DENVER -- Over 250 high school students from across the nation are converging upon Denver to attend the Junior Statesmen Foundation's Election 2008 Symposium at the Democratic National Convention. Among the students are eighteen first-time voters, and over thirty student correspondents who are writing and reporting about their Convention experience for their local media outlets.

The students, who represent 35 states and U.S. territories, will hear from political speakers and convention delegates, attend state delegation events and participate in Convention-related activities. The experience will culminate in attending Senator Obama's anticipated nomination acceptance ...