OBSERVER Vol. 102 No. 8 November 2, 1994 Page 1 Hope and Survival Holocaust survivors tell how they were saved by Oscar Shindler Jeana C. Breton Page 2 Conference Call The existence and future of north America Michael Poirier False Alarms Security reminds students of safe procedures Pedro Rodriguez Classifieds and personals Page 3 Mazzy Star And Jesus and Mary Chain too… in concert Noah Mullette-Gillman Wes Craven’s New Nightmare Freddy’s back, or is he? Noah Mullette-Gillman Page 4 Faces at Bard [Amber Boehm] Jeane C. Breton [Noah Mullette-Gillman] Jeane C. Breton Page 5 Aid for Cuba Bard student joins caravan Eric Schwartz Cooking Column Jeane C. Breton Page 6 The Autumn of Bard Sports Fall Varsity sports wrap up some successful seasons Joshua Ledwell Cartoon Page 7 Linguistics Comes to Bard Lara M. Taylor Page 8` Calendar Place ftnt dUI · ltainp here. Reaular rate $0.!2. lnternaUonal · JUbKrlptwna may vary • .o Volume 102 Number 8 Bard College, Annandale-·on-Hudson, NY 12504 · ·November 2, 1994 "A half truth i~ a whole lie.'~ -- Yiddish Proverb Contents ··~ North America : Conference Classifieds ·and Personals Fire. safety rules '. ·. ~ .. Mazzy Star. -:·.··· ~: ~-:.:·.:.. Wes Craven.'s.· New Nightmare .. · ~ Faces of Bard Kuba Beck addressing a p~cked Olin Auditorium last Wednesd~y. Cphot~: ~ha~ Ehrlich) - . § . • . Student aid for Cub.;l · Ho_pe and survival . Cooking Column· ·Holocaust survivors tell how they were saved by Oscar Shindler ciD . ~· .· r.tyou can sur­ that the ~"'Nazis started giVing us [the Jews] a members asking hiS family, ''Why don't I join s·ports. Jeana C. vive thirty days with­ lot of trouble... (we) were made to wear ann- you and go with you and we'll be together?'' out food,. and three bands and... were harassed whenever oppor- They7 however, declined so that he could re­ Breton days without water, tunity arose." :Mr. Beck's family consisted of ·main and help other Jews {by smuggling food " Smoke fuckin' Editor-in- · butyoucannotsurvive himseH,hisparentsand two brothers(] older, into the ghetto, etc. with the help of his non­ heroin" Chief even three minutes lyounger)whotogetherownedandoperated Jewish friends). His family was slaughtered, without hope." This a paint and hardw~ store, but in 1940 their and he was not .. eliminated' because he had a II w~told to HelenBeck, business was taken over by the Nazis. In 1941, machinist's work permit. a victim and survivor a closed ghetto was established nnd all the In 1943, a conce!ltration camp was con­ Holocaust survivors of the holocaust, by a Jewish woman who Jews were forced to move there, including the structed over a Jewish grave site, and Mr. Beck knew medicine, and she agrees that if it Beck family. In 1942, the Nazis decided the was forced to move there. Among other thi!tgs ·· ·· article continued were not 1'for hope and faith, we would not ghetto was overcrowded (there had bee,n.34 11thatareeven unpleasant to talkabout" (that the be here." Helen Beck and her husband, families residing together, in miserable con- Nazis did during this move), they also wiped Linguistics Program Ktiba Seck, shared their experiences ofhow · ditions, in each apartment~ and began an out hospital nurseries where babies were born, . they made it through W\'VII alive as Jews elimination pr~ ''much like the one de- and all bodie;s were _61lr:i~ in. a ~__ grave. at Bard 11 (with the help of Oscar Schindler) last picted in the movie Schindler's List. • Conditions~ this ca!J:lp were horrible,~~ he said. ·Wednesday in Olin Auditorium. Their 'The people really believed (at the time} Everyone wa.sforced to work 12hours (or more) Natural Chill~~s Comic· presence was sponsored by the Bald Jewish that they were going to be resettled into a a day. For b~ast. th~ prisoners were given Students' Organization, and an entire audi­ forced labor camp,'' but only a few days later · coffee, for lunch they were given soup uthatwas torium .full of people showed up to hear · the ·tran5p(>rt that had carried. the 'extra, ~ostlywater''andfordinnertherewasoneloaf *Deadline for Next Week'slssue is this them speak. - deemed useless' Jews out of the ghetto was of bread per six people. The corriadant was also Friday. All submissions welcome •. discovered to have gone to an ~elimination ~'a bloOd thirsty man'" who enjoyed killingpri~ 1 Kuba Beck began with his story. He - Just drop in campus mail.* was born in Poland and was 17 years old camp~ where the Jews were murdered and oners randomly and even had his dalmatians when WWII began. In 1939, Mr. Beck said intended to be made into soap. Mr. Beck re- continued on page 7 Confererice Call The existen~e llfld.future of·North Ameri~a . ..... Over American Culture" by David anywhere in the world to take Powers such as China, Japan, Rus­ anti-immigrant sentiment, which Michael the weekend, Rieff. Rieff is a senior fellow at advantage of tax and tariff rates. sia, and India. They may end in will act to stem the tides of un­ Bardhosteda the World Policy Institute in New Countries will soon compete for actual hot wars or in the bank­ wanted peoples. Besides, he as­ Poirier conference York City, and author of Slaugh­ needed jobs much as states in ruptcy of one side in an expensive serted, "I think immigration has News titled "Is terhouse: Bosnia and the Failure America fight to lower taxes to arms race for exotic modern peaked and there will be less le­ There A of the West. An e:xpert on_ the encourage the growth of new weaponry. Lind saw more nations gal and illegal immigration Editor twenty years hence." N o r t h former Yugoslavia, Rieff had re­ industry. in the world-perhaps 220-but America?" turned from Sarajevo only a day Rieff pointed to the muted they would function within inter­ Ideas from the conference have already filtered into Bard Spo nso~ed earlier. national response after the national relations in the same way bytheHenryLuceprofessorsl)ip, Rieff saw a shift underway Tiananmen Square massacre in they do today. academics. Professor B~ruah the seminar took place at the Levy in the power structure of world Bejingasanexampleofthefuture · Lind-also debunked the idea has assigned seminar material Institute and examined the forces politics. "The power behind the power of business interests. Light that increasing immigration would to at least one of his classes, of fragmentatimi. arid integration n-ation-state is being leeched U.S. sanctions were lifted quickly weaken the strength of the nation and other professors may fol­ present in the continent today. away,'~ he said. Special interests when few other countries fol­ state. Right now, he said, we are low suit. So be prepared 11 ·.Discussion during the con- and powerful businesslobbiesare lowed and American business experiencing the first strong reac­ should someone ask you, lS ferencecentered on whetheruni- weakening elective and legisla­ howled at the loss of markets in tions of national populism and there a North America?" rv- fying forces, such as the North tive institutions, while parlia­ China. He said provocatively, American Free Trade Agreement mentary power is weaker in Eu­ "There seems no reason why, in (NAFfA) would dominate the rope. Meanwhile, state bound­ a society with no morals, business Classifieds and perso11als future, or if regional interests in- aries have become porous, ad­ should have morals." side the continent's countries mitting record numbers of im­ Continued Integration Ifyou are interested in getting November 16,1994. Winner gets a would1ead to breakup of Canada, migrants both legal and illegal, Rieff's views, though held involved on the AIDS Committee, free diimer for two at their favorite Mexico, and even. the United which, in Rieffs words, is "de­ by the majority of those at the please contact Professor Lily Red Hook Restaurant. States. stabilizing the nature of national conference, were eloquently Halstead, Professor Jean Churchill Conference attendees came identity." challenged by Michael Lind. At or Dean of Students, Shelley Mor­ !!!BOBBA FETI!!! Thurs­ fromuniversitie~,magazinesand The speaker was quick, the last meeting of the seminar, gan through Campus Mail. The day, Hotel Rhinecliff 10:30 p.m. newspapers, and po1itical parties. however, topointto national elites Lind painted a picture of the fu­ current members are: Lily Halstead Present, among others, were Anne . rather than to displaced persons ture 100 years from now as still (Co-Chair), Jean Churchill (Co- . Ok,I'vebcencelibatetoolong. Legare of Canada's Parti Quebe- as the cause of the changes he dominated by nation-states. Chair), John· Pout, Maureen It's Nov2, for those of you who 11 cois, Michael Lind,. editor of perceives. It is the people who While noting that frag­ Forrestal, Allen Josey, Shelley know what that means. All inter­ Harper's magazine, and New run this world who have changed mentation and integration are Mo.rgan, Stacey Meadow, Jennifer ested please apply in person. - . YorkerwriterMarkDanner. Pro- this thing, not the immigrants," both potenti~ea~~ Lind ridiculed Shykula, and Jennifer Lewenson. Steph C. fessor James Chace and Janet . Rieff insisted. · the conventional wisdom that the Kettler ran the seminar,and Bard He predicts that multina­ United States, the continent, and FOR SALE: Dot Matrix. 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