Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Poll: NYU students would give up votes NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A poll of students at New York University found many students would eagerly trade their right to vote for a year's worth of free tuition. Advertisement The poll of more than 3,000 students, taken by a Foundations of Journalism class Oct. 24-26, found 66 percent of respondents would give up their right to vote in exchange for free college. Half said they'd forfeit the right forever in exchange for $1 million, New York University's Washington Square News reported. Twenty percent of students said they would trade their voting rights for an iPod touch MP3 player. However, 90 percent of the students who said they would give up their vote for money said they believe voting is "very important" or "somewhat important." Additionally, 70.5 of those polled said they believe one vote can make the difference -- a sentiment shared by 70 percent of those who said they would trade their votes for tuition. Advertisement Football program jail's 'management tool' LOVEJOY, Ga., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- "Monday Night Football" may soon make a comeback at one Georgia prison as a county commission considers whether to order satellite TV for the facility. Warden Frank Taylor Smith said inmates at the Clayton County Correctional Institution in Lovejoy, Ga., have been grumbling since "Monday Night Football" moved from ABC to ESPN, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. "Although it might seem funny, when you have 90 percent of inmates watching something, it is a management tool for the institution," Smith said. The direct-broadcast satellite service would be covered by money collected at the facility's commissary and pay phones. Last year, the prison collected $41,000 from the inmate commissary and telephones but spent only a quarter of that money on inmate welfare, Smith told the newspaper. "It's a very routine thing. Every state prison has cable or (satellite television)," Smith said. "We have an antenna now." That's not exactly correct, a Georgia Department of Corrections official said. "No prisoners have DIRECTV. Television is a privilege," Tracy Smith, a state corrections spokeswoman, told the newspaper. "Our televisions have antennas." Diamond-studded card for the 'VVIP' SEOUL, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A South Korean company took bling to the next level with a diamond-encrusted credit card it will use to attract the very, very important people. Advertisement Kim Sam-sun, president and chief executive of GK Power, the card producer, said "VVIP customers want differentiation, and banks want to attract these big spenders," The Independent reported. The company, based in Seoul, developed the luxury high-end card that features diamonds embedded in a silver rivet on a black card. GK Power has produced a black-and-gold card with embedded diamonds that is supplied only to royal Middle Eastern families through a Dubai First Bank contract, the newspaper said. "There is always that top millionaire class anywhere," Kim said, "and that's the crowd we're initially aiming for." Georgia Gov.: Rain shower 'affirmation' ATLANTA, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue says the rain that sprinkled the Atlanta area Wednesday night was an "affirmation" of his prayer vigil. Perdue, in Canada on a trade mission, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that he knows the precipitation is nowhere near enough to end the drought in the U.S. South and Southwest. But he hopes it is a harbinger of better times to come. "This is hopefully the beginning of more," Perdue said. "One rain won't refill the reservoirs. It is great affirmation of what we asked for." The storm brought less than a quarter-inch of rain to most of the Atlanta metropolitan area. A few spots north of the city received as much as four-fifths of an inch. Advertisement Perdue presided over Wednesday's prayer vigil. About 250 people attended the ceremony on the statehouse grounds, while a smaller group protested nearby. The governor said he believes Georgia residents must practice better water conservation. But he also said he believes that rain comes from God.
