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LUTHER COLLEGE
“Let the chips fall where they may.”
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APRIL 2, 2015
Serving the Luther College community since 1884.
VOLUME 137, NO.19
Regents Center adds new security measures
Holocaust survivor speaks
FRANCES STEVENSON STAFF WRITER
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EMMA DEIHL STAFF WRITER Despite living and working in concentration camps during her teens, 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Esther Bauer’s jokes about her life and history kept the audience laughing during her lecture on Tuesday, March 31 in the Center for Faith and Life. Bauer and her parents were sent to the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia in 1942. Her father passed away six weeks after their arrival. Bauer voluntarily followed her husband to Auschwitz concentration camp, where her mother was killed in 1944. “They took everything, even though we didn’t have much,” Bauer said. She lost her parents, husband, personal belongings, clothing and even her own hair, as she was forced to shave her head. Following her time at Auschwitz,
the Nazis sent Bauer to Freiburg, Germany, where she worked building airplanes. “We could hear the Allies flying planes over us, and we hoped they would hit our factory, but they never did,” Bauer said. She worked twelve hours per day for six days each week and received tiny portions of food. “We were given one slice of bread in the morning to last the whole day, a watery bowl of soup for lunch and another watery bowl of soup for dinner,” Bauer said. “You cannot imagine how hungry you can be.” Bauer and her fellow prisoners ate grass while walking from their barracks to work in an attempt to alleviate their hunger. After years of suffering, the Americans finally liberated Bauer from Mauthausen concentration camp. The first thing she did after she was liberated was to eat a Frankfurter she purchased on the street. “It was wonderful,” Bauer said. “I can still taste it. That was the best meal I have ever eaten.”
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SAC Leadership co-chairs Katie Blaser (‘16) and Molly Jordan (‘16) have been planning and organizing the event since last summer. “Our goal for this year was to plan some bigger events, and we thought her message about being positive and teaching the younger generations about the Holocaust is very important,” Blaser said. By communicating with Bauer’s agents, Blaser and Jordan had heard about Bauer’s reportedly outgoing and hilarious personality. “Fun fact: Esther always travels with her boyfriend, and she calls him her ‘boy toy,’” Jordan said. “She’s a hoot of a person.” Bauer’s boyfriend, Bill, always sits in the middle of the front row during her lectures and reminds her of details she forgets to mention. Blaser and Jordan agreed that the opportunity to hear a living Holocaust survivor speak about their experiences is growing slim, so HOLOCAUST, PAGE 4
All Regents Center entrances now require a student or staff ID to enter the building, excluding for the main entrance off of Circle Drive and the ramp door, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The policy has been effective since March 23. “There was a concern of unauthorized people utilizing the building, often while engaging in activity with inherent risks,” Director of Campus Safety and Security Bob Harri said. “Luther Safety and Security had a limited role in the security changes implemented at Regents Center but does support the effort.” ID readers are placed at the entrances used most frequently, except for the main entrance, with the intention of funneling all visitors through an area in which they can properly check in. “Any impact on students and staff should be very minimal,” Harri said. The ID readers are the same ones used in all Luther residence halls and therefore should not result in any issues for students. Staff members with old IDs may have worn out strips and would need to get a replacement from Dining Services. REGENTS, PAGE 4
Student earns funding for global initiative KASI MISSELDINE STAFF WRITER Fabian Pop (‘17) recently attended the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) in Miami where he received funding for his program to empower unemployed women in his home country of Guatemala. Pop is grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in this internationally renowned program and is enthusiastic about encouraging more Luther students to present their ideas to CGI U. “I want to spread the message that there are opportunities out there,” Pop said. “There are institutions that believe in the potential of young people to create projects.” Former President Bill Clinton launched the CGI U in 2007. It is modeled after the Clinton Global Initiative, which brings world leaders together to INITIATIVE, PAGE 4