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VOL.101,No.128
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE U.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1991
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Service in Statehouse marks Holocaust
Students have remembrance for Holocaust
Josef Zatzkis, Topeka resident, lights the first of seven candles in remembrance of the Jewish who died during the Holocaust, while Rabbi Lawrence Karol leads a song.
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Bv Beniamin W. Allen
Kansan staff writer
Finney, Jewish light candles honoring the 11 million victims
At the service, members of the audience read testimonials of survivors, and Louis Fryman, associate professor of social welfare and a survivor of the Holocaust, offered a personal remembrance.
Forty-seven people gathered last night in Smith Hall to commemorate the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust.
Frydman said remembering the atrocities was especially difficult for a university community in light of the fact that many of the Holocaust victims and perpetrators were highly educated.
Frydman recounted his experiences as a young boy in Poland when his family, with skillful planning and some luck, hid from the Gestapo in order to avoid capture and the concentration camps.
"There is pain involved in realizing that the people that have been killed are not really different from us," he said. "It is also very discomforting to realize the people who did these actions are also not very different than us."
However, when he was captured and interned in the camps, Frydman said he survived because of "luck, pure luck."
Audience members read different testimonials from their seats in the circular auditorium. Each passage provided a different perspective of the Holocaust, illuminating the history and events that gay and lesbian experiences. Members of all these groups were persecuted and killed in the Holocaust.
The remembrance of the Holocaust coincides with the day Auschwitz was liberated
"If we cherish life we must remember that which makes life sacred, whether it is the horror or the beauty."
Daveen Litwin, director of Hillel,
which sponsored the service, said,
"We must bear witness. That is our
role here. We must do more than
never forget. We must speak and
teach.
Jenifer Marck. Chicago freshman, said the Holocaust was not significant only to the Jewish people.
"I feel if we don't remember history will repeat itself," she said.
By Lara Gold Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — A custom in the Jewish religion is the lighting of a candle on the anniversary of the death of a loved one.
Members of Kansas' Jewish community and Gov. Joan Fainny lighted Holocaust Memorial candles yesterday in the Capitol Building rotunda in
honor of the 11 million deaths during the Holocaust.
Yesterday was the national observance of Holocaust Memorial Day. Finney issued a proclamation naming the week of April 7-14 as "the days of remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust."
"Every person, every Kansan, can commit their part to never forget the
Holocaust," Finney said to about 65 people.
A remembrance ceremony for those who died in the Holocaust has been observed in the rotunda since 1983.
"Only through remembrance can we learn through the past and apply it to the here and now," said Rabbit Lawrence Karol of Temple Beth
Shalom in Topeka.
Karol said Hitler killed six million Jews, in addition to five million Europeans who were gays, lesbians, Gynes and Catholics.
Allison Kort. Prairie Village junior, has walked in the footsteps of the Holocaust victims.
year in the "March of the Living," a tour that began in Poland's concentration camps and ended in Israel.
Kort and 4,000 students from around the world participated last
"We retraced the steps of the European Jews through the concentration camps." she said.
"We were only a group of 4,000 — only a fraction of those who marched to their deaths." Kort said. "Why? Whv did it happen?"
1nree Student Senate candidates run as independents
By Michael Christie
Kansan staff writer
The Student Senate elections start today, and three students, facing tough odds against posters, fliers and $2,000 budgets, have chosen to run independent from either coalition. Facts or impact
Marcie Wakefield has the task of running for a Nunenmaker seat Because all freshmen and sopho mores can vote for the seats, several hundred votes usually are needed to win.
Wakefield, Alqonquin, III , freshman, has been involved in Student
Union Activities this year and was recently elected treasurer of the All Scholarship Hall Council.
"And I've done a lot of studying actually." she said
Wakefield said she was interested in learning how Senate worked so that she could better address issues women of her, particularly women's issues.
Marcia Quores is a Lawrence graduate student in history. She decided to run for a graduate seat in Senate and gave her governance was restructured.
at the last minute, "Quiros said, 'I didn't have time to investigate some of the issues the coalitions were talking about."
'I have to admit, I decided to run at the last minute. I didn't have time to investigate some of the issues the coalitions were talking about.'
"I have to admit, I decided to run
Marcia Quiros Lawrence graduate student
She said the two coaltions did not seem to be very different.
Quiros, a single mother, said she could provide a new voice in Senate
David Suroff, engineering candidate, has been involved in Senate for the past year as a senator and as vice chairperson of the student rights committee.
He said he was unable to commit to either coalition because he did not have the time
Suroff, Leaward senior, has spent much of this year working on the engineering fee issue, and he is the chairperson of the subcommittee for the code of student rights and responsibilities.
The disadvantages to running independently are obvious,he said
"You don't have that umbrella to carry you," Suroff said.
Quiros stated on her budget that she would not spend more than $20. Suroff and Wakefeil agreed to abide by the suggested limit of $75, but both said they had not spent nearly that much.
"I've spent about $15," Suroff said. Wakefield said that her only monetary expense was making photocopies, the biggest expense is effort, she said.
"I've actually been really, really, busy," Wakefield said.
U.N. peace force will monitor Iraq
The Associated Press
The 15-member council, however, delayed its formal declaration of a cease fire in the war until Iraq delivers the report of its National Assembly accepting U.N. terms for a permanent military end to the war was expected to be announced today.
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council yesterday unanimously established a 1,440-mem peacekeeping force to monitor the Iraq-Kuwait border and the risk of U.S. forces from southern Iraq.
Under the permanent cease-fire resolution adopted by the council last Wednesday, Iraq must scrap its military armament and navy heavy war reparations.
Iraq attached a long list of objections to the notification of acceptance it sent to the Security
Carol Beeson tries to help her team decipher her drawings during a Win, Lose or Draw game last night as part of Greek Week.
Meanwhile, the 15-member council also was expected to discuss a European Community proposal to provide a haven for the refugees living in the homes in northern Iraq by a devastating Iraqi campaign.
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Council on Saturday, stirring speculation that its acceptance was provisional and that it might be the International Court of Justice.
U. S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering has said general precedents existed in the creation of corridors of tranquility last year for transporting relief supplies to the people of Sudan.
U. N. lawyers are studying the proposal. Officials said the creation of a U.N. zone within a nation has been proposed, but retu ges was unprecedented.
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Greek Week proffers broad array of activities
Week begins with Win, Lose or Draw
By Jonathan Plummer
Kansan staff writer
As the professor looked on, Mark Sizemore confidently walked up to the board
But his confidence soon turned to contusion. He shifted his weight from one foot to the other, held his head and remained in frustration, but he could not.
Finally, he asked another student for help, and five seconds later the students got the proper response 'I Hawaii Five-O'.
Sizemore, Sacramento, Calif.
sophomore, along with more than 100
professors, staff members and
fraternity and sorority members,
played Win, Lose or Draw last night in
the Kansas Union Ballroom. It was the kickoff event for Greek Week 1981.
Julie Bahr, Greig Week co-chairman, said she designed last night's event to give professors and staff the chance to meet members of the greek
system.
would provide more interaction."
"We were going to play Jeopardy," she said, but then I thought if you have a professor of history, he's not going to play Jeopardy category right, so I thought this
Milton Scott, assistant director of housing, said he was invited to dinner at a fraternity, as were the other professors and staff members.
'That was really nice,' he said. 'I
was very impressed with them. But they said they were counting on me with the game, and I kept saying, 'Oh, you don't want to do that!'
Scott Rutherford, Greek Week cochairperson, described the rest of the week's activities:
- Today there will be a scavenger hunt, in which teams will collect clothing and furniture and meet at the army, where the pieces will be donated.
Tomorrow there will be a Greek Show, where teams will perform anything they can in six minutes. The event will cost $1, even for those who perform. Proceeds will go to the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence
**Friday the interaction with the Boys and Girls Club will become more personal as greeks will have individual children for a field day**
Saturday there will be a 5-kilometer Fun Run co-sponsored by KU residence halls. Greek Week Olympics will be in the afternoon
Sunday, the week will conclude with a trip to the Lady Jayhawk softball game in the afternoon and Greek Recognition Night.