As primary season reaches its fevered pitch, many campaign groups are vying for last-minute support from potential voters.

Students for Obama, the official student arm of the National Barack Obama campaign, will be holding a rally for Senator Obama today on the quad at 11:45 a.m.

‘We’re going to be holding up signs and talking to people,’ said Marshall Spevak, the campus director for Students for Obama. ‘We want to engage them, make them aware, just see what their issues are.’

This is not the first event planned by Students for Obama, as the group has been seen outside of the last few men’s basketball games speaking with potential voters.

Although Syracuse University has not recognized Students for Obama as an official on-campus organization, students have still been coming out in droves to support the Illinois senator, Spevak said.

A possible reason for the student outreach to the Obama campaign could lie in the senator’s aim toward younger Americans through policy proposals such as the college affordability bill, Spevak said.

‘He’s a real friend to students and young people,’ Spevak said.

Published on January 30, 2008 at 12:00 pm