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KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA, KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104,NO.31
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1994
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Schindler survivor paints vivid portrait
Fear, despair overcome by courage and strength
By Shannon Newton Kansan staff writer
The list was life.
Last night in the Kansas Union Ballroom, Zev Kedem spoke about the list that saved his life and the life of his mother and sister — Oskar Schindler's list.
From the time he was 8 until two weeks short of his 11th birthday, Kedem knew no other life beyond the horrors he was forced to endure from Nazi soldiers during World War II.
Kedem said he knew of no light.
"When the Holocaust began we traveled at night," he said. "I staved in the dark until my liberation."
Kedem spoke to an audience of about 700 people about his life during the Holocaust and how he survived.
Kedem said he was placed on Schindler's list because of his father.
His father was a doctor and was needed, so Schindler placed his family on the list that saved 1,100 people.
When the Holocaust first began, Kedem said his mother took his family and himself to a pigeon coup where he almost saw his grandparents take their own lives.
"When they heard the Germans coming, I saw them get some poison," he said. "I was feared, outraged and wanted to yell."
He said his grandparents warned him that emotion could kill him
"Learned that I had to contain my emotion, fear and love to survive," he said. "The Germans left, and we survived
Kedem explained the fear a 9-year-old had of a Nazi soldier.
another day."
"If we were nonproductive they would reduce humans to nonexistence," he said.
"When a guard would see me I would try to prove to them my efficiency," he said. "I would tell them I was a hard worker and could eat little."
Kedem did not talk about his Holocaust experience publicly until after he saw the production of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List.
"Spielberg respected the truth of the Holocaust — something that I am a product of," he said.
Jamie Peters, Sabetha junior, said Kedem's speech affected her.
"There's no way he couldn't affect someone," she said,
"It's amazing what he went through."
Zev Kedem, a Schindler's list survivor, talks to Jamie Plesser, Prairie Village junior, and Alice Robison, Overland Park senior, before speaking about his experiences.
Jay Thornton / KANSAN
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Michelle Sanford, Fairfax, Va., sophomore, plays the xylophone during KU Marching Band practice on the south field of Anschutz Sports Pavilion. The band was rehearsing for Thursday's game against Kansas State.
Practice interrupts Wheat Meet event
Preparing for the big game
By Ashley Miller
Kansan staff writer
Organizers of Wheat Meet, a philanthropy track meet sponsored by the Chi Omega sorority and the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, got a surprise telephone call Friday afternoon from the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Kansas football coach Glen Mason and the Kansas football team wanted to practice Sunday in Memorial Stadium, where the track meet was to be conducted. Wheat Meet would have to be moved.
Jennifer Rogers, Topeka junior and an organizer of Wheat Meet, said the meet, which raises about $10,000 each year for KU cancer research, had been scheduled to take place in Memorial Stadium since February. It was supposed to be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, however, was kicked out from noon to 4 p.m. on the football team could use the field.
"We just tried to pick a time when there wasn't a football game," Rogers said.
She said that she found out about the scheduling conflict Friday afternoon. The organizers chose to have Wheat Meet in the stadium from 8 a.m. to noon and then return at 4 p.m. for the final races, Rogers said.
Rogers said she understood why the
football team wanted to practice Sunday.
"The reason I'm upset is that it was just such late notice," Rogers said. "We had a day to figure out what we were going to do, and it really put us in a bind."
About 300 entrants had to be notified of the schedule changes, she said. Several of those people did not find out in time and missed their events.
Mason said the scheduling conflict arose when the Kansas football game against Kansas State was moved last spring to Thursday night.
"It wasn't me just trying to be a jerk,
"I'll tell you that," Mason said. "I was willing to be flexible about what we had to do, but we needed to practice."
Mason said he did not learn of the scheduling conflict until last week.
Darren Cook, director of facilities in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, scheduled Sunday's practice for the football team.
"This was our fault, and we feel extremely bad about it," Cook said.
However, he said he made the decision to let the football team use the stadium because of Thursday's game against K-State.
"Coach Mason and the football team are preparing for a very big game, and they need to practice in the best of situations," Cook said.
Predicted cold spell leaves residence hall students sweating it out
Time consuming switch from heating to cooling systems cited as reason for no change
cited as reason for no change
By Ashley Miller
Kansan staff writer
Students in the residence halls are hot.
Students in the residence halls are hot. The air conditioning for all of the residence halls on campus was shut off Thursday because cold weather was predicted, said Ken Stoner, director of student housing. Although temperatures were in the 80s during the weekend, the air conditioning was not turned on again.
Stoner said the air conditioning probably would not be turned on again until March or April, when students return from spring break.
He said the halls operate on a two-pipe system, which means that only hot or cold water can run through the building at any one time.
If the halls are renovated in the future, Stoner said four-pipe systems might be installed in the residence halls. This would allow students to control both the heat and air conditioning in their rooms without affecting the rest of the building.
It takes two or three days to switch the system from cold to hot, Stoner said. If there is a prediction for a long period of hot weather, the air conditioning will be turned back on.
open a window.
If a hot spell is predicted to last only a few days, students will have to either get a fan or
"The systems are too big, and it just takes too much time to switch." Stoner said. "This is one of the building designs we just have to live with."
However, the switch to a four-pipe system depends on whether or not student housing can pay for it.
"That's a very costly option to have," Stoner said.
Some students were upset about the change and called to complain about the heat.
Chad Mantooth, Shawnee senior, lives in Ellsworth Hall. He said that when he called student housing to find out why the air conditioning was off, he was told that housing had shut it off after a cold weather forecast.
But, Mantooth said, he thought the air conditioning should be turned on because it was easier to bundle up than to take clothes off.
"It's extremely hot and very uncomfortable." he said.
Mantooth said he had kept the windows
open all of the time, including nighttime and usually had to keep a fan running since the air conditioning was turned off.
Amy Kepka, Ellsworth sophomore, also lives in Ellsworth Hall. She said she was disappointed with the way student housing handled the situation, considering the amount of money residents pay to live in the halls.
"It's not like it's just this one instance," Kepa said.
Student housing also had problems with heat and air conditioning last year when the students returned from spring break, Kepka said.
George Detsios came to the United States in 1952 to attend KU. Since then, the alumnus has made a living and many friends at his cheese and sausage shop in Kansas City, Mo. Page 6A.
Weather downs Internet,service to resume today
By Nathan Olson Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Nature played games with technology yesterday, temporarily killing the University of Kansas' connection to the Internet.
About 3 a.m. yesterday morning, a lightning bolt struck the Ellsworth Annex, a small building on the east side of Ellsworth Residence Hall, which houses KU's connection to the Internet. The bolt caused a malfunction in the way the University is connected to the Internet, an interconnected set of University, government and business computers.
Nothing else in the annex was damaged by the lightning.
Wes Hubert, assistant director of Academic Computing Services, said that the problem should be corrected by 5 p.m. today.
"We are making this a high priority," he said. "We will have it back on as soon as possible."
Hubert said that the lightning damaged a device called a router. The router, which is about the size of a standard desktop computer, sends information intended to be placed on the Internet to a service in Lincoln, Neb., called Midnet. Midnet connects a variety of institutions throughout the Midwest to the Internet.
Hubert said that faculty and students at KU could still send electronic mail to each other. But mail going outside the University will be placed on a queue and will not be sent until KU regains its connection with the Internet.
also will be placed on a queue.
Another popular portion of the Internet, Usenet News, is only partially in service. Users can read news, but messages to newsgroups
But Hubert said he suggested that users wait until the Internet connection was re-established to send mail or send messages to Usenet News.
Bill Pesek, manager of Production Services, said the cost of a new router was covered in KU's contract with Midnet. Once the new router arrives, installation should be completed within an hour.
Pesek said he also was looking into an alternate path to the Internet. The path, called the Kanran network, is experimental and only partially operational. He said he could not be sure it would be a viable alternative at this time.
Laura Green, documentation and training specialist at Academic Computing Services, said the lack of Internet access should be a problem only for those who need E-mail on a daily basis.