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VOL.104,NO.145
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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THURSDAY. APRIL 27,1995
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It Could Happen To Anyone
Top: Claire Henderson and her brother, Mark, in 1992.
Middle: Claire, who was a KU Crimson Girl from 1986 to 1989, performs at a Kansas football game in 1988.
Bottom: Claire at her parents' home in 1993, less than a year before she died.
Surely a KU graduate with everything to live for couldn't die from AIDS. But Claire Henderson did.
By Virginia Margheim
Somehow, Claire seemed too innocent.
She was a pretty, blond, outgoing student at the University of Kansas.
She was a preacher's kid. Her father was the minister at Plymouth Congregational, a church where many prominent KU families worship every Sunday.
She was a Gamma Phi Beta. She cheered with the Crimson Girls.
No one seems to have anything bad to say about Claire.
Not Claire, who was the glue in her family. Not Claire, the one who made sure the traditions were upheld.
She found a good job with a record company in Hollywood after she graduated from KU in 1989.
Claire just seemed too innocent to go the way she did — slowly slipping away from pneumonia, a stick of a girl, dying of AIDS.
Claire Henderson thought she had the flu. It was a bad case, and she couldn't shake it completely.She and her parents, Butch and Rosemary Henderson, were concerned about her health, so she began to see doctors.
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Ordinance passed, but education to continue
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
Simply Equal members celebrated victory Tuesday night after the City Commission voted to extend antidiscrimination protection to people on the basis of sexual orientation.
But the work of the coalition that campaigned for the change for more than two years is far from over, cochairman Benzirmann said.
"We've done a lot of education over the past two years, and that education will continue," the Zimmerman said.
Comments made by some of the opponents of the new provision
Ben Zimmerman
at Tuesday's meeting showed many people were misinformed about what the amendment meant, Zimmerman said.
"I think people are confused. Their arguments led me to believe they are confusing the ordinance with affirmative action." Zimmerman said.
Zimmerman said some people thought they would be forced to hire or house a certain number of homosexuals, which is not the case.
The amendment, which is expected to go into effect after approval of a second reading next week, would make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation in housing, employment, and public accommodations.
Ray Samuel, director of Lawrence's human relations department, agreed that many of the opponents who spoke to the commission Tuesday where misinformed.
The city plans to hold seminars following the second reading to educate the public about the new provision. Samuel said.
Neither asking people their sexual orientations on an application nor hiring a certain number of homosexuals would be required. Samuel said.
Another misconception was that it would require religious organizations to hire homosexuals.
"People just need to look under the definitions in the ordinance to see religious organizations are exempt," Samuel said.
Making sure the public is informed about the new provision is a priority for the city following the finalization of the vote. Samuel said.
There are no special rights or privileges being granted to anyone," he said. "The amendment provides a vehicle to protect all the citizens of Lawrence from unlawful discrimination. We want to make sure no one is denied the opportunity to make a living because of their sexual orientation, that is what this is all about."
Now in Lawrence
Lawrence Jews remember Holocaust victims
Haskell Indian Nations University has acquired a piece of KU history—the floor from Kemper Arena on which the 'Hawks won the' 88NCAA title game. Page18
By Eduardo A. Molina
Kansan staff writer
Eva Edmands survived the Holocaust 50 years ago. She was just 14 when World War II ended, and she didn't want to remember six million of her fellow Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis.
For years Edmands, Lawrence resident, succeeded in her attempt to shut out the cry of millions of dead Jews. But last night at the Lawrence Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive, the memories finally forced her to speak. Her sharing was a part of a commemoration of Yom HaShoa, the Day of the Holocaust.
"I have to give voice to those who can no longer do so." Edmands said to an audience of about 130. "Young generations, Jews and gentiles, should never be allowed to forget."
Besides Edmands, Lou Frydman, associate professor of social welfare, who was a prisoner in a concentration camp, also participated in the commemoration.
"Some people said that survivors didn't want to talk about the Holocaust because we felt guilty," Frydman said. "Survivors didn't want to talk because people didn't want to listen. My only goal is to let people know what happened and share my experience with them."
Polina Sukonik, Lawrence graduate student, said that special commemorations such as this one were important because people should not forget what happened.
"It is difficult to mask the chilling atrocities of World War II," she said. "No one should forget the horrors that murdered millions of innocents and shattered their dreams."
After the guest speakers shared part of their experiences, people prayed and sang to remember those who died in the Holocaust.
Lori Howard, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., senior, said that commemorating the Holocaust allowed people to remember and avoid this type of genocide.
"It is important to remember the Holocaust because nothing like this should happen again," she said. "You don't want to exploit what happened to Jews, but we should not forget."
More than a commemoration, the remembrance day unites the new and old Jewish generations, Howard said.
"Remembering the Holocaust bring you close to your faith and the old generation that died," she said.
Amy Leko, Sioux City, Iowa, junior, doesn't like the idea of commemorating the Holocaust just once a year.
"I feel kind of empty," she said. "It doesn't matter what
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Patrick Davis, Lawrence resident, lights a candle for Lori Howard, Fort Lauderdale; Fla., senior, in remembrance of the people that died in the Holocaust.
we do, but I feel like more can be done. You cannot be satisfied because the same thing can happen to you. It doesn't matter who you are."
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