OSU to hold events in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Week

By LILY MIDDLETON News Contributor

Holocaust Memorial Week, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Week is an annual event that takes place with the purpose of honoring and remembering the victims of the Holocaust.

The genocide which took place from 1939 until 1945 targeted minority groups such as the Romani people, disabled people, members of the LGBTQ+ community, political prisoners, in addition to the six million Jews who were murdered under the Nazi Regime. Further, the Holocaust resulted in the displacement and PTSD of millions of survivors.

In the last week of April, Oregon State University plans to hold the annual week of memorial event, which includes Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 27.

This year will be the 37th annual OSU Holocaust Memorial week.

The OSU Holocaust Memorial Week is organized by a committee of community members which works to ensure the events are respectful, informative and engaging in addition to reaching a wide audience. The events planned are structured to raise awareness of the Holocaust and its impact on the world, promoting tolerance and understanding and inspiring people to take action against hate and xenophobia.

By VINCENT HO News

Leftover spaghetti that you are throwing away is causing food waste — did you know that you could instead revive it by turning it into a pie?

Many may fail to realize that Americans waste about 25% of the food that they purchase. Not only that, the food waste is using 25% of our fresh water and wastes enough energy to power the country for over a week.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Food Recovery hierarchy shows that the biggest impact that can be made to food waste is reducing it from the source.

The Food Waste Prevention Pilot Program at Oregon State University found that on campus residents waste about 1.3 lbs of food per student outside of dining halls every week.

During the Food Waste Prevention Pilot Program — a program that was dedicated to seeing how the amount of food waste in dining halls could be reduced — three strategies were tested to see if the program could reduce the amount of food waste. The program ended up reducing the amount of food waste from the participants by 51%.

The three strategies were: tracking food waste, having prompts to eat leftovers and signing a pledge.

Kaylee Smith, administrative program manager for Materials Management and a prominent researcher in the pilot program, said tracking food waste is the most effective tactic.

“On average, participants in the study reduced their waste by 51% over 4 weeks. This is likely due to greater mindfulness surrounding wasted food as the result of regularly tracking edible food waste,” Smith said.

Using prompts gave residents a constant reminder of why they should want to eat their leftovers.

These prompts include ideas ranging from money that could be saved, the environmental impact of food waste and social impact of not eating leftovers.

Residents signed a pledge and displayed a photo of themselves in the resident hall lounge. The objective of the pledge was to show that residents were making an effort to reduce food waste which caused more residents to want to do the same.

“When people see other people carrying out a behavior and you like the behavior you are more likely to follow out the behavior,” Smith said.

Another way that food waste can be saved is through composting.

nutrients. It improves soil structure. It retains water, decreases runoff and feeds beneficial soil organisms,” according to the Oregon State University Extensions website.

According to No Food Left Behind Corvallis, while composting is better than using a landfill, there are other alternatives that lead to better outcomes including feeding it to animals and donating excess food.

Reusing leftovers into new recipes is another way of reducing food waste. NFLBC has many recipes from locals in the community that can repurpose leftovers into a meal.

From turning leftover chicken into chicken with Indian spices, to turning leftover spaghetti into a pie, there are many different recipes that will reduce the amount of food waste you produce.

NFLBC is is a program of the Waste Watchers Team of the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition. According to their website, their “team was asked to develop this program in response to the mind-blowing statistics about the economic, environmental and social impacts of growing food that is never eaten.”

Their website has a myriad of ways for anyone interested to start watching their food waste. This includes a meal planner, shopping planner and a wasted food discovery form.

Keynote speeches by survivors, film screenings, panel discussions and exhibits of artwork and artifacts are examples of events held in the past, as well as observances among local middle and high schools which relate to the topic at an age-appropriate level. In terms of this year's events, the Holocaust Committee has planned six events which will be offered both in person and online, all of which have registration available on the Holocaust Memorial Program website.

EVENTS:

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April 17, 1:00 p.m.

Film Screening (remote only, live via Zoom)

German Statute that criminalized sexual relations between men but not between women. This statute also predated the Nazi Regime; however, the Third Reich then revised it to be more cruel and more broad.

ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA: THE NUMBERS, WHY

THEY ARE SO BAD, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THEM

April 18, 7:00 p.m.

Public Talk by Stephen Paolini (hybrid)

CHINA AND THREE ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

PANEL DISCUSSION

April 19, noon. (remote only, live via Zoom)

THE LIGHT OF DAYS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF WOMEN RESISTANCE FIGHTERS IN HITLER’S GHETTOS

April 19, 7:00 p.m. Book Talk by Judy Batalion

DRAMATIC READING - PERFORMANCE ON CAMPUS (AND STREAMED VIA YOUTUBE)

April 20, 7:00 p.m.

CLIMATE CHANGE, PEACE, AND GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE

April 21, 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

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“(They were) two outstanding historical programs that now operate under a multidisciplinary scope of survivor care,” Sullivan said. “Survivor care and advocacy have been vital parts of our community for years under the guidance of a few different programs and organized efforts.”

According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, someone is sexually assaulted in the U.S. every 68 seconds, that’s over half a million victims each year despite sexual violence rates having fallen by half over the past 20 years. 13% of all college students experience sexual assault or rape.

Sullivan said survivors and others in need of support can reach out to the CAPE team, many members of which are experts in advocacy and preventative education, as well as OSU’s Counseling and Psychological Services for 24/7 crisis care, emotional support, and more, all of which is confidential. Sullivan said off-campus resources include the Linn-Benton County Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence (CARDV) and Sarah’s Place for services like crisis care and survivor support. There are also resources like RAINN’s confidential hotline for survivors.

Sullivan encourages students to educate themselves on principles like bystander intervention and consent.

“In the simplest terms: see something, say something!” Sullivan said. “A well-

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Ave) informed and committed community is a community conducive to effective Sexual Assault and Interpersonal Violence prevention. Removing the stigma and lack of knowledge is the first step to building a safer community.”

CAPE’s professional staff was not able to provide immediate comments.

Please find the working schedule of SAAM events as of March 30 below, details may change:

Working Sexual Assault Awareness/ Action Month (SAAM) Calendar

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5TH: RHA X CAPE SAAM TRIVIA NIGHT

• 6-8pm, MU Ballroom

• Join the Residence Hall Association (RHA) and Center for Advocacy, Prevention & Education (CAPE) Team for a SAAM trivia night to kick off the month’s events! Topics will include legislation, history, activism, campus and community resources, and pop culture. There will be prizes and free food! Sign up here to create or join a team.

MONDAY, APRIL 17TH: CAPE, CAPS, EOA & OSU ASSIST OPEN FORUM

• 4-5:30pm, MU Horizon Room

• Join representatives from Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS), the Center for Advocacy, Prevention & Education (CAPE), the Office of Equal Opportunity & Access (EOA), and OSU Assist to ask questions and provide feedback about the services and resources each organization offers.

TUESDAY, APRIL 18TH: CHIPOTLE

DINE-OUT

5-9pm, Chipotle Mexican Grill (Monroe

• Coordinated by Fraternity & Sorority

7th Social Justice Student Conference guidance to student team members.

Life, proceeds from this dine-out will go to the Center for Advocacy, Prevention & Education (CAPE) Survivor Fund. Contributions support existing programs that provide direct assistance to survivors of gender-based violence, and sustain the development of programming that aims to create lasting social change and eliminate gender-based violence in our community.

TUESDAY, APRIL 25TH: SAAM

ACTIVITY FAIR

• 11am-3pm, MU Quad

• Join the Center for Advocacy, Prevention & Education (CAPE), the SAAM Planning Committee, and campus and community organizations for a SAAM activity fair! The goal of the fair is to bring our community together to share resources, promote upcoming SAAM events such as Denim Day and Take Back the Night, and give people an opportunity to engage in SAAM-related creative activities.

○ Organizations tabling at the Activity Fair include the Residence Hall Association, Westminster House, Beaver Advocates, the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence (CARDV), Students for Reproductive Freedom, Sarah’s Place, Diversity & Cultural Engagement, Hattie Redmond Women & Gender Center, CAPE, Operation Period, and more!

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH: DENIM

DAY (ALL DAY)

• Denim Day, typically recognized on the last Wednesday in April as a part of SAAM, emphasizes the importance of folks in power demonstrating their support for survivors. Denim Day originated from a 1999 ruling by the Italian Supreme Court overturning a rape conviction. The justices reasoned that since the survivor was wearing tight jeans when she was harmed, she must have helped the perpetrator remove her jeans, thereby implying her consent. The following day, the women legislators in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the survivor—a particularly significant show of support because jeans defied the Parliament dress code. Denim Day has since grown into a national campaign that encourages our leaders, community members and students to wear denim to protest the misconceptions surrounding sexual violence and show their support for survivors.

• Denim Day is the longest-running sexual violence prevention and education campaign in history. We invite our OSU community to take part this year by wearing denim to express solidarity with survivors and commit to action to prevent sexual violence on our campus. Tag @cape_osu in an Instagram story of your denim on April 26th to be entered into a prize raffle!

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH: TAKE

BACK THE NIGHT

• 6-10pm, MU Lounge

• Take Back the Night is an internationally recognized event that brings communities together to believe and support survivors in a safe, confidential space. This year’s Take Back the Night at OSU will feature keynote speakers, student performers, a survivor