Thousands of furs -- coats, stoles, even a polar bear rug -- hibernate for most of the year in cold storage under the interstate, in the tender care of the Gulf Coast's only furrier. Story [Times photo: Cherie Diez]

Young people 18 to 24 are one of the most disconnected groups of potential voters in the nation's history, experts say. The big question: how to get them to the polls. Story [Times photo: Jim Damaske]

• A wake-up call in college
  Shawna Mulford, 21,
  University of South Florida/psychology
  Pushing them to the polls
• Looking for a better way
  Mike Tucker, 22
  Eckerd College/Environmental Studies
  Campaigning for his ideals
• Voting is the bottom line
  John Gehm, 20
  St. Petersburg Junior College/Education
  Pitching the economics of youth