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Campus political groups to register students to vote tomorrow.

Columbia University campus Republicans and Democrats will unite for one cause tomorrow afternoon: voter registration. The Columbia Political Union, an organization that aims to increase student involvement in the political process, will assist in signing up voters.

From 4 to 6 p.m. College Republicans will be tabling on College Walk and encouraging people to write letters to the troops in Iraq, said Lauren Salz, executive director of Columbia College Republicans, over e-mail.

Student groups plan additional programming and possible protests.

Today the Columbia Spectator reported that several student groups have met to start planning additional programming and possible protests for Thursday's forum.

Highlights include:

• A College Democrats media training and policy workshop with Students for Obama, the official student organization of Obama's campaign.

• A Thursday voter registration drive conducted by the non-partisan Columbia Political Union and co-sponsored by the College Democrats and Republicans.

• Students for a Democratic Society might hold a silent protest on the day of the event.

• And the Columbia International Socialist Organization is attempting to organize a joint response with other campus activist groups.