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, . g/~^4 j This Day In USC History § I ^VT November 5, 1959 - The Carolina Coquettes joined the \ iff—"I ff—*1 g^\ USC Marching Band. The group became a trademark of \_yfy V_>/ |_A_7 I ^-^7 the Marching Gamecock within three years. Beyond Nuremberg USC conference investigates relevance of Holocaust to modern atrocities by Rachel Helwig EtCetera Editor Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, Cambodia. People herded into cattle can like animals. Haunting discover ies of mass graves. A people robbed of their wealth in the name of religious superiority. A people robbed of their dignity in the name of racial cleansing. Hunger. Rape. Mass murder. The genocidal atroc ities of Wbrld Whr II were enough to frighten society for lifetimes to come, but for some inexplicable reason, in countries around the world, these acts are repeated time and time again. Physical walls • have come down, but the walls of race, creed and religion still re main. This is the focus of the second “Beyond Nuremberg” confer ence, which ends today. The conference, sponsored in part by the Schoftim Society, whose purpose is to help explore the ethical ram ifications of modem legal issues and how they relate to the biblical tradition, features such national names as Ernestine Schlant and Daniel Jonah Goldhagan. History professor and panelist Robert Herzstein said that the pur pose of the confemce is to “elevate knowledge and raise consciousness as to how the past directly relates to current events.” “I think that Faulkner said ‘the past is never past,’ and that’s what we’re trying to show here: how it is still relevant today,” Herzstein said. “Even the history here is not history, it’s how it affects how we deal today with events.” According to Herzstein, by bringing together leading authori ties and activists, the conference is able to deal with many issues concerning genocide and mass murder today. “By looking at how people deal with such things in the past, we are able to see how the international community relates to geno cides today,” Herzstein said. Because of their far-reaching relevance, Herzstein believes that these issues should be of interest to not only academicians, but com munity members and students, as well. “We have people like Anna Rosmus, whose work began when she was this age,” Herzstein said. The plight of Rosmus could be seen as a metaphor for the pur pose of the “Beyond Nurembeig” conference. Imagine that instead of going to classes every day, you were spit upon by your town, ha rassed by your teachers and almost ostracized by the people that you had grown up with. And imagine having to bring a bodyguard with you everywhere you went because of threats against your life. That’s no stretch of the imagina tion for Rosmus. At the age of 20, Rosmus wrote an essay for a competition detailing the Nazi history in her hometown of Pas sau, Bavaria. What began as an essay soon obsessed her with the sordid de tails of her town’s involvement. She soon discovered that people she had known all of her life - her teachers, her priests, her neighbors - had ties to Nazi generals or had participated in the -Holocaust themselves. Her portrayal of these revelations wasn’t accepted in the town, and she was soon con sidered a traitor. “It was people that had raised me, the mayor, the editor of the local news paper who congratulated me, who cel ebrated me. When I started looking at those other parts, I was con sidered a traitor - to have one of your own, one from the inside? That was a problem. The charming, sweet old men that encour aged me were not really that. It was the insider that they encour aged,” Rosmus said. Rosmus continued to research the town’s involvement and has since written seven books on the subject of German reaction to the Holocaust. An Oscar-nominated movie, “The Nasty Girl,” was made based on her life and discoveries. Despite the towns reputation, it continues to host neo-Nazi meetings that Rosmus claims are “not really ‘neo.’” “There is a generation who shut up about it, but those ‘values’ were passed on. It’s not really a renewal, but people can see things publicly now.” Because of this, Rosmus continues to research and speak out against the activities of her town and Germany. She has recently been instrumental in getting school curricula to include a separate chap ier oil uie nuiucau&i, wiuui piuiiie^ me jew^ nui umy ab viluiiu>, but also telss of their accomplishments as well. However, Rosmus doesn’t see herself as a role model. Instead, she sees herself as a “seeker of truth,” something she believes all people should be. “People are learning too late and years are being wasted not teaching children to look behind the words, behind the scenes. Be ginning in elementary school, people should be taught to be more aware and more concerned,” she said. Since Rosmus began this questioning in her town as a girl, she implicitly feels that the younger generations can have an impact on the issues. “It doesn’t have to be huge issues, but those daily problems in our own neighborhoods are often more appropriate. In our neigh borhoods and in our classes, we have to gradually challenge them,” she said. Special to The Gamecock Developers eye Appleseed s last orchard byRobin Estrin Associated Press L^OMMSTER, Mass. — Johnny Appleseed’s hometown might lose its last working apple orchard because, after all, money does n’t grow on trees — it comes from new subdivisions with four bedroom homes. The owner of Sholan Farms has asked the city for permission to convert its 50 acres of apple trees and cupola-capped bam into 161 residential lots. The issue goes to the very core of a place that for years has been dealing with its changing identity from a rural outpost to a Boston bedroom community of 41,000. Leominster (pronounced LEM in-ster) is also known as Pioneer Plastics City and the birthplace of the plastic pink flamingo. “How could you let a piece of property like this get developed?” said David Chandler, who has leased the orchard since 1983 and comes from a long line of apple growers. “It’s just a perfectly gor geous piece of land.” With sweeping views of hills to one side and a valley to anoth er, the land could go the way of other farms in the area. Colonial style housing developments stand on nearby hillsides where cows once grazed and trees once bore fruit. About an hour’s drive west of Boston, Leominster has attracted people looking for a more pristine and safer place to live. New busi nesses, particularly in high-tech, have cropped up nearby, bringing young employees with money to spend. New homes sell for as much as $350,000. Leominster didn’t start capitalizir^ on its Johnny Appleseed con nection until a decade or so ago, when business leaders and city of ficials realized its marketing power. Today, the Johnny Appleseed rest stop greets visitors on Route 2 as they approach the city limits. A marker designates the spot where the historical society is “95 percent sure” Appleseed’s home was built. And an annual festival in September — marking Appleseed’s birthday, Sept. 26,1774 — honors all things apple and New Eng land, from pies to sauce to orchard-scented candles. ' Never mind that Appleseed—real name: John Chapman — on ly lived in Leominster until he was 6. A nurseryman and a minister, Appleseed didn’t scatter seeds across the country, as myth has it. He did, however, realize the prac tical need for apple seedlings and moved ahead of the westward heading pioneers, starting nurseries with seeds he bought from cider mills in Pennsylvania. He sold and gave away trees to the struggling settlers, for whom apples were a dietary necessity. With that history in mind, local folk find a sad irony in the idea of losing Leominster’s last remaining apple orchard. The land has been owned since 1978 by Dr. Paul Possick, a Leominster native but now a dermatologist in Woodcliff Lake, N. J. He has filed paperwork with the city to subdivide the orchard. Once the subdivision plans are approved, Possick “probably would either develop it or sell it,” said his lawyer, Peter Dawson. Mayor Dean Mazzareila hopes that the city will be the eventu al buyer, but the price tag will probably be in the millions. More than symbolism is at stake in the case of the Sholan or chard, Mazzareila said. Selling it to housing developers is “like putting vinyl siding on a historic house,” he said. Campus Notes Pollution Solutions to tour campus Students Allied for a Greener Earth and the National Environmental Trust will sponsor a Pollution Solutions Tour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday in front of the Russell House. The tour will showcase products to buy that will help consumers reduce threat of global warming. Alter native fuel vehicles will also be shown. CHDC offers workshops The Counseling and Human Develop ment Center is offering a “Healing the Wound: Recovering from Loss” work shop for those who have experienced loss, both obvious ones like death and less obvious ones like changes in lifestyles. This workshop will describe a healing process and provide time for discussion and sharing. For more information or to register, call 777-5223 SG to hold Safety Walk Student Government will be holding Safety Whlk ‘99 at 9 p.m. Thursday. Those interested should meet on Greene Street in front of the Russell House. For more information, call the Student Govern ment at 777-2645 CPR course to be offered Health and Wellness programs will offer an American Red Cross Adult CPR course from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Blatt 110. Cost is $20. To register, call 777-6518. NAACP to hold first annual food drive The USC Chapter of the NAACP will hold its first Harvest Fest Can Food Dri ve. All organizations have been invited to participate to make a positive impact in the lives of those who are less fortu nate. Bring canned foods and other non perishable items to the RH Ballroom start ing at 6 p.m. Thursday. Food and enter tainment will be provided. For more information, call OMSA 7774330. Drop-In Center extends application deadline The Open Door Drop-In Center has ex tended its deadline for applications until Nov. 12. Students will staff the Drop-In Center and help other students with nu trition, fitness, stress, blood pressure and body-fat percentages. Stop by Health and Wellness Programs for an applica tion. For more information, call the health center at 777-8248. AAAS to sponser spring break cruise The Association of African-American Students is sponsoring a five-day Spring Break Bahamas Cruise from March 6 to 10. For more information, call LaTonya at 544-2254. Deadline for securing a spot is Nov. 16. Briefs for Campus Notes can be submit ted to RH 333. Please include a contact name and phone number. We can’t promise to print everything, but we can promise to try. Buy 12 Wings - - Get 12 Wings Reel ! 2000-18 Clemson Rd. 7587 St. Andrews Rd. 2347-C Augusta Rd. I NE Columbia, SC Irmo, SC W.Columbia, SC I (803) 419-0022 (803) 781-0084 (803) 791-0260 I Check out our menu and more at www.carolinawings.com Dine-In Only - Not Valid with Any Other Offer - One Coupon Per Person Offer Expires 11-30-99 The Fiue Points Book Shop 716 Santee Avenue in Five Points 803-799-7182 QUALITY USED & OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD drbooks@thestate.infi.net • www.abebooks.com/home/DRBOOKS mru~ ■ f5! 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