Their turn: Young voters relish chance to make history

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When the seats fill in a darkened auditorium on the Johns Hopkins University campus, students squeeze into the aisles, sit on the floor and cram along walls to catch a glimpse of actor Kal Penn.

The 200-some undergraduates aren?t here to watch Penn, a college audience favorite, deliver lines from his marijuana-laced comedy “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” or the TV hit “House.”

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