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Thomas Jefferson STER Established in 1883 - f Woo: Voice February 21, 2003 On the Web: www.wooster.eduVoice Vol. CXIX, No. 19 Japanese detainees visit campus Vanessa Lasge Roosevelt's Executive Order in these camps. Ezaki was born on Staff Writer 9066 in 1942. Order 9066 a farm in San Jose, CA and was makes no reference to race or eight years old when Japan )' On Wednesday, two speakers culture, but effectively permit- - attacked Pearl Harbor. He recalled from the Speaker's Bureau of m the fear and uneasiness that the Japanese American "When the president apolo occurred after the attack. Citizens League gave,, a lec- "The whole mood of my fam- ture on the detainment of gizes for something, you ily changed. Everyone spoke Japanese Americans in know they were dead in whispers and the happiness Internment Camps during wrong," Ezaki, disappeared." World War II. This event was said Ed a Ezaki 's grandfather, who sponsored by the Office of former Japanese detainee. was not an American citizen. Multi-Ethn- ic Student Affairs. was taken away from his Feb. 19 is reserved as the ted the forced incarceration of home by the FBI. He was not Japanese American Day of Japanese Americans. permitted to finish his dinner or Remembrance, because it is the The two speakers, Ed Ezaki and anniversary of President Franklin Hank Tanaka, were both detainees See "Japanese-American- s, " pg. 2. - Betas meet with administration V - - "Our charter has Wagoner. "God-willin- g, if all Sarah Core been . ' News Edtor approved, but currently we are goes well, we'll be back on not recognized by the campus," campus next year." ' ' . 1 College officials and the mem- said Van Wagoner. Amma Addo '04, Inter-Gree- k bers of the section Beta Kappa "However, we are making it a Council's representative to u . - Phi met Wednesday to discuss point to be more visible on cam- Campus Council, said, "The v the approval of the Betas charter pus, such as attending Inter-Gree- k administration has agreed to and the steps that need to be Council meetings this reinstate their charter," pending taken for the group to be rein- year," he said. the next few steps that are made. stated on campus next semester. Holmes said that representa- "We're just trying to do things Dean of Students Kurt tives from the Dean's Office, the right way," said Van Wagoner. Holmes said, they met "to talk Safety and Security, Student Holmes said that while there about how the process will and Life are to work Activities Residential still kinks out - ii m tmt i n begin this spring." and Housing will be meeting between them and "the College aTi i in The section originally lost their early next week to talk about and the Betas may differ on the Photo by Sarah Coke charter six years ago after a judi- the details with the Beta's exec- means and timing ... we share cial incident. utive board. the goal of supporting positive Gala marks twentieth anniversary Holmes and the Beta's new Van Wagoner said that the sec- growth in the Greek System." president, Adam Van Wagoner tion needs to pass a "series of As to Housing for the section Kory Sutherland '06 and Arvit Antonio Gonzalez '05 ham it up for '04, who was elected this past checkpoints with administra- next year. Holmes said that the camera as they dance the swing to the live band Blue Lunch at week, discussed the preliminary tion" before any final decisions pending approval, "the Housing Gala this past Saturday. Feb. 15 was Gala 's twentieth anniversary, steps that need to be taken so are made as to the Betas status. Office is operating under the and in celebration, the Art Wall was lined with selections of Voice that the Betas can come back to "Our common goal is to get working assumption that the articles, photos, and descriptions of each year. campus as a legal section. back on campus," said Van Betas will be in block housing." Speakers Events Announcements e: declare major 225 Faculty-at-Larg- John Lindner 226 Black Speakers Alive! 221 Last day for sophomores to Severance Hall, 11 a.m. Lowry Lounge, 12 p.m. 225 CD Heaven 225 Great Decisions: "International and 227 to 31 "Twelfth Night": by William Shakespeare Lowry Lounge, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Domestic Homeland Security" Directed by Ansley Valentine 31 Off-camp- us study forms due Major General Stewart, Scheide, 7 p.m. Freedlander Theater, 8:15 p.m. News 2 Editor: Sarah Core Assistant Editor: Christopher Beck Japanese --Americans speak out about WWII camps TT continued from page I. Becoming organized and vocal about this time in history was get dressed and no one was essential to receiving the apolo- informed as to where he was gy, but it was also a struggle. being taken. Many surviving internees Despite his family's efforts to were unwilling to talk about i i 1! II family because they run away, Ezaki and his experiences 1 their .1 i were eventually sent to a camp were ashamed. 0 in Gila River, Arizona. The Japanese American "I remember being forced Citizens League stil has trouble r6nto a train by soldiers with finding people who will speak rifles," he said. At the camp, he, about it. But finally in 1980, 750 his mother and his father had surviving internees gave testimo- one room with just enough room ny to their experiences. "Their to open up their three army cots. stories were heart-wrenching- ," Outside, seeing scorpions, said Tanaka, "I cried." me snakes and lizards was common, One major question that ..; - - as was getting bitten. Tanaka brought up was "Why He "Eventually they were able to didn't people protest?" '. escape to the other side of the answered this question with three barbed wire," he said, "while we reasons. First, the Nisei (second f t ', were still stuck inside." Ezaki generation Japanese Americans) stayed in the camp for three were at an average 18 years old. A. years, from 1942 until 1945. They were still young and i Photo by Pamela Miller Mr. Tanaka didn't speak much naive. Second, in the 40s civil Ed Ezaki speaks 4 a filled room on Wednesday afternoon in Lowry, talking about his experiences in one of about his own experiences but disobedience was not nearly as ns the ten concentration camps set up within the United STates for Japanese-America- during WWII. concentrated on the historical common or accepted as it is a life in America," Ezaki and political aspects of the situa- now. And lastly, Japanese cul- three were arrested and jailed. discrimination and violence. of better said, I thank God every day tion. Tanaka played a large role ture places emphasis on not Throughout the years that Many chose to move east. Of "And myi grandfather's vision." in the redress movement to get an bringing shame to one's family Japanese Americans were the 120,000 detainees, around for even went on to serve official apology from the and dealing with adversity rather detained, the U.S. was experienc- 11,000 moved to Chicago along Both men the arrried forces, Tanaka dur- American government. than fighting it. ing a shortage of workers. Many with large numbers in Denver in This' apology was finally Despite these reasons, howev- detainees were allowed to leave and Cleveland. ing WWII. Tanaka and Ezaki cur- granted by the Civil Liberties er, there were individuals who to go work, as long as they did Despite everything that these Both rently reside in Cleveland and are Act of 1988. "When the presi- put up a fight. Three individuals not return to the West Coast. men went through, neither Tanaka of the Cleveland dent apologizes for something, protested the implementation of After the war, those that did or Ezaki expressed any contempt active members the , Japanese you know they were dead an 8 p.m. curfew. Between return to California and the West for the U.S. Government. Chapter of League. wrons." said Ezaki. March and April of 1942 all Coast faced horrible prejudices "My grandfather had a vision American Citizen's Attention Seniors The Registrar's Office would like to remind YOU of the following; In the Viewpoints section last week,; Jeff Dickson '03 was misrepresented as a sophomore. He is currently a senior. An 5:00 p.m. The LS. submission deadline is March 24 at editor erred. seal the . The College is requesting that you do NOT use the official of The illustration in the Features section last week on page 6 was College on the Senior Thesis.