~------------ ~-----~ -- ---- ~150 YEARS~ 0 -;llrf~. J.;c . .}<- SAINT • Y'S I I) I I I C. I Tuesday, December 6, 1994 • Vol. XXVI No. 63 ~ NOTRE DAME ·IN !i TliE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAtv1E AND SAINT MARY'S Kedem on 'Schindler's List' Resident Assistant Concentration selection underway camp surv1vor By ETHAN HAYWARD be in good standing with the News Writer University, meaning they speaks of should be free of disciplinary As the end of the semester problems with the administra­ . approaches, many students are tion. experience planning their living arrange­ Prospective RAs must also ByTOMMORAN ments for next year. Among the complete an application form, News Writer planners are those applying for submit three letters of recom­ positions as resident assistants mendation, and be interviewed Knowing that he was sup­ in the University residence by the hall rectors before they posed to be dead has given halls. are appointed. Zev Kedem a new appreciation Application forms became The application form for life. according to the sur-. available last Thursday to requests a candidate's educa­ vivor of WWII concentration prospective seniors and gradu­ tional and employment back­ camps and former member of ate or professional students. ground as well as his or her ac­ "Schindler's List," the group of Bill Kirk, the Assistant Vice tivities and the residence hall Jews rescued from the camps President for Residence Life, in which he or she wishes to by German industrialist Oskar emphasizes the qualities one serve. Schindler. Kedem gave a lec­ needs to possess in order to It also requires the applicant ture about his experiences last serve as a resident assistant, to submit a statement of philos­ night at Washington HalL including leadership within ophy, which provides screeners Born in 1934 near Krakow, one's residence hall, personal with his or her ideals for resi­ Poland, Kedem was forced to responsibility, deep religious dence hall living, how he or she move in with his grandparents convictions, and a clear sense perceives the role of a resident in that city when the Nazis in­ of what to do in given situa­ assistant, and his or her rea­ vaded the country in 1939. tions. sons and qualifications in The Observer/ Nicky Batill Kirk referred to resident as­ applying for the position. The Nazis were allowed to Holocaust survivor Zev Kedeem lectures on his experiences as one treat the Polish Jews as poorly of the people on Schindler's List. sistants as "one of the most im­ Recommendation letters are as they wanted: "Everything portant positions in campus prepared preferably by was justifiable for the war attic to avoid the Nazis, and help. life. What they [RAs) do is University faculty or staff mem­ effort," Kedem said. Kedem's pleading to his The times that Kedem spent tremendously important to the bers and a former employer of The only Jews 'that were al­ grandparents prevented them in this and other labor camps student body in its relations the candidate. lowed to stay in Krakow were from swallowing the poison as a boy were what have given within itself and its develop­ Those recommending the those that held a work permit, that would keep them from him his appreciation of life. ment as a community." students are asked to comment which basically gave its hold­ Nazi capture. He realized that "It was very Bret Dooley, an RA in Grace on the applicant's personal ers the "right to Jive." Those Kedem's father, who now obvious that I wasn't supposed Hall, calls the position traits and work ethics as well without permits were put on resided in the nearby work to be alive during that period." "rewarding" despite the time as to relate any significant trains and, according to the camp (the setting of much of Kedem was alive at a time commitments and personal experiences they may have had Nazi regime, "deported." But, "Schindler's List"), knew that when all the Jewish children sacrifices the job entails. "It with the candidate. as Kedem said and we all now the camp was the only place in under 13 in Poland were sup­ takes a person who is willing to The deadline for the applica­ know, deportation "was a fan­ which Zev could avoid "depor­ posed to be dead. But some­ make those concessions to tions and recommendations is tasy." The nonessential work­ tation." He had Zev smuggled how, this tiny boy managed to serve as an RA," he said. January 20, after which they ers were in fact shipped to the into the camp in a truck laden convince his captors that he Dooley regrets some the re­ are screened by Student Affairs "factory of death" at with valuables looted from the was older, or at least that, as strictions the position sets on senior staff members for the Auschwitz. homes of Krakow Jews. Kedem said, "Yes, I'm small, his time, but over all enjoys the applicants' gpa's and any nega­ Included among the Jews The valuables were bound but I eat less, so I'm more effi­ job, which enables him to get tive recommendations. earmarked for "deportation" for Arnold Goetz, the comman­ cient for the war effort." better acquainted with Grace The Office of Student Affairs were those under 13 years old. dant, who kept most of them During this period, for students and staff and to better then notifies the hall rectors Kedem was only 9. At the for himself and gave a token Kedem "Each day staying alive serve the Notre Dame commu­ which candidates have been time of the last deportation, he percentage to the war effort. was wonderful encouragement nity. approved for further consid­ and his family were forced to Kedem managed to escape the for the rest of my life." Even Potential RA candidates are eration. These applicants are hide in their "pigeon coop" storage bins with his father's required to have a minimum see SCHINDLER I page 4 grade point average of 3.0 and see SELECTION I page 4 • CAMPUS liFE CtH!NC!t Study space to increase for exams By EDWARD IMBUS hours, and advertising News Writer announcing the final plans. The expenses are expected to Students will have more be significant, he said. places to study for final exams, Part of the Security Building thanks to the efforts of a CLC may also be opened to stu­ subcommittee. dents, according to subcommit­ The announcement that tee chairwoman Kate McShane, twenty to 22 rooms in who plans to meet with O'Shaugnessy Hall, 8 rooms in Assistant Vice President the Hayes-Healy Building, the William Kirk tomorrow to dis­ first floor of La Fortune, North cuss the idea. At the last CLC , Hayes Dining Hall, and the Hesburgh meeting, according to minutes, Library will be opened for ex­ Kirk was amenable to the con­ North Dining Hall, tended hours directly before cept. & La Fortune's and during finals, once the sub­ While emphasizing that only committee finalizes the ar­ the availability of First Floor, will be rangements with the various O'Shaugnessey and Hayes­ open until 3 a.m.; administrative departments, Healey are confirmed, Miss was made last night during the McShane was confident that Library will be bi-weekly meeting of the the other sites would also be open 24 hours Campus Life Council. made available to students. The new study areas are Other places considered by planned to be open until 3 a.m., the subcommittee to have open except for the library, which were South Dining Hall and will be open continuously. Debartolo Hall, but they were Student Body President Dave set aside. South Dining Hall, Also during the CLC meeting, Hungeling announced that McShane said, had poor light­ North Quad Student Senator Student Government will spon­ ing for late night studying, and Sean Sullivan introduced a pro­ sor all expenses stemming from the cost of reserving Debartolo posal to mitigate disciplinary The Observer/ Nicky Batill the extra study space, such as was thought to be excessive. actions for parietals violations Slice of pie the cost of monitors as required Requesting that Rockne by revoking a student's privi- by the University, the expense Memorial Gym stay open was Notre Dame junior Sean Moran takes a large bite of his pizza in the not consider.ed as an option. Huddle at LaFortune Student Center. of keeping the library open 24 see COUNCIL I page 4 - --------------------- page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Tuesday, December 6, l994 • INSIDE COLUMN • WORLD AT A GLANCE Santa Claus writes his autobiography BOX OFFICE When bun-runs Top_ week_!:ll_d • _ Santa Claus, aka St. Nicholas, Pere The first Christmas present he gave Noel, Father Christmas, Bafana as he was money enough for dowry for three just don't cut it is known in Italy, has written his auto­ unmarried daughters of an impover­ mov1es biography at long last, aided and abet­ ished man in Patara. Weekend of December 2-4,1994 ted by a Texas journalist. At first mistaken for a thief, he left All dollar figures in millions Jeff Guinn of the Fort Worth Star­ 12 silver coins in their stockings, which Gross to date. weeks in Weekend anymore Telegram, editor of "The enabled them to marry and live happy release. number of screens gross Autobiography of Santa Claus: It's lives. The Santa Clause $11.4 1 $84.6, four weeks, 2,333 screens Better to Give," set up an interview As time went on, he realized that his - - ~ ~--- -- "Knock knock." with the jolly old man for The philanthropy would require help.