| Summary: | In this recording from the campus of Auburn University, Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield spoke widely on the conflict in Vietnam, American politics, and growing opposition to US involvement in Vietnam. Senator Hatfield spoke at 8 pm on Thursday February 22, 1968.The talk, followed by a Q&A period,�was part of the 1968 Auburn Conference on International Affairs (ACOIA) 1968. The theme of ACOIA 1968 was 'The international year of human rights.'�ACOIA was a�regional conference, originally sponsored by the Auburn University Student�Senate, on international affairs and social issues. Each conference focused�on a specific theme and typically featured 5-10 speakers over a two- to�three-day period. Circa 1970, the conference's format was changed to a series�of speeches over a two- to three-month period; around the same time, the�conference's purview was expanded to include domestic issues. In that�connection, the conference's name was changed from 'Auburn Conference on�International Affairs' to 'Horizons' in 1971. The Horizons�lectures were organized by students on the Horizons Committee of the�University Program Council (UPC) in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Title�supplied by metadata creator.
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