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We see change is slow, change She gave an account of her experience at Executive News Editor recently sent to the Holocaust Museum in is incremental, but we believe that education the Auschwitz concentration camp with her Washington D.C., Germany and the Agahozo- can and should move us to action, and active- mother by her side, describing a chaotic scene Anna Ornstein, a Holocaust survivor who Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda. ly engaged citizens can and will raise a moral with barking dogs and screaming crowds. pursued a career in psychiatry, addressed Summit referenced the significance of voice to make real changes in our society and “I heard my mother tell my cousin that 200 people in a packed ASEAN Auditorium hearing from a Holocaust survivor at a time in our world,” he said. the heavy, sweet-smelling black smoke could in Cabot Intercultural Center yesterday. when their numbers are increasingly few. Jennifer Gray, a member of the Cummings be human flesh burning,” she said. “I believe Ornstein, who survived Auschwitz and several “There will come a time in your lifetime / Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide almost instantly, my mother realized that we work camps, detailed her experiences in the … when people will not be able to meet and Education, then gave a brief introduction for were in an extermination camp. She grabbed book “My Mother’s Eyes,” copies of which hear survivors of the Holocaust tell their story. Ornstein, emphasizing the importance of my hand, and from here on, we did not dare to were available at the event. Her lecture was But you can now, and people in this room will resisting hatred and preventing future atroc- lose sight of each other.” the 2018 keynote address of the Cummings / be able to say to your children, God willing, ities. Ornstein, her mother and a cousin were Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide that you heard a survivor from the Holocaust “We are at a crucial moment in history, selected for labor. Their heads were shaved, Education. speak,” he said. when many are choosing to either forget or their clothes were removed and they were Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, the outgoing Jewish He also spoke about the intended goals deny the events that happened 75 years ago,” made to wait for their selection in barn-like chaplain and Neubauer executive director of Tufts Hillel’s genocide-education program- Gray, a sophomore, said. “It is our responsibil- holding chambers with only grass to eat. She of Tufts Hillel, gave the opening remarks. ming. ity to make sure that the world never forgets.” said her father, grandmother and other mem- Stressing the importance of innovative pro- “Some people will tell you that you can For the first 40 minutes of the event, bers of her extended family were taken into gramming, he spoke about Tufts Hillel’s var- never change the world, you can never end Ornstein read from papers. The last 20 min- ious educational programs about genocide genocide, it’s beyond us to fix what’s broken utes were reserved for questions from the see ORNSTEIN, page 2 with the support of Joyce and Bill Cummings, in society. We don’t believe that at Tufts … [or] audience. IGC hosts discussion on past, future of Greek life at Tufts by Conor Friedmann Staff Writer Yesterday evening, the Inter-Greek Council (IGC) and its Diversity and Inclusion Task Force hosted a discussion in Cohen Auditorium entitled “Greek Life at Tufts: Where We Were, Where We’re Going” about the the history of Greek life and its current state at Tufts. The discussion focused on diver- sity and inclusion, shaping campus life and impact on the national Greek life scene. About 40 people were in attendance. Charlie Trantanella (E ’89), author of the book “Brown and Blue and Greek: A History of Fraternities, Sororities, and Early Student Organizations at Tufts University,” gave a pre- sentation on student culture and develop- ment, social justice and Greek life at Tufts. Trantanella was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity while at Tufts. He began his presen- tation by talking about the history of student life at Tufts since the university’s inception. “Student life was just not something … [the administration] cared about. Student life was left to the students,” Trantanella said. Trantanella walked the audience through the history of Greek life at Tufts, which began with the formation of Zeta Psi and Theta Delta Chi in 1855 and 1856, respectively. CHRISTINE LEE / THE TUFTS DAILY These first fraternities established Tufts’ Greek life representatives speak at the Inter-Greek Council’s “Greek Life at Tufts: Where We Were, Where We’re Going” student panel in first undergraduate publications, according to Cohen Auditorium on Apr. 18. Trantanella. Trantanella also described the history of as fraternities, while also establishing scholar- Tufts for over a century,” Trantanella said. “The first fraternities published annual sororities at Tufts, the first of which, Alpha ships for women to study at Tufts. Black Greek-letter organizations estab- yearbooks and ‘The Tuftonian’ publication, Delta Sigma, was founded in 1895 and would He also emphasized the history of black lished scholarships and attracted black stu- which became The Tufts Weekly. They also eventually become Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII). Greek-letter organizations at Tufts. organized sports teams, like baseball and Trantanella described the sororities as hav- “Historians overlooked black Greek-letter see GREEK LIFE, page 2 crew,” Trantanella said. ing similar contributions to campus social life organizations, which have a rich history at Please For breaking news, our content archive and recycle this exclusive content, visit Contact Us NEWS............................................1 COMICS ......................................7 newspaper P.O. 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I reminded the children that we are “Once a minority is scapegoated, however, Managing Editors Arman Smigielski Associate Editor the gas chambers. in a multiethnic, multi-religious country, and … ever-present racism, anti-Semitism and Elie Levine Executive News Editor From Auschwitz, Ornstein and her fellow that we have a document, the Constitution, xenophobia are reactivated,” she said. Daniel Caron News Editors Juliana Furgala prisoners were shipped to a labor camp in that [safeguards] the democratic principles In particular, she criticized a trend of xeno- Melissa Kain Anar Kansara Poland, where they worked in a stone quarry on which our country has been established,” phobia. Robert Katz Arin Kerstein through the summer of 1944. In the fall, they she said. “The Constitution does not protect “The manner in which the current Simran Lala were taken back to Auschwitz and given tat- all its citizens equally; however, as a whole, the anti-immigration trend is fueled by deeply Sophie Lehrenbaum Natasha Mayor toos. From there, they were taken to a factory concept has been moving in the direction of entrenched racist attitudes, I am afraid, is Seohyun Shim Emma Steiner in the Czech Republic and were liberated by tolerance and acceptance of differences.” not too different from the … centuries-old Joe Walsh the Russian army on Armistice Day, May 8, Ornstein described how her attitude had anti-Semitism [used] to ensure the passage of Jess Blough Assistant News Editors Jenna Fleischer 1945. Ornstein returned to Budapest, where changed after the 2016 elections. Describing anti-Semitic legislation,” she said. Liza Harris Daniel Weinstein she finished high school and married Paul her experience growing up in the Third Reich She expressed hope, however, in America’s Sean Ong Executive Features Editor Emma Damokosh Features Editors Ornstein, whom she had known before the and Communist Hungary after the first World future, referencing the civil rights movement Jessie Newman German occupation of Hungary. She studied War, she emphasized the importance of not and affirming her faith in young people. Emma Rosenthal Michael Shames medicine in Heidelberg, Germany, living in taking American democracy for granted. She In a question-and-answer session after her Fina Short Grace Yuh the homes of S.S. officers and Nazis. stressed that there are far more differences lecture, Ornstein answered questions about Jenna Fleischer Assistant Features Editors Ornstein focused the bulk of her talk on a than similarities between these environments her career in psychiatry and scholarship in Kenia French Ilana Goldberg comparison between the current threats to and the U.S. in 2018. psychoanalysis, her relationship with Judaism Michelle Kwon Ameenah Rashid democracy in the United States and the polit- One similarity she mentioned is the blam- after the Holocaust and how she reckoned Alison Epstein Executive Arts Editor John Fedak Arts Editors ical environment in 1930s Germany, char- ing of a minority group for society’s economic with grief.