Increased political participation was evident earlier this year when the gubernatorial recall election, along with Proposition 54, which sought to end classification by race and ethnicity, dominated the political scene in California.
Bich Ngoc Cao, president of USC for Dean and managing editor of the alternative newspaper The Trojan Horse, said she saw previously uninvolved students participate in politics in response to the recall, and especially in response to Proposition 54, which she said made many students feel personally affected.