April 17, 2013 Issue

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Associate  professor  and  student  collaborate  to  publish  children’s  book Page  7 April  17,  2013

Emmy  Award-­winning  actor  John  McGivern  helps  UW-­W  celebrate  â€œOur  Townâ€?  anniversary Page  10

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Holocaust  survior  shares  his  experience )` 3\JHZ >PTTLY 6WDII :ULWHU

%XW 6FKURHGHU DOVR VDLG KH VDZ heart-­wrenching  evidence  from  the  day,  despite  being  a  mile  from  the  EODVWV $V KH DQG KLV Âż DQFp PDGH WKH trek  north  from  Cheers  toward  their  KRWHO DPEXODQFHV Âż UH WUXFNV DQG D bomb  squad  whipped  past  toward  the  scene.  6FKURHGHU GHVFULEHG RQH PDQ who  was  overwhelmed  by  the  day’s  events. “People  were  shocked,â€?  he  said.  â€œThey  were  devastated.  I  saw  one  guy,  he  had  this  look—I  don’t  think  ,ÂśOO HYHU IRUJHW LW +H KDG WHDUV LQ KLV H\HV +H ZDV VKRFNHG DQG GLGQÂśW know  what  to  do.  All  I  did  was  pat  him  on  the  back  and  told  him  it  was  OK.â€? 6FKURHGHU VDLG LW LV XQFOHDU ZKHQ he  will  return  to  Wisconsin,  as  he  DQG KLV Âż DQFp KDYH WLFNHWV WR VHH Boston  Celtics  and  Boston  Bruins  games  in  the  coming  days,  but  is  not  sure  if  they  will  be  postponed.  As  the  smoke  clears  and  Amer-­ LFD KHDOV 6FKURHGHU FRQVLGHUV KLP VHOI OXFN\ 'HVSLWH Âż QLVKLQJ VORZHU than  he  had  hoped,  he  was  saddened  by  the  devastation  that  had  scorched  the  sanctity  of  a  pure  and  celebratory  event. “One  of  my  favorite  things  about  the  Boston  Marathon  is  not  the  race  itself,  but  the  people  in  it,â€?  he  said.  â€œThey  take  great  pride  in  it.â€?

Imagine  living  in  a  country  where  you  can  trace  your  ancestors  back  more  than  400  years,  yet  still  be  declared  an  enemy  and  tortured  because  of  your  beliefs. Imagine  attempting  to  escape  your  former  home  by  boat,  only  to  be  turned  away  by  nearly  every  country  you  attempt  to  enter.  ,W LV GLIÂż FXOW WR LPDJLQH EXW Col.  Phil  Freund  endured  those  hardships  during  his  childhood. Freund  spoke  about  surviving  these  hardships  and  other  parts  of  WKH +RORFDXVW WR DQ DXGLHQFH RI more  than  200  people  on  April  9  in  7LPPHUPDQ $XGLWRULXP LQ +\ODQG +DOO 6HQLRU %HFFD 0DUNV LV SUHVL GHQW RI WKH -HZLVK 6WXGHQW 2UJDQL zation,  which  sponsored  the  event. “I  think  it’s  important  to  have  an  HYHQW OLNH WKLV EHFDXVH +RORFDXVW survivors  aren’t  going  to  be  around  forever,â€?  Marks  said.  â€œIt’s  good  to  take  these  opportunities  while  they  are  available.â€? Freund  was  born  in  Munich,  Germany  in  1931,  two  years  EHIRUH +LWOHUÂśV election.  By  1935  in  Nuremburg,  Freund Jewish  people  were  no  longer  considered  citizens. +LV IDWKHU ZDV D YHU\ OR\DO *HU man  citizen  and  was  a  soldier  for  the  German  army  during  World  :DU , +H DGYDQFHG WKURXJK WKH UDQNV WR Âż UVW OLHXWHQDQW DIWHU FOHDU ing  out  an  entire  French  pillbox  by  himself. +RZHYHU ZKHQ KLV IDWKHU OHIW IRU +ROODQG IRU EXVLQHVV WKH JH stapo  accused  him  of  stealing  money  from  his  company,  and  he  was  killed  in  Dachau  concentration  camp,  Freund  said. For  Freund,  this  was  just  the  be-­ ginning  of  a  life  of  tragedy. After  hiding  in  his  father’s  pla-­ toon  sergeant’s  barn  and  working  on  his  farm,  Freund  was  able  to  OHDYH *HUPDQ\ IURP +DPEXUJ RQ WKH 06 6W /RXLV LQ 0D\ RI

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UW-­W  senior  runner  safe  after  participating  in  Boston  Marathon By Zach Hicks 6SRUWV (GLWRU

As  he  slowly  sipped  a  cold  beer  in  the  famous  Boston  bar,  Cheers,  on  Monday  afternoon,  UW-­Whitewater  VHQLRU *ULIÂż Q 6FKURHGHU OHW KLV PXV cles  relax.  Just  hours  before,  he  had  FURVVHG WKH Âż QLVK OLQH RI WKH %RVWRQ Marathon  and  his  body  was  tired  from  the  stress  that  running  26.2  miles  in  three  hours  and  11  minutes  had  put  on  it.  But  a  glance  at  one  of  the  bar’s  WHOHYLVLRQV FDXVHG 6FKURHGHUÂśV PXV cles  to  tense  up  again.  6FKURHGHU OHDUQHG WKDW WZR H[ plosions  had  gone  off  just  a  mile  away  from  the  famous  bar,  at  the  YHU\ VDPH Âż QLVK OLQH KH KDG FURVVHG and  that  people  were  hurt.  The  bombs  killed  three  people  and  in-­ jured  144  others. “All  of  a  sudden  we  see  it  on  TV  and  we’re  like,  â€˜what  the  heck  is  WKLV"ϫ 6FKURHGHU VDLG Âł$V VRRQ DV we  thought  that,  we  said,  â€˜We’ve  got  to  get  out  of  here,  we’ve  got  to  go  to  our  hotel.’â€? After  leaving  the  bar,  a  glance  VRXWK VKRZHG 6FKURHGHU DQG KLV Âż ancĂŠ  groups  of  people  heading  north,  away  from  the  wreckage.   Although  safe  and  headed  to  a Â

VDIHU ORFDWLRQ 6FKURHGHU DQG KLV Âż DQFp ZHUH FRQIXVHG DV WR KRZ D place  they  had  been  just  hours  before  ZDV QRZ Âż OOHG ZLWK HPHUJHQF\ SHU sonnel  rescuing  victims  like  it  was  a  warzone.  ³0\ Âż UVW thought  when  I  saw  the  TV  was,  â€˜What  hap-­ SHQHG"ϫ 6FKUR eder  said.  â€œIt  hap-­ SHQHG DW WKH Âż QLVK line  and  it  didn’t  Schroeder make  sense  be-­ cause  I  was  just  there.  That  was  my  ¿ UVW WKRXJKW Âľ+RZ FRXOG WKLV KDYH happened  and  what’s  going  on?’â€? A  news  helicopter  hovered  over  the  smoky  scene.  The  couple  headed  north,  trying  to  call  loved  ones  to  let  them  know  they  were  okay.  Due  to  heavy  cell  phone  usage  in  the  area,  the  two  were  unable  to  contact  fam-­ ily  and  friends.  â€œWe  couldn’t  get  a  hold  of  any-­ ERG\ UHDOO\ ´ 6FKURHGHU VDLG Âł, eventually  did  go  somewhere  I  could  get  reception,  but  then  my  phone  died.  As  we  continued  to  walk  north  we  saw  TVs  on  and  got  updates  from  that  and  we  just  kept  thinking  ,‘What  the  heck?’  It  was  crazy.â€? 6FKURHGHU KDG UXQ WKH %RVWRQ Marathon  twice  previously  and  has  also  participated  in  marathons  in  Milwaukee,  Green  Bay,  Madison,  Chicago,  New  York  City  and  Disney Â

World  in  Orlando.  It  was  his  13th  marathon.  Athletic  Director  Paul  Plinske,  who  had  a  sister-­in-­law  participating  in  the  race,  was  in  disbelief  when  he  learned  the  news. “I  received  the  text  and  just  about  dropped  the  phone,â€?  he  said.  Not  long  after  receiving  the  news  that  the  two  bombs  had  detonated,  Plinkse Plinske  learned  through  a  source  that  his  sister-­in-­ ODZ ZDV VDIH LQ KHU KRWHO 6KRUWO\ DIWHU WKDW KH OHDUQHG WKDW 6FKURHGHU whom  Plinske  knows  well,  was  also  safe.  Plinske  has  participated  in  over  a  dozen  marathons  and  ran  in  the  Bos-­ ton  Marathon  in  2002. “It’s  pretty  evident  that  runners  are  a  collective  group  of  people  who  share  the  same  passion,â€?  Plinske  said.  â€œThey  obviously  have  a  great  passion  for  the  sport,  but  also  for  liv-­ ing  life  to  the  fullest.â€? 6FKURHGHU DOVR FRQÂż UPHG WKH tight-­knit  community  that  runners  have.  While  eating  dinner  Mon-­ GD\ QLJKW 6FKURHGHU DQG KLV Âż DQFp spoke  to  numerous  marathon  partici-­ pants.  They  asked  each  other  where  they  were  when  the  bombs  went  off,  if  they  were  okay,  and  of  course,  ZKDW WLPH WKH\ Âż QLVKHG WKH UDFH LQ

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