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Show The DaUy Utah Chronicle, Monday, October 14, Page Four Pro-- I if by Kristen Chandler group specifically for college e students has recently and high been organized by Utah Right to Life. pro-lif- e school-ag- University of Utah student Sherry Devashrayee, president of Utah Youth for Life, says the group strives to educate other young people about abortion and encourage them to become politically active on the issue. Student political activity, she said, could be as basic as voting against pro-aborti- on bills or writing congressmen about abortion legislation. Although its membership is currently small and informal, Devashrayee said Utah Youth for Life is trying to increase its Utah. Kelman, the U.s McMurrin Distin- guished Visiting professor for fall quarter, will deliver the free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott Library Auditorium. Kelman is an internationally renowned authority on human values and conflict resolution. He has served as both a mediator and analyst in the international . movement, addressing religious groups on abortion. Because, she said her pro-li-fe raised, at S3 approaching quarter. William? the talent available said such funding, plus to UPIRG, would clearly have made it a significant new factor in public policy making in Utah. The U.s Institutional Council never approved the compulsory-refundabfinancing plan. PIRGs which were established had to depend on voluntary le contributions. As a result, the groups had varying levels of activism. Williams said his explanation for the lack originally formed after reading material, she said she hopes Utah Youth for Life will be able to provide information to those who need it. University and distinguished for his In 1981 he received the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association. 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Any student who pays the fee usually $2 or S3 becomes a voting member of the chapter. research in social psychology, he is on leave from the Cabot Professorship of Social Ethics at Harvard University. V state of Utah. comparable worth disputes and debate over the public education system. Once UPIRG had targeted a problem to be worked on, it would marshal resources on campus and in the community to write a action. This report and lay out a plan for with a state often included lobbying efforts legislative campaign, a media effort, court arena, particularly in the Middle East. Educated as a psychologist at Yale MID-WEE- Council by a slight majority had no desire to give birth to "Naderism" in the Geneva Steel, he said. Other issues UPIRG had been involved in included on pro-aborti- of support for PIRGs was that the relatively conservative Institutional increases. They may investigate environmental threats, like Kennecott Copper or views were have a student, something $60,000 a 1 service commissions and fuel rate Friendly mountain faces for sale. o . She said she would like to see the group become a more college-base- d organization, but she realizes opinions on abortion are! and solving often formed before students enter college. experience in recognizing As a result, Utah Youth for Life has also society's problems. J.D. Williams, a U. political science targeted teenage youth. for professor, was a faculty supporter was to mission Devashrayee said she first became UPIRG. He said its interested in the controversy surrounding determine through its governing body abortion in junior high. She has since major issues in the state affecting public become a vocal advocate for the Right to interest. Williams said PIRGs investigate public Life social and Social psychologist to lecture at U. Social psychologist Herbert C Kelman will discuss "Crimes of Obedience: Public Conceptions of Authority and Responsibility, Thursday, Oct. 17 at the University of o r ,,Chronicle The mgrur to oj According behind principle the underlying Education, all PIRGs is that students are citizens, and therefore their education should include r-- numbers. Staff writer A UPIRG doesn't gftfunding ers focus on youth 330 So. 700 E. Now Open 24 Hrs.! |