| Summary: | James Jacobson and Tony Falletta, a reporter and photographer for the Birmingham News spoke on US foreign policy, Israel, Vietnam, and global politics. The pair had recently returned from travel abroad to these nations and discussed refugees of the 6-day war, US support for Israel, and the growing conflict in Vietnam. The talk, followed by a Q&A period, was part of the 1968 Auburn Conference on Internartional Affairs 'Study Day' which was intended to prepare Auburn students for 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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