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Often, who is a resident of
Santa Rosa. (,.ihf spends unit h
of Ins lime speaking to groups
around the world about Ins
mm .filtration t ump expert
mines
A Jewish native of Poland.
Oflen was only I I when World
War II slurbs) The blur k period
of tils life begun when lie and
his family were moved to a
Jewish ghetto in Oratow While
fie was there, thi' Na/is took bis
mother and sister and he never
saw them again
Of fen eventually bet time sep
united from his two brothers
Later, when Often was 1 t. sol
diers transferred him and Ills
father first to Plashow and then
to Auschwitz t nm enl r at ion
tamps
AI one point, the Nazis
forced Offen. Ills father and
other prisoners to make boots
for the demian army Some of
the prisoners were sabotaging
shoes so that the heels broke
off
When the soldiers disr uvered
what the prisoners were doing,
they look them and out and
shot them instantly
"I he leIt sense of what was
happening w.e one of terror.
()ffen said
Alter his father was killed at
Aum hvvit/ Off«■ n moved to
several other uimji' around Ku
rope The American .irmv finul
ly 111 < rated tin* ( .' fm.in ( amp
hi- was staving in mi May
Although *'•! nl In'- fi’InUvi-s
had died in stir i umps. in- Minn
learned lh.il his hruthiTs had
survived Afti-i m months of
scan hirig. he was iifilc to re
unite w ilfi (hem In Italy
Some time after. Ill- brothers
joined relatives in Detroit,
where Often slaved .for several
years
In hindsight. Olfen said he
c all understand to a degree
what made the Na/is do the
homlile things thev did
■‘They were not inhuman
the-, were licit rolxits tie said
they were people wild were
so Index Intuited in their lutte ol
jews lii.il they the .ght what
they were doing was a blessing
|!ei mise after .ill. they Inlsely
lie 11 e V ed t ti a t Jews killed
( lirisl "
hven though antiSemitism is
sulidueii in the United States,
often believes tile prominent e
ol David Duke proves that
many Americans hate jews
He found that there is a i er
tain number of people who
have Nil/.I ideas and ideology.'
Offen said
Often said he was surprised
to encounter some anti -Semi
Bernard Ollon
t ism frtmi the friends he stayed
with in Poland this summi t
lor example, one friend
didn't believe him .it first when
In told her th.it most Poles
wi re silent w hen the Nazis !*■
gun rounding up Jews He s.iid
she hod gotten her information
from the Kmtmn (.u t ho 111
f hurt h. which lie said has a
history of hating lews
Anti-Semitism is still
thriving throughout the world.
Offen said
Its gaining strength til l ause
we haie not dealt adenuatily
With tfie Holocaust. he said
Wll.lt happened Was so her
tendinis and so threatening,
that people are willing to say it
m y er happened
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Thev re \ h llni' of the
Reagan Bush it.i govern
men! and politics arc lire
prii!)!«ms. and the marked
pint c is On- ansvs t r. tie said
' I’olilif s is not a vs ay of life
for them
However, unipus politics
is i learlv a vs a v o I life for
some students about 1 I
pert ent
Students !i a i )iv ersit v . Ai
tess and Renewal in tvdiua
tion vsas 6v<-r whrl mi ngl \
successful in mobilizing sup
port for its progressive slate
.SHARK savs all but one of its
i andidates win or get into
runoff rai es
■SHARK represents the in
terests of several AS!() pro
grams, .ill of wfiicii stand to
gain the favor of a "progres
sive' student gov ernment
These sorts of election re
sults. along with negligible
turnout leave one wondering
who's voting for whom, and
whether the ASl'O is nothing
more than a sell perpetuating
entity
Kni(> i i'rguson attributed
iheir defeat lo AM O insid
er' voting anti tin- failure of
other students to get in
formed about student govern
ment anti vote
One of our tug goals was
to raise voter turnout," t er
gusun sail! t hat s tile only
wav students" tain have true
represent.it ion
I guess vve didn't get v lit
ers interested enough to get
then, out anti v ole. k ing
said
King also blamed the i'mvr
.iht for not endorsing AM O
Kvt ul IV e < andldates, thus
contributing to the idea that
tile AM’O elections are a
waste of lime
\V ti 11 e c o n g r a t u I a ting
Lei- lore and wishing them
the best of luck next year,
king wonders il anything
will roallv t liange in i-.AU'
Suite '1
V\ ill) tile people irivoiv ed.
! can t help hut think it s go
ing to tie more of tile same,”
king said
CANDIDATES
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Us m>,i! dI encouraging development
\\, n< i d .1 healthy mix of rosnirnli.il and commercial develop
ment dmviilimi) I .vans said You don't roll tin- sidewalk up at r>
pm
James '!//>" W'hetstine
Whetsttne is running .1 strong pru-eo\i
rumminl raiupaign I ho r>.i-ynar-old South
ern I'urifir Railroad yardmaster is .in livid
whitewaler re Iter iitui .1 sell-dost rdied na
ture Unrr
I have .1 rr.i! ioni um for the luad-beur
mg 1 a jiai 1: s t> f the environmnnl,"
\\ hi a si inu s. 1.. i "I'm 1 urn ornod afioul what
will hr (inn. to thn land lor money
Whetsttne supports efforts to protet t wet
lands in West Kugene and to rejuvenate
downtown with new leslilential develop
mi-nl
During tin- past JO \r.jfv W f ■ ‘ ,. iisg vvith hi** hl.i< k. «inh\
hat anil ( iga- has brioimi a lamiliar lam III hu^'in1 politics His
t alil|lai^li s|< a; ill 'I//V. What a M iv. 1 Shciulcl [..ink hike. Ills his
fltil!I!*i)V atll st v le
What ili> vihi i r.'ler polltii s . : :■ mai hi In- salt!
Bush ratings stabilize
U \SH!\'(,U)\ (AP) Pres
nirii! Hush s .I> approvui r.i!
mg w h; • h drop pell sic.nl i! y
Min c the end ul the Persian
(hill War, appears U> have slain
li/ed. according to an AIK.
News Washington Post poll
II the election were held to
day. Hush would h.tve a 7 point
lead over likely Domocratli
nominee Hill (Hinton, Pi 17.
compared to .i J point victory
margin shown in polls taken in
Man h
1 he new survey was released
Monday
Party-three percent of Ameri
cans ni the AIK Post poll ap
prove ul the way Hush is doing
ins job. up from hi pen tint
the lowest oi Ills president V
in Mart h. the poll said
liS cull
the telephone pull vv.
d... 11 ! April among
1,00 I randomly selet li d adults.
y% ith .1 margin ol error oi plus
or minus i c' peri enlace points
II Texas billionaire Boss
Perot decides to run as an inde
pendent. lie would ilraw his
support about equally from
Hush ami Clinton supporters,
the poll said
III a three man ra< e. Bush
would still w .n today, w ith ,IH
portent, followed by Clinton
with, ii pert ent and Peru! yvith
Z ' pel i ent tile poll said Bush
and Clinton eai II lose t 1 points
w hen Perot's name ts added
The poll said Perot gets dl
peri ent of tils support I run i He
publicans. J 7 percent from
Demos rats and hi percent from
independents
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