Chinese Labor Camp Prisoner Addresses Colby Audience

Chinese lab or camp prisoner addresses Colby audience gas chambers in Ghina> Wu ex- BY JILL MORNEAU plained, the same things that hap- Contributing Writer pened in Schindler' s List happens in China everyday. Public executions Last Sunday evening, Septem- occur in the streets as a process of ber 28, human rights activist Henry "education," while the family is Wu taught a Lorimer Chapel audi- charged for the bullet and for the ence that "freedom is priceless." Wu cremation of the body. Right after told of his imprisonment in a Chi- the execution the body is often nese labor camp for 19 years, with placed in an ambulance where the virtually no hope of release or es- organs are removed and made ready cape. The conditions were so hor- for transplant, he said. Wu explained rendous that Wu even tried to com- that this kind of torture has hap- mit suicide. He was tortured in the pened to 50 million people in China camp, and his weight receded to 80 since 1949, and currently six or eight pounds. Wu became so sick that the million people remain within the prison officials had a coffinprepared Echo photo by Jared Lazzari labor camps. for him. Humanrights activistHenry Wu, Wu expressed his belief that After spending nineteen years States but would only take a couple Hitler physically exterminated hu- "refonnmg'' himself with Commu- of hours in China. The sale of organs man beings> while the Communists nist ideals; Wu became a human to wealthy foreigners is quickly be- mentally and spiritually destroy rights crusader, and returned to coming an eândmg»business:in uAeirpeopleandphysic_^yusethem Ghiria; s^retfy^trtf <^thês to visit Qhiria, .with ninety percent of the to help ;the regime prosper;- He prison îiipte and to filth abuses organs cbirang from prisoners. deemed the Communists rtiiuch , ; thit!#e_e1icc^ Wu told of the holocaust hap- smarter than Hitler. s -; ; Ec¦ ho photobuKriistind ¦Smith '¦^- p-Ppy, :: . ' ' ,'' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . •¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦: ¦'¦ ' ¦¦ . - ¦ ' ¦ merited th& s£le of organs to for- pening in China today. He com- questioned the fact that ^ ;:p ^p. x Y • . , Y . • • . P. Wu The Anthony-Mitchell-Schupf Residertce Ha ll wtis eigners from liabor cariTp prisoners, pared it to the Holocaust under ihe countries do riot boycott China f or dedicated last weekend. a process that would normally take control of the Nazis dining World its human rights abuses. Even Truste es Celebrate one and a half years in the United War II. Even though there are no See HENRY WU on p age3 AMS Dorm Dedication Presidents ' Council app roves made withheavy-duty vinyl; they BY PATRICK BERNAL are stronger than regular blinds senior apartment complex Contributing Writer and require significantly less In addition to the Presidents' most of my classmates has been , maintenance The beds and bu- BY AMY MONTEMERLO Council, student representatives awful, really awful... It seems This weekend, Colby wel- reaus in the halls allow for the News Editor from the Task Force on Residential pretty obvious to me that [exclu- comed many alumni and the construction of lofts by raising Life, including Jason Cherella '99, sively] senior housing is special Board of Trustees to campus in an the beds and by sliding the bu- Last Thursday, September 25, Erin Roberts '00 and Jonathan housing." effort to celebrate the dedication reaus underneath. Like all dorms President's Council voted twenty Sickinger '99, were present at the Ned Gignoux '99 spoke in favor of the Anthony-Mitchell-Schupf at Colby, the rooms in the AMS to six in favor of supporting the forum to further explain and an- of allowing students to continue to Residence Hall. residence hall construction of a senior apartment swer questions pertaining to the live of f-campus. Gignoux asserted On Friday ¦¦ are fully wired complex at Colby. This complex, senior apartment complex. that "students want to live off cam- ,cable evening, Sep- The new dorm... is forphone which would house approximately Many students attended the fo- pus and Waterville can use us... I tember 26, the and data trans- 100 seniors, is the brainchild of rum to voice their concerns with the don't understand why we couldn't dedication cer- touted for its mission. Colby's Task Force on Residential construction of a senior apartment put this capital into the academic emony began comfort and The resident Life, established last December for complex. Student concerns ranged buildings or something... since with student- faculty apart- the purpose of examining residen- from the exclusive nature of the com- there are all these off-campus practicality. , led tours of the ment occupied tial life at Colby. One of. many rec- plex to the reduced number of stu- houses." new dorm. A by Miselis Pro- ommendations which resulted from dents living off-campus. Many stu- . Last Saturday morning, Septem- reception for in- fessor of Chem- the task force's research was the dents felt that the senior dorm on ber 27, Baker and Marshall pre- vited students and trustees was istry BradMundyand his wifeMar- construction of an exclusively se- campus this year, Anthony- sented the Council's recommenda- held on the ground floor. garet, has 1,600square feet of space. nior apartment style complex on Mitchell-Schupf (AMS), has worked tion to the full Trustee Board. The The new dorm, called "the At every stage of construction campus. to separate and isolate the senior Board voted unanimously in favor , Palace" by many, is touted for its Colby students were consulted Last Thursday's Presidents' class. of the proposition, giving the col- comfort and practicality. The and their opinions were sought Council meeting featured an open Eric Sandler '00 said he believed lege the authority to begin con- dorm was designed to maximize by CBT architects of Boston, the forum, during which students were "seniors are partying and hanging struction. Baker noted that the main chance encounters arid incidental firm responsible for the design of invited to share their concerns or out more exclusively in AMS (this concern students voiced oyer the meetings among residents. the new dormitory complex. Even comments with the council mem- year)." Sandler further asserted that construction of the complex was to According toa pamphlet given as late as this summer, Colby stu- bers before a final vote took place. the senior class should "put up with "make sure that seniors are inte- , to all attendees of the dedication dents were flown up to advise Student Government Association the freshmen and sophomores, eat grated info campus.'* Baker per- the lounges in Anthony-Mitchell- during construction. (SGA) President Shannon Baker '98 in the dicing halls... to make Colby sonally recognized that the open Schupf The entire projectrequired 6.4 are capable of accommo- noted that the forurn provided ''one a rnore vibrant community." forum was extremely beneficial in dating up to 80 percent of the million pounds of concrete,40 tons last chance [for students] to yoke Polly Vizzoni '98 spoke from the attracting student input on the halls' residents at any given time. of concrete-reinforcing steel, and their concerns [over the senior apart- point of view of a senior who is not project: "1 think we got a, lot of The furniture in the lounges was 285 tons of structural steel. Con- ment complex)." Baker further ex- liying in the new dorm. Vizzoni also suggestions out of Presidents' designed by the Wleland Com- srructionlnvolvc-dtheuseofl80,000 plained that the purpose of the fo- raised tlie issue of a senior dorm Council." She also asserted that stu- pany with institutional purposes Colby^ricks.thesebrickswerede- rum was tb form a consensus which being considered as specialty hous- dent comments and criticisms in extremely effective signed specifically tow ithstand the mind; it is Baker and SGA Vice President Jill ;. :>y< ,'• ' ¦' would npt be overlooked; "We [at at res harsh treatment of Maine winters ing^ . - ' : .. isting stains and is easily Marshal '98 would he able b "It's really isolating as aisenibr Presidents' Council] were listen- rcj ; i ' and tomaintaintheirbright facade. paiîe;:;;/vlj: pppp $Qp;$re present to the Student Affairs Com- riofyo bein mat niew ddym,,, Coin- ing... we are going to use their equipped \yith Venetian li.iir.ds 'S^j^r^tidîaifi-' ¦ *•; i^^' mittee and the Board of Trustees. ing;back and being separated from suggestions^"'' : ^ A â- " ( ' Trustee Board visit s Colby Marshall. Museum, which will house most of BY BETSY LOYD Marshall, who sits on ihe Educa- Colby' s peiirtanent;coUeetkm ,which Contributing Writer tional Policy Committee, which met is in storage due to lack of space. Both Saturday morning, emphasized the c»r_5!mctionprojei^w^ Thetnistees,oveiseers,^dtnistee rnipprt^ceofstudentrepresentatives this spring. Used furniture for sale earteritimetatColbyforTrusteeWeek- at the committee meetings, saying, The draining and restoration of The Physical Plant is selling old furniture for reasonable prices. end this past Thursday, Friday, and "Certainly it is important to [have Johnson Pond and the renovation of Student dorm desks are on; sale for twenty dollars, chairs for ten Saturday, September 25-27. Included students] sit on these committees so the Dana residence hall and dining 'dollars', dressers for fifty dollars and mattresses for one dollar each. in the weekendprogram was the ap- that, if they need opinions about cer- hall werealso approved. The Trustee proval of the Senior Apartment com- tain issues, we're there." Board alsoapprovedtheone-cardsys- Old' SPA tables with the glass coverings are also being sold for ^ twenty dollars. If ainyone is interested in purchasing any furniture plex and several other building TheAnthbny,N_itc_ieU,andSc_hupf tem. or would like more information, contact Keith Stockford at _c3413. projects, as well as the dedication of residence hall was dedicated on Fri- Baker indicated how important it ¦ ¦:¦ (RL) ppp p- I pp pp .;.

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