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Rock for freedoni
By Kevin Cowan
Diversions
Prisoners in rat-infested cells,
immersed in disease. They're not in
the cubicle for murder, bad-check
writing, or any other form of legal
control. They sit there, decaying,
because their beliefs don't match
those of the political society in
which they exist theirs is a crime
of the conscience.
Amnesty International wants to
help those poor intellectuals incar
cerated for their ideology. And since
they can't just go blazing into a
country in a rage of nationalistic
glory, they use peaceful means to
retrieve non-violent captives. They
send letters to governments, inform
ing them that the public soon will
know of their dark political secret.
But it's not for free. They need
money for postage stamps, enve
lopes and the like. So they find
bands willing to play for free, put up
a few posters and hope that the
public will come, not only to hear
the bands, but to feed the fire for
freedom.
To digress, Amnesty International
is going to put on a show.
The newly formed UNL campus
branch organized it, not the inter
national organization.
The campus branch of Amnesty
consists of only a handful of "guys in
the dorm," said Brent Schulz, co
organizer of the concert. Next year,
though, when they become an offi
cial university organization, hopes
are that the membership will soar.
Schulz said the difference be
tween the local and national chap
ters are the goals.
"We're into more short-term things
like the death penalty," where pri
soners of conscience are concerned.
The international organization,
he said, centers on larger areas of
concern like repressive technology,
the sale of arms and arms limita
tions, as well as the release of cer
tain pacifistic prisoners.
Tm a devout
Republican but
people shouldn't
be persecuted for
what they believe
in.'
Tucker
"It's kind of dangerous," he said.
People go into the country to re
search a prisoner and disappear
not so mysteriously.
"That hasn't happened in awhile,"
he said.
For those of you who might think
of getting involved, however, the
campus chapter doesn't appear to
be quite that fatal. Though you
might have some misdirected soul
espousing such paranoid expletives
as "communists."
"Some guy came to a meeting one
night, sat there, asked no questions,
then finally got up and said, 'Yep,
just what I thought, you guys are
communists,' " Schulz said.
That is, he said, not the case.
Amnesty just doesn't think that
people should be in prison for peace
ful political beliefs. I don't really
grasp the "red" influence in that.
Skipping the right-wingleft-wing
dogfight hogwash, let's talk about
the festivities.
For three bucks, you get three
local bands. Not a bad deal, consid
ering the normal price of good
entertainment. "The Switch," "Pic
ture Yourself and "Those Guys"
will all be strummin' and croonin'
for free on Monday in the Nebraska
Union ballroom.
I asked Tim Tucker of "Picture
Yourself if he was a communist.
"I'm a devout Republican," he
said, "but people shouldn't be per
secuted for what they believe in."
Tucker and. the rest of "Picture
Yourself," combined with the alter
native styles of the remaining bands,
should form a pleasing trichotomy.
"Picture Yourself is kind of an
"art-rock," middle-of-the-road band.
They sing about "things that happen
to you every day," Tucker said. More
philosophical than anything else.
"Those Guys" tend to be more
politically oriented, he said. They
play a kind of rock-a-biliy beat with
more intricate guitar work.
"The Switch" should offset the
politiophilum of the other two. Their
gig is reggae-rock lot'sa fun to
dance to.
All three bands play mostly origi
nal songs; .don't expect to hear
cover tune after cover tune. The
show goes down or the curtain goes
up, as it were, at 7 p.m.
The UPC-American Minority Council
invites you to attend the
1936-87
HONORS PROGRAM
to be held
. Friday, April 24th at 6 p.m.
at the Culture Center
333 N. 14th Street
(behind Wendy's)
We will honor graduates, scholastic and organizational
achievements. Social mixer starts at 6 p.m.
Keynote speaker:
Dr. Miguel Carranza, Director of Ethnic Studies and
Professor Jessie Myles, sociology.
For more information call CAP 472-2454.