Non-incumbent John R. Pitkin sees his relationto the student vote as similar to Born's. "They'renot a core of my constituency, but I'm veryinterested in the student vote," Pitkin says.

Pitkin says he tries to reach the studentcommunity by providing student publications withcampaign press releases, and by placingadvertisements in the Crimson.

Pitkin cites his campaign's stress on improvedrelations between Cambridge and Harvard as amatter of interest for students.

For many other council candidates, the studentvote is not an important campaign consideration.

"I have no idea whether students vote for me,"says Councillor William H. Walsh. "I couldn'tidentify any specific students who vote for me."

Walsh says he focuses on long-term issues whichcollege students, as only temporary Cambridgeresidents, might not be as interested in.

"If you're only going to be here for a fewyears, perhaps someone else has the morepolitically correct, sexier issues of the day,"Walsh says.

Councillor Sheila T. Russell also says studentsare not her primary constituency.

"I don't depend very much on the student voteat all. Mine is an older constituency," Russellsays.

"But I welcome any vote," Russell adds.

Russell cites her work on public safety,including the formation of the North CambridgeCrime Task Force, as a reason for students tosupport her.

The tendency to view the student vote as atmost a supplement to a fundamental base of supportextends to non-incumbents as well.

Council hopeful George A. Spartichino says hiscampaign concentrates on families, and that he hasnot yet made inroads into the studentconstituency.

"I haven't had the time to penetrate thestudent community because of my commitment toneighborhood activities and sports activities,"Spartichino says.

Political apathy among students may befurthered by the tendency among campus politicalgroups to steer clear of local politics.