Issue News Back Next   Election '96 lacks enthusiasm  College
and town residents unimpressed with presidential race  by Laren
Rusin  November fifth started like any other day. It ended
pretty much the same way: Clinton tucked himself back into the
White House and Oberlin kept chugging along, not allowing the
national election to ruffle the town's feathers.  Jere Bruner,
associate professor of politics, was one of many Oberlin
residents and students who expressed their disgust with this
year's campaign. "I think this was the most disgusting campaign
since 1920. The sheer emptiness of what was done turned people
off."  No lawn signs were posted promoting any one candidate, no
signs hung in store windows and no rocks were painted in Tappan
Square. "[The town] didn't get very excited, primarily because
no one was infatuated with the candidates," said town resident
Alan Gage. "It's a total fiasco. [The campaign was] all hogwash
and politically correct." No one in Oberlin seemed to care.
John Strayer, another town