Record #:

1829

Author(s):

Humphries, Tara L.

Abstract:

Appalachian State University student Hunter Schofield became the first student elected to the Boone Town Council. Schofield has ambitious, yet reasonable, plans to protect Boone's environmental character.

Source:

Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 44 Issue 8, Aug 1994, p7, por

Subject(s):

Schofield, Hunter; Students--Political activity; Boone--Officials and employees

Record #:

3858

Author(s):

Elliston, Jon

Abstract:

Recently declassified documents of the Vietnam era reveal that the FBI maintained surveillance and files on peace activists on Triangle campuses, including Duke and Chapel Hill. Student phones were wiretapped, smear campaigns were conducted, and rooms were bugged.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 35, Sept 1998, p19-23, 25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Students--Political activity; Students movements--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements

Record #:

36449

Author(s):

Way, Emma

Abstract:

One of Generation Z’s interests, making a difference in the world, has proof in Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School senior Sebastian Bowen. His support of ending gun violence in schools, contained in a You Tube broadcasted speech, was given in the wake of the shootings at his high school.

Source:

Charlotte Magazine (NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 23 Issue 8, Aug 2018, p74-75 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Public education; School violence; Students--Political activity; Gun control; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Social media; Internet; Generation Z; Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School