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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
VOL.104,NO.30
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Filmmaker saved by Oskar Schindler's list
Holocaust survivor to talk at 8 tonight
By Anna Jaffe
Kansan correspondent
Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning film "Schindler's List" raised the awareness of some and the eyebrows of others following its release last winter.
The film chronicles the efforts of Nazi industrialist Oskar Schindler to save approximately 1,200 Jews from
the crematories. For Schindler's Jews, including Zev Kedem, the list meant the difference between life and death.
Kedem, a documentary film maker and consultant for Spielberg's film, will speak at 8 tonight in the Kansas Union Ballroom. His lecture will explore his Holocaust experiences as well as the part he played as a consultant for "Schindler's List".
Although some moviegoers and critics have raved about "Schindler's List," others have strongly objected to it. Many complaints involve Spielberg's portrayal of Schindler as a hero
and of Jews as helpless victims.
Other controversy stems from what some see as the film's trivialization of the horrors of the Holocaust.
Louis Frydman, associate professor of social welfare and Holocaust survivor, echoed many of these concerns.
"It's a Hollywood sensationalistic movie," he said.
He said Spilberg's recreation of the Holocaust in "Schindler's List" was more honest than in most other films, but he thought that there were other people more deserving of recognition than Schindler.
Frydman said that what made him most uncomfortable about the film was the adulation and worship of Schindler.
"This is not someone I would idolize." he said.
Frydman characterized Schindler as "a corrupt Nazi who happened to save some Jews." He said that the film did have some educational value but that people needed to acknowledge its flaws.
Bronia Rloslawski, Kansas City, Mo., resident and Holocaust survivor, approaches the issues of "Schindler's List" from a different perspective.
Roslawowski said that although the film did not capture the Holocaust exactly as it was, it came as close to realism as an audience could bear to watch.
She also said that Spielberg's portrayal of Schindler did not bother her.
"Any life saved is something," she said. "A nation came out of those people."
Steve Jacobson, KU Hillel director,
also defended the film.
"Schindler's List" brought the issue of the Holocaust to millions of people who may know little or nothing about it," he said.
He said that the portrayal of Jews in Holocaust films was problematic.
"There is no getting around the fact that Jews have been victimized," Jacobson said. Jew need to be aware of and to learn from their history of victimization in order to prevent it from occurring again, he said.
In the end, Jacobson said, all of the arguments concerning Schindler boiled down to one point.
"The man saved Jewish lives," he said. "He saved human lives. In any discussion of Schindler, that is where we should begin."
Week to focus women's issues
By Ashley Miller Kansan staff writer
The KU Panhellenic Association is dedicating this week to women.
Celebrate Women's Week, Oct. 3-6, is an educational week sponsored by Panhellenic for all women attending the University, not just women involved in the Greek community, said Chara Dillon, vice president for educational programs for Panhellenic. The week is sponsored by Panhellenic.
helicic because it is the largest women's group on campus.
Women's week Celebrate Women's Week events
"Being as large as we are and considering the number of women we have an impact on, we like to offer something to the KU women, and this is what KU has to offer them," Dillon said. "There's no gain on our part."
She said she had tried to make the week more informe- tious and then it
Informational tables will be set up from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Thursday on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Pamphlets from several organizations on campus will be available.
Citizens Against Crime will have a speaker address self-defense at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Malott room of the Kansas Union.
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The KU Panhellenic Association will collect items for Women's Transitional Care today until Thursday.
ple outside of the greek system would participate.
Dillon said that there were a lot of programs last year that were open to all women but that the majority of the women who attended were from sororities.
"We want to show that we're not just some closed group," she said.
The week will include informational tables set up in the Kansas Union, Dillon said. The tables will have brochures and pamphlets from all organizations on campus that a woman can join, including coed groups. Some of the groups include Headquarters, Stop the Violence, sponsored by the KU police, and the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
Paige White, Panhellenic advisor, said OAKS, a group for non-traditional students, would have information about a new program it was setting up for single mothers.
Citizens Against Crime will have a speaker at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Malet Room in the Union, White said. The speaker will address self-defense and how to avoid being a victim. Defense items will be sold after the presentation.
White said Panhellenic also was collecting items for Women's Transitional Care as part of Celebrate Women's Week. Women's Transitional Care offers services and shelter for women in crisis situations, usually women who are physically abused.
Dillon said she had placed boxes in each of the sorority houses to collect items for Women's Transitional Care, including toothbrushes, shampoo and soap. Larger items, such as pillows, towels, kitchen supplies and beds, also will be collected by Panhellic this week.
"This makes the week a little bit more purposeful," she said.
Underprivileged youths from the Kansas City, Mo., and Lawrence areas had the chance to interact Saturday with Division 1 athletes from Kansas at Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
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KU Army ROTC cadet sergeant Angelina Lewis prepares for a mock ambush of an "enemy" bunker. Army ROTC cadets from KU spent Friday night and Saturday morning participating in field training exercises at the Sunflower Ammunitions Plant near De Soto.
By David Wilson
In the middle of the security formation, squad leader Terresa Riedel reviewed notes and called for the troops to turn around for a briefing.
Kansan staff writer
"The situation is to provide essential information about the enemy and to destroy the enemy," she told the cadets. "The mission is to be completed no later than 10:10."
The troops got up and filed out in ranger formation, one at a time, toward the enemy bunker.
ROTC training tests cadets' battle skills
Early Saturday morning in the thick of a forest 15 miles east of Lawrence, seven Army ROTC cadets lay on their stomachs in flower-petal formation, pointing M-16 rifles outward.
Riedel and her troops were running through a STRAC, or squad tactical reaction assessment course. The exercise, designed to test cadets' ability to carry out an ambush, was part of the Jayhawk Battalion's once-a-semester field training exercises at the Sunflower Ammunitions Plant near Deto Soto.
Despite the proximity to an ammunitions plant, no live ammunition or blanks were used. When Riedel and her squad ambushed the enemy bunker, they yelled "bang!" to simulate artillery.
Junior cadets, who ran through the squad exercises, received evaluations after each exercise.
Seventy-two cadets from KU and other nearby colleges spent Friday night and Saturday morning running through land navigation exercises, operating radios, learning first aid and smearing green camouflage on their faces. One cadet had camouflage on his teeth.
Riedel and her squad received a grade just short of outstanding.
Gabriel Hassan, one of the senior cadets helping to train the others, said freshman and sophomore cadets — M1s and M2s — were not running through squad exercises but were getting more basic training, such as how to use their M-16s.
It's stressful, but it's fun," Hassan said.
Some senior cadets wore pink ribbons around their arms to identify themselves as enemies, who this year were Haitian thugs.
"I've been killed twice today."
John Mitsdaler, senior cadet, said.
"It's all in a day's work for the Haitian people's liberation."
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Cadet sergeant Dane Reed motions for attack during the Jahwah Battalion's field exercises.
Greek Endeavor tackles issues
By Ashley Miller Kansan staff writer
Program emphasizes student individuality
Students involved in the University of Kansas Greek community learned Saturday and yesterday that individuals were more important than what house to pledge, what letters to wear or what parties to attend.
Joy Goldberg, an organizer of Greek Endeavor, said the two-day program had been designed to bring together three or four students from each fraternity and sorority to help them stop identifying one another by letters.
"They got to know one another based on who they are," Goldberg said. "We are still individuals, so you don't necessarily have to be in the same house to be friends."
She said Greek Endeavor had allowed the Interfraternity Council and the KU Panhellenic Association to get students involved before stereotypes about fraternities and sororities formed.
The program was aimed toward freshmen and sophomores in the greek community, Goldberg said. But some juniors and seniors participated.
"A lot of freshmen and sophomores don't realize how important it is to show that we aren't just a bunch of people paying for parties." Goldberg said.
Students who participated in the program, which took place at the Tall Oaks campgrounds outside of De Soto, played games, attended sessions about greek
Brent Roeder, another organizer of Greek Endeavor, said students had been chosen to attend the program by their fraternities or sororites. The houses chose people who were potential leaders in the greek community.
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issues and listened to speakers address issues such as academics, community service, sex and alcohol.
In the past, the program focused on students who already were leaders in the greek community, Roeder said. But the program changed to help younger members develop their leadership skills.
Alicia Ohio, Wichita freshman, participates in a exercise intended to help Ohio land trust in the people who were catching her.
"it's fun," he said. "Everybody ends up having a great time, and
Roeder said that he thought students should participate in the Greek Endeavor program for several reasons.
Both Roeder and Goldberg said they did not know what Greek Endeavor was when they were nominated to attend for their
you meet people you wouldn't know otherwise."
chapters in the past.
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It's hard at first for anyone, Goldberg said. "This sounds like a leadership weekend, but it was a weekend to promote the greek system in a more positive light."