Students at the University of Nevada, Reno have not been lacking events or opportunities to exercise their political activism this semester. Prior to the Democratic and Republican caucuses held in Nevada this month, this swing-state was on the national radar as it provided campaigns the means to temporarily set-up shop, and hosted a number of political rallies and forums as well as the correlating traveling members of national media outlets.

Two political clubs at the University, the College Republicans and Young Democrats, united together to host a Candidate Exposition on campus, Feb. 18.

"The Candidate Exposition was a great opportunity for the College Republicans to work with the Young Democrats to help raise awareness of the upcoming electoral candidates," Miranda Hoover, president of the College Republicans, said.

Student club leaders Kyle Sharp with Young Democrats and Hoover collaborated to create the event to help students become more prepared for voting on the upcoming presidential election. In attendance were representatives from the campaigns for Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Dick Van Dyke was the representative for the Bernie campaign.

"The University is very supportive of political activism on campus by supporting all student initiatives and events," Rocio Ayard-Ochoa, assistant director for the University's Center for Student Engagement, said. "I am very proud of our student's activism and drive to make a difference. The Center for Student Engagement promotes and highly values democratic engagement on campus."

The University was the location for five local precincts during the Nevada Democratic caucus Feb. 20. According to Hawah Ahmad, president of the Young Democrats, nearly 84,000 Nevadans participated in their precinct caucus and approximately 65 percent of Nevadans who caucused were first-time caucus goers. Washoe County garnered 3,500 new voters who registered during a caucus.

Although the caucuses have moved onto other states, student clubs continue to promote activism and awareness for all parties in support of national and political education.