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Page 14 •Thursday, March 17, 2005 Mandatory Service? A new bill could force young adults to do two years of public service ■ What is it? Hollings of South Carolina, was the most recent mandatory-service proposal considered bv Cn An,enca„s would be required ,o complete two years of servTce for theLuTbeZn S3 0? ^ 26 in one of vanous programs. ^ or lo and This service could include military time or active participation in programs such as Peace rom« t u for America or AmeriCorps. The president would determine the number of people needed aS^Z’ of selection Deferments would be limited to those completing high school up to tht^e o! T"' exemptions for college or graduate students. The bill has not yet been acted upon. ’ Most recent proposals would provide some sort of payment for young people's service f)„^ 1 a ows for four years of college tuition in exchange for two years of service Particinanfs wh a might be able to apply for funds to pay for job-training programs or to'Sip st“a“small V^ile many young people volunteer to join the U.S. military as an act of self-service other ^ AmenCoips also draw more than 50,000 volunteer annually. In addition to tutoriig childrefTw homes, cleanmg up the environment and helping communities through disaster relief AmeriComs’ ^ work with 2,100 nonpi^fits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. T^ch for Amenca, woric toward eliminating educational inequality throughout the United Stotef ^ Pk^enuiy make up most of the volun^r staff who spen^d tw^yearsf low“r ^ ^ I’ve actually thought about joining AmeriCoips,” said sophomore Jessica Keough “I think it’s a m. , gram our country benefits from Service like that teaches you so many fliings I just think th^l “ P«>- people should leally consider something like AmeriCon,s is because it Zs your evt selfless and to appreciate what you have. It’s also just nice to give back to tho^ who are Hayley Schools.“ItmlyadmireSLMvidralS^gitrup^^y^^LnifetohdpcS
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