The Michigan Daily-Friday, July 7, 1978-Page 9
City residents go to world youth
By ELIZABETH SLOWIK Prague in 1945. There, an international Powell said several factors led him to
Three Ann Arbor residents in- gathering celebrated the new peace and become involved with the Youth
cluding a University graduate student the victory over fascism. Participants Festival, especially "the types of work
- will join close to 16,000 other young looked forward to a world in which they we do, being interested in progressive
adults from around the world in a might raise their own children in peace issues and progressive struggles in Ann
festival of cultural and political ex- and understanding, according to a Arbor," lie said. He called participation
change in Havana, Cuba later this mon- leaflet describing the Festival, in the festival an opportunity to
th. Now the young people, several hun- establish ties and connections with
V1th la pT d f f trnninr.
meeting
"in France, Mexico, socialist countries.
It's a big deal to be chosen and par-
ticipate in this. It would be something
like a Merit Scholarship. ,, it's a huge
honor to be chosen."
Besides the cultural exchange, Hef-
ner said there will be political
discussions "from art to detente to the
role young people play in political
struggles."
Both Hefner and Powell expect to
record the event with film and tape
recorders, then return to share their
experience with other Americans.
'It's a good way to get to
understand what's going
on in those countries.'
-Hugh Hefner, who
will travel to
Havans for an in-
ternational festival
The three will travel to the 11th World
Festival of Youth and Students to find
out what people between the ages of 15
and 35 from Europe, Africa, the
Mideast and South America are
thinking about. The 10-day festival will
include sporting events, rallies, music,
dancing and discussions.
"IT'S A GOOD way to get to under-
stand what's going on in those coun-
tries. It's counter to what's going on (in
the world) . . . a symbolic step in the
right direction," said participant Keith
Hefner, publisher of a magazine about
student rights. Hefner, a sandy-haired
Ann Arbor native, places himself on the
left in the political spectrum.
University graduate student Maceo
Powell sees the gathering as "a coming
together of young people regardless of
ideology."
Also attending the festival will be
Pioneer High School student Chris
Thomas.
THE FIRST youth festival opened in
dred of them from the U.S., will gather
for the first of the festivals held in the
Americas, bound by the motto: "For
anti-imperialist solidarity, peace and
friendship."
The three Ann Arbor representatives
were chosen by a local committee of
community leaders from many
organizations, including the Youth
Liberation Press, Black Student Union,
Guild House, the Wilmington 10 Com-
mittee, the Washtenaw Coalition
Against Apartheid, and American
Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
They looked for people from diversified
backgrounds, and tried to make the
group racially and sexually balanced.
ALL THREE Ann Arbor represen-
tatives, however, are men.
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Both Powell and Hefner said there
as not been enough attention to the
estival in the U.S.
"IT'S A BIG deal," explained Hefner.
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Mel Brooks has directed this classic Russian comedy in his usual zany, fast-
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village priest that she sewed valuable jewelry into one of the twelve dining-
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outrageous chase as one person after another learns the secret and dashes
across Mother Russia in search of treasure. .... a complete joy! Mel Brooks is a
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