NEWHALL PUPIL PENS WINNING POLITICAL ESSAY.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer Jason Reifman inaugurated what will be his first presidential vote with a $500 scholarship from C-SPAN and a visit from the cable network's traveling TV studio Thursday. The Hart High senior, who turns 18 later this month, won the prizes in a nationwide scholarship contest in which students were asked to answer the question: ``What effect will C-SPAN programming have on my first presidential vote?'' ``I gave it my best shot and I won,'' said Reifman, one of 325 scholarship winners across the country. ``I'm interested in politics. It's just a subject I find a little more interesting than others.'' Hart school district administrators also praised Reifman's keen political awareness. ``He certainly has a desire and a passion to know and to understand what the political structure is all about,'' said Robert C. Lee, superintendent of the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District. Reifman, a swimmer who plans to use the money to study engineering at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, immediately caught the attention of contest judges. ``He had a great essay,'' said spokeswoman Monique Llanos llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. of Cable Satellite Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. Network. ``He wrote about his opinions.'' In his four-page report, Reifman described how the network's primary polls, debates and full coverage of major speeches has helped him form an educated opinion about the presidential election. ``An educated voter must follow and understand what the candidates have to dish out To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. to dispense freely; - also used figuratively; as, to dish out punishment; to dish out abuse or insult s>. See also: Dish Dish Dish for the public to swallow swallow, common name for small perching birds of almost worldwide distribution. There are about 100 species of swallows, including the martins, which belong to the same family. Swallows have long, narrow wings, forked tails, and weak feet. ,'' he wrote. ``To a voter with no previous voting record grasping grasping a similar equine neurosis to windsucking; the horse grasps a fixed object with its teeth, but does not swallow air. this knowledge can be a hard thing to do, but is made easier to come by with C-SPAN. As a teen-ager and first-time voter it helps to listen to vast questions and answers format, such as debates and questions asked after a major speech.'' In honor of the 25th anniversary of the 26th Amendment, which gave 18-year-olds the right to vote, the network is focusing on first-time voters, ages 18 to 21. Besides the national scholarship competition, C-SPAN is exploring issues relevant to young voters and using on-line services to encourage young adults to participate in the network's political coverage. At Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
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