CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 17, 1996
Vigil remembers Holocaust
KU students participate in candlelight ceremony
By Scott MacWilliams Kansan staff writer
Late evening sun filtered in the north windows of the Lawrence Jewish Community Center as the students entered carrying candles. The remembrance of six million Holocaust victims began with the silent procession.
Ninety people gathered last night for the candlelight vigil at the center, 917 Highland Dr. The vigil marked the 53rd anniversary of the beginning of the Jewish Warsaw Uprising.
"That's why I'm wearing black," said Rebecca Troup, Lawrence resident. "This is the day to remember the six million lives that were lost."
The service consisted of songs, readings and candle lighting by a group of KU students from KU Hillet and LesBiGayS OK.
Heather Lash, Oberlin senior, read a piece titled The Yellow Star near the end of the end.
"You become part of either the suppressors or the suppressed," LaBash said. "There is no third victim; all humanity shares in both the guilt and the sacrifice."
Amy Lefko, Las Vegas senior, sang a solo that began *Blessed is the Match* by Hannah Senesh. Senesh was a Hungarian Jew who parachuted behind Nazi lines to fight with the partisans and was later tortured to death at age 23.
The scope of the annual service has been broadened in recent years to include the non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Colored candles were lit for each group corresponding with the colored triangles the prisoners were forced to wear.
A pink candle was for homosexuals, red for political prisoners, green for criminals, black for antisocials, purple for Jehovah's Witnesses, blue for emigrants and brown for Gypsies.
"This is the first time I've participated in the Holocaust vigil," said Joe Cuevas, Topeka sophomore and co-director of LesBiGayS OK. "I hope we work together and keep doing this in the future."
Cuevas read about the history of the pink triangle and how homosexuals in pre-war Germany were accepted in German society.
"If there is one nation that needs to remember the Holocaust besides the Jewish nation, it is Germany," said Uta Walter, Berlin graduate student. Walter said she attended the service in recognition of the lost and the survivors.
Debbie Berman, Minnetonka, Minn., junior, participates in a candlelight vigil remembering the execution of millions of Jews during the Holocaust. The vigil was held last night at the Lawrence Jewish Community Center.
Alan Dodson,
Winfield senior,
Sara Snyder,
New Orleans
sophomore, and
Emad Abou-
Amer, Gaza
senior, congre-
gate around the dinner table at the Sunflower
House.
House promotes responsible living
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Co-op residents share responsibility for tasks
By David Teska
Kansan staff writer
To live at Sunflower House takes a deep-seated commitment to communal living.
"That's the nature of a coop," said Helen Johnson, Boulder, Colo., senior and a resident of the house, 1406 Tennessee St.
Billed as the socially responsible housing alternative for students, the house offers 31 students a living environment where everyone is responsible for the place they call home.
"We're very diverse, and we recognize that diversity can be good," said Liz Agnew, Valley Center junior and one of two assistant managers of the house.
In order for a communal house to work, every resident is expected to participate in daily household tasks such as cleaning bathrooms, cooking and house repairs. Agnew said.
A point system is used, and each job is assigned a specific point value; cleaning a bathroom is worth 16 points. If residents fail to keep up with their work requirement, they are penalized with a fine.
"If you sign up for it and don't do it, you're fine $3." Agnew said.
Residents have their own rooms. Monthly rent is based on room size and ranges from $144 to $203, which includes utilities. Food is budgeted each month based on the amount
Amy Frank, Topeka senior, said she came to the house because of roommate problems and liked the house's communal atmosphere. Whether a resident signed up for a job or chose to pay the fine, they still had to contribute to the house's upkeep, she said.
"You can't help but deal with people," he said.
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"They're still contributing in some way," she said. "There's no way to get around it."
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From 1969 to 1971, the house was called the Campus Improvement Association House, or CIA House. Residents closed the house for cleaning and reorganization in 1971 and reopened it the following spring as Sunflower House.
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Sitting in the house's snack kitchen, Shafer ate a sandwich while other residents came and left the room. He said another advantage for him was the constant interaction he had with the other residents.
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Rick Shafer, Lawrence graduate student, said he first heard of the house while taking a semester off to organize labor unions in Portland, Ore. He had asked his mother to see if she could find anything she thought he might like, he said.
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