Column One: Students

As the 1992 election campaign season moves into full swing, a number of organizations are gearing up voter-registration drives and education efforts aimed at young people.

Americans for Democratic Action, for example, has revived a 1972 drive credited with registering over 120,000 youths and spurring a generation of young activists.

The new effort, named in memory of the late Allard K. Lowenstein, the Democratic Party activist who led the earlier drive, will focus on registering high-school and college-age students in California, New York State, and North Carolina. At the same time, said Amy Isaacs, the national director of the A.D.A., the effort is aimed...