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jaargang 43, 25 januari 2001 English page

"We should have our own Amnesty Group at TU/e" Ph.D. students Mariët Theune and Jasper Kelder are working to found an Amnesty International group at TU/e. Both Theune and Kelder are active members of Amnesty Eindhoven. "Our university should have its own group," says Theune. "The fact is that there are a lot of people at TU/e interested in the work Amnesty does. Also many of the victims of repression supported by Amnesty are academics and students." Until a few years ago there were always people on campus active for Amnesty. However, interest seemed to die out four years ago. Theune and Kelder will be recruiting new members in the coming weeks. The idea for the group surfaced after a recent well attended lecture on Amnesty's work by Theune. Foreigners Welcome "Everyone is welcome to join, including any foreign staff or students interested. Amnesty members never work on cases from their own countries. That's a firm policy. This might not make any difference to a Dutch Amnesty member, but it could if you're from a place where there are more difficulties with human rights. Having said this, we would appreciate help from people fluent in languages we have no knowledge of," Theune continues. Amnesty International protests usually take the form of letter writing, e-mails, phone messages or petitions, all directed at governments. Most of the material used is in English. Sometimes more spectacular action is taken. "It's important to make people aware of situations in the world where human rights are being violated. We hope that there are enough people at TU/e who will feel involved enough to join our group," says Theune. 40 Years The Amnesty International organisation will have been in existence for 40 years on May 28. There will be various activities to commemorate the occasion. At TU/e, Studium Generale is showing a film and organising a lecture. Amnesty International is also touring the Netherlands with two films, one for children and one for adults. The latter, entitled Garage Olimpo, will be shown at Plaza Futura on Sunday January 28. There will be a panel discussion afterwards, with a political asylum lawyer, a police functionary and a psychiatrist. Please mail j.d.h.kelder@tue.nl if you would like to join or for more information. Information is also available at the group's website, accessible via: www.stud.tue.nl/ ~amnesty/

Spring Festival Chinese students and staff at TU/e are celebrating their Spring Festival this Saturday afternoon in the Auditorium. The festival is the biggest festival of the year for the Chinese. "It's like your Christmas," says ir. Yong Liu (Electrical Engineering). About a hundred people are expected. Representatives of the Chinese embassy will also be attending and showing a film. Anyone interested is welcome, but proceedings might be hard to follow without a working knowledge of Mandarin. Silent Movie, Live Music American conductor Gillian Anderson will be conducting the Brabants Orkest in Eindhoven on January 26. The orchestra will play the original music for Cecil B. DeMille's silent movie 'The Ten Commandments'. The film was first shown in New York in 1923. At the time, the public was amazed by the special effects. Entry for all TU/e students is only ten guilders. The performance at Muziekcentrum Frits Philips in Eindhoven this Friday starts at 8.15 p.m., bookings: 040-2442020.

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