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Thursday, April 3, 1997
urvivor speaks about Holocaust
\ustig stressed the importance of learning about past events
By Kathleen Strickland
The Battalion
Vrnost Lustig, who survived the Nazi
Jcentration camps Terezin, Auschwitz
ild Buchenwald, recounted his experi-
les with Texas A&M faculty, staff and stu-
ipts Wednesday at the “Unexpected En-
iountersWith the Holocaust” conference.
Mlo be stronger mentally and intellec-
jually is one of the purposes of this con-
Rnce,” Lustig said in his keynote
speech, “What We Will Never Understand
'■but the Holocaust.”
Four feature films based on his novels
have been made in his home country of
Czechoslovakia, two of which have won
major European film festival awards.
The film shown to conference attendees,
Transportfrom Paradise, is based on his tril
ogy of novels, Children of the Holocaust. Fol
lowing the film, Lustig discussed his feelings
on the film and the Holocaust, as well as his
experiences living in Czechoslovakia fol
lowing the war.
Joy Sylvester, assistant professor of
French and co-organizer of the conference,
said she was pleased with the attendance
and the message delivered by Lustig.
“He hits on certain universal truths that
come through in all his works, both in films
and books,” Sylvester said. “He takes these
truths and relates them to our lives today, as
well as the time of the Holocaust.”
Lustig said that a lack of knowledge
could allow an event similar to the
Holocaust to occur again. It is vital stu
dents today are taught the events of the
past, he said.
“If I would die today and God would
ask me, “What did you discover?” after 50
years of reflection after the Holocaust, I
would tell two things,” Lustig said. “I
would say that during the Nazi era there
was a worthlessness, a lack of value of hu
man life, and second, that evil got differ
ent measures than before. After Nazis, evil
can be measured differently.”
“We know that man is the greatest ene
my of man.”
Daniel Jimenez, a senior environmen
tal design major, said the film made him
aware events like the Holocaust could
happen to anyone.
See Lustig, Page 12
Amy Dunlap, The Battalion
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caust, recounted his experiences with Texas
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Doug Holland, a senior chemical engineering major, picks up a
summer schedule book in front of Heaton Hall Wednesday. Both
summer and fall schedule books are available.
Mil addresses Hopwood ruling
►For the bill to be successful
l the Legislature would need to
I approve more funds for schools
[ to offer financial aid.
AUSTIN (AP) — A bill attempting to address a
urt ruling preventing Texas colleges and universi-
fes from using race-based admissions received
bixed reviews before winning approval from the
Senate Education Committee Wednesday.
I, The bill seeks to use academic and socioeconom-
|factors in university admissions decisions to try to
roll diverse student bodies.
But at least one member of
e committee and an attorney
presenting the Mexican
nerican Legal Defense and
lucational Fund doubted the
11 would achieve its goals.
“This bill still allows univer-
ties to use standardized tests,
td as long as the universities
|y heavily on standardized
sts, the percentage of minori-
-s goes down. It’s an almost
surmountable barrier,” said A1 Kauffman, an at-
tney representing MALDEF.
Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, D-Austin, said, “I cau-
^n myself about being optimistic. If you don’t
tve the leadership pushing to get the job done, it
°n’t get done.”
Don Brown, of the Texas Higher Education Co-
dinating Board, said for the bill to be successful,
e Legislature would need to approve more funds
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for schools to offer financial aid.
“If ethnicity and race are not included in consid
eration for admissions, the amount of financial aid
would need to be doubled or tripled,” Brown said.
Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, a cosponsor of the
bill, said the measure could lead to an even greater
number of minorities in Texas colleges and uni
versities than when the state was able to consider
race in admissions.
“If all the assumptions hold true, we should be
able to zero out the affects of the Hopwood decision
and increase the diversity in our state,” West said.
The federal court case named after lead plaintiff
Cheryl Hopwood led to policies prohibiting consid
eration of race in Texas university admissions, fi
nancial aid and student retention programs.
In the case, a federal appeals court last year
struck down the University of Texas law school’s
former admissions policy, which was meant to
boost enrollment of minorities.
Texas Attorney General Dan Morales subse
quently issued a legal opinion, which carries the
force of law, saying the court decision means Texas’
public universities cannot use race or ethnicity as
factors in admitting or assisting minority students.
Morales, who testified before the committee on
Wednesday, was criticized by Assistant U.S. Secre
tary of Education Norma Cantu, who said the court
ruling only concerned the University of Texas and
“should not be used to invalidate” other affirma
tive admissions programs in the state.
Morales responded in a letter to Secretary of Ed
ucation Richard W. Riley on Wednesday.
“We believe your Department’s position on
these issues is incorrect on all counts and your
interpretation of Hopwood is legally flawed,”
Morales wrote.
Women executives
share success stories
The speakers gave tips and advice
on entering the work force.
By Jackie Vratil
The Battalion
Women, The Myth? The Legend? The Reality. In con
junction with Women’s Week, the Executive Lecture Series
invited three women to speak Tuesday night about the re
ality of moving up the corporate ladder.
Linda Baughman, Dr. Lesia Crumpton and Kathy Haden
gave accounts of how they achieved their current status.
Will Hurd, chair of the Executive Lecture Series and a
sophomore computer science major, began by saying most
of the time, men hold the top positions in the workplace.
“We need for more women to be mentors for students,”
he said, “because there really are so many successful
women out there.”
Crumpton, an assistant professor of industrial engineer
ing at Mississippi State University, said Aggies have a head
start in accomplishing any type of goal because they are in
stilled with brilliance, energy, spunk and tenacity.
“I have what I call the Crumpton guarantee,” she said.
“If you follow my secrets to success and you do not suc
ceed, I will pay you five dollars.”
Crumpton’s success secrets include setting goals, believ
ing in oneself, realizing mistakes can be learning experiences,
and worrying about the big things, not the little things.
“Take the time to think about if you want to ‘rush it or
Amy Dunlap, The Battalion
Dr. Lesia Crumpton, an assistant professor of industrial
engineering at Mississippi State University, speaks as part
of the Executive Lecture Series Tuesday night.
flush it,”’ she said. “Realize that there is always going to
be more out there than you will be able to experience, so
be wise on what you decide to embark upon.”
Haden, a partner with Anderson Consulting, said
throughout her life, she always asks, “Am I still learning and
am I still having fun?”
See Executives, Page 12
PTTS, Bus Operations plan
new West Campus bus stops
The new shelters will
resemble those used at
the Olympics.
By Rebecca Torrellas
The Battalion
A new bus stop will be built to re
place the Wehner bus stop to keep stu
dents from having to step off the bus
into the mud.
Olsen Road will be closed from May
19 until the beginning of August to con
struct a permanent bus stop where the
greenhouses currently are, around the
corner from the present stop.
Kathy Mathis, associate director of
Bus Operations and Parking Traffic
and Transit Services, said students
have complained about the absence
of a sidewalk at the bus stop.
“The Wehner bus stop was a tem
porary stop,” Mathis said. “We knew
we needed a permanent one.”
Mathis said the idea was pro
posed by the Student Services Com
mittee as part of the West Campus
construction project.
Tom Williams, director of PTTS, said
there will be four bus stop Ipcations at
the Wehner location, each with a 10-by-
12-foot trash receptacle shelter.
“The shelters will have phones,
lighting, tables and benches,”
Williams said.
The idea of the design came from
Texas A&M bus drivers who attended the
Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he said.
“They came back raving about the
bus stops there,” Williams said. “The
design is the same.”
James Newman, an employee of Bus
Operations and a senior agricultural
business major, attended the Olympics.
“The bus stops in Atlanta were sep
arated, and some of the stops were
covered,” Newman said.
Gary Jackson, manager of bus op
erations, said the new Wehner bus
stop will be more efficient and conve
nient for students.
“It will help the flow of traffic and
make the area safer for students,” Jack-
son said. “That area is too congested.”
The new bus stop should be com
pleted by the start of the fall semester.
Beginning May 19, the Wehner bus
stop temporarily will be moved
around the corner from the Rudder
bus stop, next to Kleberg, until con
struction is complete.
Deep in debt. Democrats bank on Clinton
The Democratic National Committee is $12.7 million in debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mired in
debt, President Clinton’s Democratic
Party is so focused on escaping the
fund-raising taint of 1996 that some
activists fear critical future planning is
being ignored or shortchanged.
Hanging over
every effort to pre
pare for the 1998
congressional and
gubernatorial elec
tions is this daunt
ing fact: 25 cents of
every dollar raised
by the Democratic
National Commit
tee this year is ear
marked to erase
debt or to refund il
legal or questionable contributions
accepted last year.
Democratic leaders acknowledge
a fair amount of worry and grum
bling in the party ranks, but say it is
mostly unfounded.
“The momentum is there, the
donors are supportive and the ener-
Clinton
gy that I feel among the grass roots
of our party is palpable,” said Steven
Grossman, the Massachusetts busi
nessman who serves as national
DNC chair.
Moving ahead with party fund
raising efforts, Clinton was the
headliner Wednesday night at a cozy
$750,000 Democratic Business
Leadership Council dinner. There,
just under 60 people paid between
$10,000 and $15,000 each for beef
tenderloin and a 20-minute speech.
Clinton repeatedly stroked the
donors with gratitude.
“Again, let me say I’m proud of you.
I appreciate what you’ve done and I
hope you will continue to make your
voices heard,” he said.
The DNC is $12.7 million in debt,
and the party has committed to re
turning, by June 30, some $1.5 million
in 1995-96 contributions.
“It would be nice if we could keep
all the money we raised for cam
paigns,” said Illinois Democratic
Chairman Gary LaPaille, head of the
Association of State Democratic
Chairs. “But it does no good to sit and
cry that the sky is falling and hang your
head low. Our job is to keep morale up
and get our coffers filled.”
Party officials say the first-quarter
1997 numbers were encouraging.
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