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hey can't be mistaken for football fans,
fthis motley group of kids in the middle
of the sea of red that swirls around the
Broyhill fountain on football Saturdays.
Long hair, spiked hair, a couple of
conspicuous mohawks. Combat boots and torn
sneakers, tie-dyed T-shirts and surplus Army
uniforms. One girl, her hair dyed jet-black, wears
a black choir robe and carries a rose. , ;., , );i ;
Some of them i carry signs A picture of a
mushroom cloud with the word "Oops" scraw led
across it.
"Farms, not arms."
"Star Wars won't protect the Huskers."
"Nuke me til I puke."
"We want to live."
These high school students are members of
the Lincoln organization "Youth for a, Nuclear
Freeze." It's a group of kids who banded together
to attract attention to the nuclear arms build-up.
They're here today because they want to grow up.
"What's your name?"
"Eileen Brooks. "
"What school do yon go to and what year are
you?"
"Lincoln East, ninth grade. "
"How did you get involved in YNF?"
"I had a friend."
"What got you started thinking about
nuclear war?"
"Tf)e concern in the news. "
"Do you think that YNF can make a
difference?"
"Yes, I do."
vAre )mr afraid of a nuclear war, Eileen?"
"Yes."
How did you get involved in YNF?
Cart Klarner Lincoln High School, junior.
"A friend of mine who also goes to Lincoln
High gave me a flyer; and 1 read it, and he
talked to me about the group, and Lie been for
the nuclear freeze for a very long time. So I
decided to go. 1 didn't even know about it
before then. " -
Lisa Friesen, Lincoln High School, soph
omore. "A bunch of my friends were in it, and it
seemed like a really good cause, so . . . "
Kathy Burgstrom, Lincoln High School,