The Record: Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Results are in, and Washington state's voter turnout in this last election was at an all-time low. Why don't we vote? We ask political science professor Christopher Mann of Skidmore College whether there's anything we should be doing differently.

The Seattle Mariners are one of just seven teams that reportedly have a chance to sign the player Sports Illustrated calls "Japan's Babe Ruth." Joe Veyera tells us whether Shohei Ohtani lives up to the hype.

And what happens when students think they have nothing in common with their teacher, and what can we do about that? We'll meet former teacher Kristin Leong of the Roll Call project.

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