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Last Updated: Oct 16th, 2008 - 13:33:17 |
Students got a chance to get up close and personal with a trio of Hollywood stars Oct. 4 when the Students for Obama Bus Tour stopped by Auraria.
Eva Longoria Parker, star of "Desperate Housewives" and wife of NBA star Tony Parker, was joined by Adam Rodriquez of "CSI: Miami" and Kal Penn, best known for his role in the "Harold and Kumar" movies.
Auraria was only one stop on the statewide tour that aimed to encourage students to register to vote before the Oct. 6 deadline.
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Adam Roridguez of 'CSI: Miami', left, Eva Longoria, of 'Desperate Housewives', center, and Kal Penn of 'House', right, spoke at the Auraria Campus Oct. 4. The stars visited several Colorado colleges to encourage students to register to vote. (Photo by CAITLIN GIBBONS/cgibbon4@mscd.edu)
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"I never thought that I would volunteer for a presidential campaign," Penn told the small crowd gathered at the Tivoli Commons, which included several supporters of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.
Penn began campaigning for Obama last October, even turning down several movie roles to campaign full-time for the Illinois senator. Penn now serves on the Obama campaign's Arts Policy Committee in addition to his role as surrogate speaker.
"Barack's track record is one that is inclusive with the concerns of all groups," Penn said before encouraging the crowd to prove cynics wrong by showing up and voting on Nov. 4.
"They are constantly underestimating you. You should be outraged," Longoria Parker said, agreeing with Penn.
Prior to stumping for Obama, Longoria Parker campaigned for his former rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, during the primary elections and has been working to increase the number of Hispanic voters.
"As a woman, I want to support a candidate like Obama who supports equal pay for equal work, who supports women's rights," she said.
Rodriquez highlighted the armed services in his speech, telling the audience that Americans have the greatest privileges at the expense of the men and women serving in the military. Because of this, not voting, Rodriquez said, is the most disrespectful thing we could do.
Rodriquez said he is supporting Obama because of his ability to inspire others.
"He has the ability to fire us up. Get us ready go," Rodriquez said before encouraging students to help register others in their community to vote.
Longoria reminded the crowd of the historic nature of the election and the crucial role Colorado will play.
"Don't be that state that screwed up history. Be the state that is going to make history, and you will be a part of history," Longoria said.
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