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KIRKER Continued from page 1 Kirker was enthusiastic about history and she was determined to become a professor. The Leah Kirker Scholarship Memorial Fund, which will award scholarships to outstand ing history GTF'a, was l>«i»g established in remembrance of Kirker. Kirker whs inspirational to people who knew her. Rondeau, who had met Kirker only a short while ago and who left the [xxli um with tears in her eves, spoke of Kirker's energy, warmth, vitality, and tremendous love of life which had inspired her. I have had a great deal cd trouble finding the words to write for tonight," Rondeau said "I loved I.eah for so many things " Many of the other speakers agreed (hat Kirker was opti mistic, loving anil impossible to dislike. They said she had such a complete life, and it was hard to use ordinary words to describe her and the effect she had on those who cared for her Enrique Arias, a friend of Kirker's since I'180. brought a letter to the front of the room to road. The letter was from anoth er friend of Kirker's. John Schmor. who hod known Kirker for si* years and had once lived with her and her fiance. Andrew DoRycke Schmor now fives in Missouri and hod not seen Kirker in a year. "I want to snv I miss l-eah. but somehow it storms to soon. I still have so much more to learn from Iter."Schmor said Paul Willis, n junior theater major, said he would rememlter Kirker fo rher smile Continued from Page 1 iiti* n Sennit! ttuit consisted of "inexperienced individuals who have no idea of how to nm themselves "Having impressionable. inexperienced individuals handing out incidental fees and representing students m the University Assem bly is in no way in the best interests of the student body." Rohrnr ( limey said In making its <!<■< ision. the < ourt may lc>"k at the wording of the hollo! measures that eliminated the IK', in order to determine whether students intended to merely transfer the IR' into the Stu dent Seriate, or whether only the function of the ll ( was transferred into an entirely new entity. I he i ourt must also dis ide whether tin* restructured Student Sen ate is in fad a new senate, in which raise some seats may Is' dis lared vac ant, or a modified senate, which may allow some offer led sena tors to keep their seats A dec.ision !>v the court is expec ted sometime near the end of the week. Rachel Kraft (left) and Rachel Rubin sing together at a candlelight vigil to commemorate those killed In World War II. Coed Capers ,. .. —... FROM THE PAST: A dote with, not one, but five men was promised to the woman selected as 'Dream Girl" during the 1946 Coed Capers Five basketball stars weie "all for" the chance to take the lucky woman out to dinner on the following -—---1 Hlf PHOTO Sunday The traditional frolic - barred to all men - was a program of skits ‘packed full of laughs ' fnose attend ing voted for the '.Dream Girl" dressed in costumes Admission was 35 cents and was donated to the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs. SHOAH Continued from page 1 lot of talk about sexism and racism little is belng lone to t omlwit these problems She saul earlier Monday, while tiding her bicycle home from campus, someone at a fraternity called her u dyke and threw a bunch of stones" at her as she rode by "If you don't think it can hap pen here it does. Mai said Clare hinlierg. who identified herself as a Jewish lesbian, also shared her feelings about dis crimination. "‘Hie reason I'm Jewish and I'm gay is not Ikm ause of anti seme tism or homophobia." she said ''Then* an* a lot of intrinsic things that we have to offer. What makes us keep going is not anti semitism or homophobia, hut what we have to offer " Several people at the vigil read poems or letters from those who experienc ed the ffolor aust Mai shared a letter signed "A Pink Triangle Prisoner" w ho h said that in concentration tamps, pns oners were given badges with special colors to identify at a glance what kind of prisoner tliev were. In the camps, she read, homosexuals were given pink tri angles Lynn Reside k. a JSU member, read poems she had written about her grandfather, a Holocaust sur University of Oregon Center for Asian and Pacific Studies presents 1994 Asia-Pacific Film Tour Best of the Haivai'i International Film Festival April 6 and April 14-16, 1994 All showings free and open to the public. Bi st New Films i rom Asia and the Pacific (all feahm- til ms lo be shown at the Bijou Theata, 492 E. Hth) Wednesday, April b, 130 pm IVs’wn from the lake of Scented Souls China, 1992 Panel Discussants: Xie J et, diaitor Wendy Larson, East Asian Languages & Literatures Fu Ping, Asian Studies Thursday, April 14, 1:30 pm Boatman of the River Padtm India, 1992 Friday, April 15,1:30 pm So/ryonje Korea, 1993 Saturday, April 16, WO pm Southern Winds Indonesia, japan, the Philippines, Thailand, 1992 Panel Discussants: lit fin 1 Arboteda, CAPS Nancy Lutz, Anthropology Alan Wolfe, East Asian Languages & Literatures Maythakul Kiatgrajai, Kasetvirt University Co-sponsored by the Eugene-Springhdd Asian Council, Oregon Council for the Humanities, Oregon Film and Video t Wfke, and the University of Oregon Foundation, Cultural Forum, Humanities Center, Southeast Asian Studies, Center for the Study of Women in Society. Women's Studies Program, and Office of International Affairs For more information, contact the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, 110 Cerlinger Hall at (503)346-1521. vivor Rachel Craft, student direc tor of Hillel. shared a poem called " The Cist Butterfly " written bv a child in a camp. Clare Kinberg rend a Citnent for the Gypsies." which called Gypsies "people who pructii ed without preaching what they believed " Participants at the vigil also sang Jewish songs in Hebrew and in English Hillel volunteer Aliie Kinberg said one of the songs, i ailed Eli Eli. was written by poet Hannah S/enes S/.enes served in the Israeli army and became involved in acts of resis tance against the Nazis during World War II Kinberg said another song, by Naomi Shunter, vs as written in the aftermath of the Six Day War. when the Jews returned to Jerusalem and found their homes destroyed. In her closing remarks. Alice Kinlrerg cautioned the vigil par ticipants, telling them that "you should alway s tie watt hful You should always be ready to defend those who are smaller or weaker " She also encouraged resis tance against discrimination "It was those who resisted who kept the spirit alive," she said of con centration camp prisoners Other Shoah Week events inc hide: a movie on Tuesday about the Neo-Nazi movement in Germany; a lecture Wednes day by author Kenneth Stern, who will lecture on Holocaust Revisionism, a Memorial Ser vice for all who died in Shoah on Thursday at the Temple Beth Israel; and a Shabhat Din ner Friday given by Hillel. RECYCLE THIS PAPER
