Mr. Mandl already has spoken to shareholders wary of the buyout and plans to continue his outreach ahead of the shareholder vote.

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Through an outreach campaign and a debate series, the group plans to target students in traditionally Democratic voting blocs, such as African-Americans, Hispanics and gays.

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And so we do have specific plans in terms of how we can structure that outreach.

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Outreach programs are drawing more students, and the foundation is drawing up plans for a new building on land it owns next door.

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