CS 6 student coordinator Bill Shein, "students want someone who's gonna be straight with them." Two doors down the street is the tidier headquarters of Mike Dukakis. An issue of The New Yorker graces one table, and volunteers seem more analytical than ardent. Pamela Druckerman, a fresh- man at Colgate who has worked as a con- gressional page, says she supports Dukakis because, "He didn't say, 'I want world peace and total disarmament in two years or less'." Maura Donlan, a 1987 Holy Cross graduate who coordinates New Hampshire student activities for Dukakis, says stu- dents attracted to the campaign are "ideal- istic but not kind of blinded by it." Party officials say that the Kemp and Gephardt campaigns boast particularly well-organized student efforts. But the stu- dents who man them couldn't be less alike. Gephardt's campaign attracts bluff jocks who don't mind sleeping in the office. "Bethany College! No. 1 party school!" shouted one, heading off to knock on Man- chester doors. Kemp draws better-coiffed conservative Republican activists, who tend to be more polite. At Dartmouth, Kemp asked an enthusiastic crowd where they were when he was playing football. "We weren't born yet, sir," answered a respectful supporter. Hart's believers: But the award for most- dedicated belongs to supporters of Gary Hart, whose ghostlike presence hovers over the state. After Hart pulled out, Brian Moser, a graduating MIT senior who had been working for Hart, spent the summer considering offers from Joe Biden, Dukakis and Simon. Instead, he helped form "Stu- dents for a New Democracy," recruited 120 students in Massachusetts and New Hamp- shire and organized a demonstration at the Nov. 21 New Hampshire State Democratic Convention that may have helped per- suade Hart to re-enter the race. Student support swept Hart into an up- set victory over Walter Mondale in 1984. But this time the road is considerably rougher. New Hampshire coordinator Greg Lebel concedes that Hart has fewer students working for him this time "be- cause we didn't have time to lay the groundwork to bring them." Hart still draws crowds at colleges, but the questions about his private life are still coming-not to mention the by-now-common tasteless jokes. Moser insists, though, that college students don't care about Hart's private life: "The sexual revolution is not shocking to us." Ironically, Hart has more youth appeal than Al Gore, the youngest candi- date in the field, who has been hurt by his wife Tipper's crusade to put warning labels on dirty rock albums. Gore's campaign has been reduced to mailing campaign bro- chures headlined, "Tipper Gore: 'The Most Misunderstood Woman In America'. TIMOTHY NOAH in New Hampshire Honesty Counts: A Newsweek Poll B y an overwhelming margin, students say they expect to vote in the 1988 election, but only one in 10 expects to campaign for any candidate. Their approval of Ronald Reagan's performance as president has fallen from 66 to 51 percent in two years. They rate honesty as the quality they are looking for most in a president. And nearly one in four admit that they have already done something in their lives that they wouldn't want reported if they were running for office. In politics today, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat or Independent? Republican Democrat Independent COLLEGE 1969 24% 32%_ 44% COLLEGE 1987 36% 29%; 35% 47% 46% 31% 26% 23% 19% Thoughtful and well informed Steady and dependable Strong and forceful Cares about the less fortunate Excites and inspires people Has a fresh approach How would you describe your po- litical beliefs-extremely conserva- tive, fairly conservative, middle of the road, fairly liberal or extremely liberal? At this stage in your life, do you think there is anything that you have already done in your personal life, schoolwork or such, that you would worry about having reported if you were a candidate for high office? Yes 22% No 75% Is it your impression that college students today are more politically active, less politically active or about as politically active as they were a few years ago? Extremely conservative Fairly conservative Middle of the road Fairly liberal Extremely liberal 2% 19% 24% 41% 11% 2% 25% 40% 29% 3% Looking ahead for the next few years, which political party do you think would be more likely to keep the United States out of World War III-the Republican Party or the Democratic Party? 47% 26%' 22% Less politically active More politically active About the same Democratic Republican COLLEGE NATIONAL 1987 1987 43% 39% 30% 29% Which political party-the Repub- lican or the Democratic-will do a better job of keeping the country prosperous? Republican Democratic 45% 38% 34% 37%" Do you plan to register so you can vote in the 1988 elections, or not? 66% Now registered 26% Plan to register 8% Not registered and do not plan to How likely is it that you will vote in the November 1988 general election for president-very likely, fairly likely, not too likely or not at all likely? Very likely 77% Not too likely 3% Fairlylikely 15% Not at all likely 5% If your state has a primary election for president, how likely is it that you will vote in the primary-very likely, fairly likely, not too likely, or not at all likely? Very likely 48% Nottoolikely 13% Fairly likely 28% Not at all likely 10 % Do you expect to campaign actively in behalf of any candidate for president in the 1988 primaries or general elections? Some people say that close scruti- ny of political candidates by news organizations is not worth it, be- cause it discourages too many good people from running. Other peo- ple saythat press scrutiny is worth it because it lets voters really know who is and is not personally quali- fied to be president. Which comes closer to your opinion? Worth it Not worth it 54% 59% 40% 32% Yes 9% No 80% What qualities do you consider most important for the person who will be elected president in 1988? 65% Honest/ethical 60% Can get things done 50% Understands the needs of real people For this NEWSWEEK ONe CAMP'US Poll, The Gallup Organiza- tion conducted 542 face-to-face interviews with college stu- dents on 100 campuses nationwide during the period Nov. 2- 13,1987. The final sample composition was statistically adjusted to conform to known distributions of full-time stu- dents by race, sex and class. The sampling tolerance for find- ings based on the total sample is plus or minus 6 points. "Don't know" responses are eliminated. (The NEWSWEEK ON CAMPus Poll © 1988 by NEWSWEEK, Inc.) 24 NEWSWEEKONCAMPUS MARCH 1988