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by Norman Black
Staff Writer
More than 400 college and high school
students from around the state will
converge on Chapel Hill this weekend for
a Student Action Conference.
The purpose of the conference is "to
get together and talk about some of the
political issues that will affect students
throughout North Carolina," commented
Charles Jeffries, one of the student
organizers.
UNC Student Body President Joe
Stallings hopes the conference will
"discuss common goals and action on
several important issues, including voter
registration, reorganization of higher
education, student legal rights,
out-of-state tuition, academic reform, and
the authority and integrity of student
governments."
"We have set aside ample time to plan
action on various areas of concern, and it
is my hope that three or four areas will be
chosen on which well-defined plans of
implementation will be decided,"
Stallings said.
"After my recent work in legislature, I
have found it impossible to separate
campus activities from politics," Stallings
added. "Our voice in voting won't be
heard unless we act in a united way. Only
through united action are we going to
accomplish substantive change."
The conference is being held on the
UNC campus, with accommodations for
the visiting students provided in Morrison
Dorm. Themeetings will be held and
meals served in Chase Cafeteria.
Jeffries and Butch Rooks, both recent
graduates of Carolina, have spent the last
two months canvassing the state
campuses in an effort to build support for
the conference.
Jeffries reported that the response so
far has been "overwhelmingly favorable."
The presidents of the different
campuses, the editors of the campus
newspapers, and all summer interns in
state agencies have been invited to attend.
A number of high-school students as
well as some college-age youths who are
not attending school have also been
invited.
The student conference is being
sponsored by eleven universities from
across the state. These include UNC-CH,
UNC-C, UNC-C, N.C. State, Appalachian
State, ECU, Davidson, Duke, Queens,
Winston Salem State and Fayetteville
State.
Registration for the conference will
begin at noon on Friday. Two issue
workshops will be held on Friday, at 3:30
p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
On Saturday, a third issue workshop
will be held, and the various action
groups will start meeting.
At 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, Allard K.
Lowenstein will address the conference.
Lowenstein, a graduate of UNC, was the
organizer of the "Dump Johnson"
campaign in 1967, and is presently the
national chairman of Americans for
Democratic Action. The topic of
Lowenstein's speech will be 'The Politics
of '72." This session will be open to the
public.
The conference will end at 4:00 p.m.
on Sunday after the groups have
submitted their final reports, and follow
up groups have been formed.
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Ex-Congressman to speak at conference
by Norman Black
Staff Writer
Allard K. Lowenstein, ex-Congressman
from New York who led the "dump
Johnson" movement in 1967, will be the
featured speaker at the Student Action
Conference this weekend.
Lowenstein will speak on 'The Politics
of '72" at 8 p.m. this Saturday. The
speech is scheduled to be held in Hill Hall
on the University campus, and is open to
the public.
More than 400 college and high school
students will be in Chapel Hill this
weekend for the conference.
The purpose of the conference is "to
get together and talk about some of the
political issues that will affect students
throughout North Carolina," commented
Charles Jeffries, one of the student
organizers.
According to Jeffries, Lowenstein
suggested the idea for the conference.
"Last spring, Al Lowenstein got
together and talked with a few student
leaders about what politically needed to
be done in North Carolina. From that
session came the idea for this
conference," Jeffries said. -
Lowenstein, a 1949 graduate of UNC,
served one term as the Democratic
Congressman from Nassau County, New
York.
Lowenstein has taught at a variety of
universities, including N.C. State,
Stanford, City University of New York
and Yale.
He is presently the national chairman
of Americans for Democratic Action
(ADA), and the founder of "Registration
Summer," a group of 50 students who
travel around the country and encourage
1 8-year-olds to register and exercise their
right to vote.
Rod Fonda, a representative of
Registration Summer, has been helping in
Chapel Hill for the past month to assist in
organizing the Student Action
Conference.
The establishment of a state-wide
coordinating board that would conduct a
voter registration drive is one of the main
goals of the Conference.
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