The College Republicans at the University of Kentucky are pulling out all the stops to campaign for Romney as the election draws near.

Colleen Kochensparger of the Kentucky Kernel reports.

College Republicans support campaigns

As the upcoming presidential election approaches, the UK College Republicans are working nonstop to aid the campaign for Romney and attempting to dominate the Kentucky House of Representatives with Republican seats—but these students work tirelessly year-round, attempting to get students more involved with the political process as a whole, and creating a safe and welcoming environment for students sporting conservative viewpoints all across the campus.

“College Republicans is an organization that is based solely around conservative values,” said T.J. Morrison, a senior and a public service and leadership major. “It gives students on the University of Kentucky campus an outlet” to voice their views without being shunned or dismissed.

“There’s not a ton of people that would admit to lining up with our view,” Morrison said, but the College Republicans are there to support those that do.

“The College Republicans (allow us to) spend time together with people who have the same ideals,” said Emily Myers, a senior majoring in psychology.

“Our main goal as an organization is to spread our conservative ideals and conservative views to the younger generation” and get the younger student population more involved in the whole political process, said political science and psychology major Kelsey Slone, also a senior.

The College Republicans spend hours upon hours of their time volunteering for various local and national campaigns, and try to make this community service into a social atmosphere, such as making signs for candidates to distribute while enjoying a pizza party.

“We have weekly call nights where we’ll make calls for the different campaigns,” Myers said. “We’ll also go door to door.”