From: acc@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (andy chia an chang)
Subject: The Alternative Music and Politics Club
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:52:24 GMT

Hi fellow net-ers out there,

Me and a few friends are starting a club on campus that's going to be called,
at this stage, The Alternative Music and Politics Club.  Here is a brief
guide to the aims of the club and what it will hopefully be able to offer to
club members :   

(1) Being alternative is about being away from mainstream, let it be mainstream
commercial top-40 music or mainstream politics generated by the propaganda of
mainstream political parties.  We, as university students, are true adults and
we should no longer be effected by what's hot, what's right or what's wrong as
others tell us.  We should develop an independent frame of mind, and that's whatthis club is for, indepedent fun-loving people who are *fed-up* with pop music
and dirty politics generated by the Labor, Liberal and Left-Alliance Clubs on
campus :)

(2) The music side of the club is very important.  We intend to organize bands,
good alternative bands(could be metal, or rock, but must be alternative) to
play on campus throughout the year.  We'll also organize fun parties and stuff.
Nightclubs, bars, beaches, concerts and drinking parties will all be the main
features of the club.

(3) The political aspect of the club is pretty straight forward.  We will      
attempt to become a force on campus by pointing out the bad points about other
political clubs and also develop policies of our own.  The aim is to clean up
politics on campus, get things DONE for STUDENTS, not for individual power-
seekers.

(4) If what's been said hasn't appealed to you, well then think about this.  We
will be having wild parties with lots of drinks, music, people of the *right*
type for others to socialize with.  We will also have camps, and a political
forum meeting.  We'll be publishing newsletters hopefully at least once a
month, containing latest music information and political news.  We'll try and
get discounts to albums, concert tickets and stuff.  And we'll be previewing
all new albums so members can get an idea of what album's good and what's not.

Okay, that was a long introduction :)  Anyway, our aim is to be the FUN CLUB
on campus that's got a wild side to it, and also a serious side as well.  Since
we're in the very initial stages, we also don't mind people with ideas and 
hunger to make the club great to come and talk to us.  If you just wanna join
the club and have fun, contact us as well, at :

800-3105, after 7pm Mon, Tues and Fri, and after 10:30pm Wednesday and Thursday
ask for 'Andy', coz that's me :)  Oh yeah, I have a phone in my room so it's
ok to call me as late as 12am :)

or, people could email me at acc@munagin.ee.mu.oz.au including your phone numberperhaps so I could get in touch with you, and if you're too lazy(heh :), you  
could just write a follow-up to this article.

Club general meetings and activities will officially start after the exams.

And not, but not least, good luck to everyone's exams!!!  It's that time of the
year again ....

Andy Chang
Electrical Engineering

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