TOTE: The following has been ex
racted from a correspondence
[ - rm Mr. Milton Shapp.
IThree times within the past
hree
decades America has called
pon its youth to fight and die
; far away lands. Today Ameri
an youth fight in the junp/as
d rice paddies . of Viet Nam wheie
housands have already died or
, :uffered serious disability. As
. - - ways,, youth is called upoll to
acrifice precious formative
sears when careers and life .style:
- e shaped. Most of those clled
:pon to carry the grim burden of
'attic are riot yet 21 years of
-:e.
These youth and the millions
ere at home are frequently treat,-
d like second class citizens:
• nied the right to vote on the
issues that shape their lives.
lost have better formal education
than their parents. Many have
demonstrated in recent political
campaigns that they are deeply
concerned with the welfare of the
nation and the shape of the world
in which they live.
Today!s youth calls out for
participation in our society.
Much of the so—called generaMmi
gap appears to result from soctE
Ws denial of their right to fun
citizenship. There is no ques—
tion that much of youthful resent
ment flows from the belief that
youth is old enough to fight : but
too young to vote.
Under the Constitution of
the United States ? the states hale
the responsibility to determine
voting qualifications of their
citizenship. This places the
responsibility for lowering the
voting age squarely with the poll
tical leadership of Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Democratic
Study Committee has great faith
in the youth of the Commonwealth.
It firmly believes that the Com
monwcalth will benefit from a
lowering of the voting age from
1 to 18 years so that youth may
be granted full voice and vote
within the political process.
PDSC therefore calls upon
the legislature to enact legila
tion making 18 the minimum legal
votinP . .-e,
LibilV,' , 2,SITY OK s PL OS FOR REACH-I.JUT
The University has OK'd the
first twc major steps of Project
Reachout t the program which the
Behrend Campus is piloting for
the OSGA Special Projects Com—
ittee to enable more underprivi—
leged black students into Penn
State.
Permission was granted to in
vite black H.S. students a tour
of Behrend's physical facilities
on April 12th and a College Day
on May 2nd. School Board offic—
ials will permit these students
to leave school at 12:00 pm on
the latter date to visit Behrend.
Between the two above dates 9
current plans call for the steer—
ing committee and other volun—
teers to visit other black cen—
ters in the area for informal
talks with black students about
college life.
Mr. Kochel has stated that
no student induced by this pro
gram to apply to Penn State will
be turned away due to lack of
money.
This summer a tutoring prom
gram may enable the black students
to obtain academic credit, but
permission has not yet been secux
ed from the University for such a
program. Also, the future may
indicate a need to mail all Erie