Carolina have attracted a good deal of media attention to the state’s prohibition on candidates under 21. NYRA’s…
The 2003 NYRA Election is over, and a new Board of Directors has been elected. The nine lucky candidates are Christopher Coes, Laura Finstad, Rich Jahn, Jason Kende, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, DeWarren Langley, Johnathan McClure, Kathleen Miller, and Brad White. White and Miller are returning for a second term, Coes and Jahn returning for a third…
The NYRA General Meeting is scheduled for 2:30 PM on August 9. This face-to-face annual meeting will be held in Washington, DC on the campus of American University. The meeting will be held in room 245 of the Mary Graydon Center. Food and housing will be provided for all NYRA members interested in making the…
Recently the Hawaii State Student Council hosted its annual Student Leadership Workshop for school officers like class presidents, vice-presidents, and student council members. 195 student leaders attended this year’s workshop. With no prior education effort the students were polled on the idea of lowering the voting age and 49.24% agreed it should be lowered. 38.46%…
The 2003 NYRA Election has begun. Every year at this time a new Board of Directors is chosen by the membership. There is a very competitive election this year. NYRA is a democracy, members are encouraged to vote. Keep in mind, only Full members may vote, please upgrade your membership. 2003-2004 will be NYRA’s most…
NYRA Advisory Board member, Bennett Haselton has invented Circumventor, a program designed to circumvent all blocking software and censorship programs. The program works by creating a site mirror at different URLs not blocked by the censorware. Due to the success of Bennett’s organization, Peacefire, at disabling blocking software imposed on American teens, the US government…
