) Victim, protector reunited
JERUSALEM (AP) - For 2lA
years, her family hid from the Nazis in
a stifling dugout, too low to stand
upright, too cramped to move, depen
dent on a Polish farmer for food, water
and protection.
A half-century later, 73-year-old
Fanya Gottesfeld Heller was reunited
Tuesday with her protector’s daughter,
Irena Sidorovna.
“Thank you,” Heller, who now
lives in New York City, said in Polish
as her eyes filled with tears. “You
helped save our lives.”
Although providing refuge to Jews
was punishable by death, Sidorovna’s
father, Izydor Skowlowski, hid Heller,
her parents, and her younger brother
Arthur on his farm from 1942 to 1944.
Skowlowski, who died a decade ago,
was honored for his heroism in an
emotional ceremony Tuesday at Yad
Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial.
Sidorovna, dabbing her eyes, laid a
wreath of pink flowers in the memori
al’s Hall of Remembrance and unveiled
an inscription listing her father as one of
the “Righteous Among Nations.”
“I hope the horrors of war will
never happen again,” she said.
After the Nazi occupation of
Ukraine in 1942, Skowlowski, who
had worked on a building project with
Heller’s father, hid the Jewish family -
first in his attic, then in a bam and
finally in a dugout next to the chicken
coop, behind a false wall.
The dugout was too low to stand
upright, Heller remembered. “There
was no air, no light and no water.”
The family was totally dependent
on Skowlowski for food and protection.
Sidorovna, then 6, was told
Heller’s “parents were her uncle and
aunt, and Arthur and I her cousins,
but that it was a big secret,” Heller
wrote in her book “Strange and
Unexpected Love, A Teenage Girl’s
Holocaust Memoirs.”
The child was warned “she must
n’t tell anyone - not the priest, and not
at school,” Heller wrote.
And Sidorovna “never did. On only
one occasion did I hear her speak of us -
to Rex, the family’s German shepherd:
‘Don’t tell,’ she warned the dog, ‘or I’ll
slice you up and put you in the soup.’ “
On Tuesday, Sidorovna recalled
her childhood fears about what would
happen to her family if the authorities
found out they were hiding Jews. She
recalled a search of her house - but
the secret hideaway was not found.
Heller said her family tried to find
the Skowlowskis after the war, but
failed. In recent years, she learned
that Sidorovna - the last surviving
member of the family - was alive and
living in Skala, Heller’s hometown.
Parking classes are possible
By Sarah Baker
Assignment Reporter
If you want to learn something,
you’ve got to pay for it.
This philosophy may be promi
nent in most segments of college life;
but if ASUN has its way, students at
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
soon may be able to take a class that
actually will save them money.
UNL’s Parking Advisory
Committee heard a presentation at its
Tuesday meeting from the
Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska concerning
the possibility of a parking education
class. If approved, the program would
allow students to pay only part of
parking fines, provided they also take
a class on UNL parking procedures.
ASUN President Curt Ruwe, who
made the presentation, said ASUN
has received overwhelming student
support on the idea.
I “I want to initiate a discussion of
this idea with the committee and see
what they think about it,” Ruwe said.
“I think the class is good because it
will really give Parking Services a
chance to tell students what they don’t
know.”
Tad McDowell, manager of uni
versity Parking and Transit Services,
said he thought the idea was worth
considering.
“I think the idea definitely has
merit,” he said. “But I think it needs to
be done in a manner that doesn’t dev
astate the parking department. I want
to be real careful on how we proceed
with this.”
Ruwe said ASUN was working to
find out ticket statistics at the Lincoln
Police Department and information
about ticket classes at other colleges.
“We just want to find out if there is
general support to keep working on
the idea,” Ruwe said. “We are willing
to put a tremendous amount of time
into this and come back to you until
our faces turn blue, if that is what will
make this happen.”
McDowell asked ASUN to gather
more statistics about the idea and
come back to the committee next
month.
The committee also discussed the
annual Safety Walk. Parking
Committee Chairwoman Linda
Swoboda proposed only one walk in
the spring this year.
“I felt we were reviewing the same
problems over and over with two
walks, and I would rather focus in on
specific problems,” she said.
Kelly Hoffscheider, an ASUN rep
resentative at the meeting, suggested a
student-sponsored safety walk.
“It would help get students’ con
cerns heard,” he said.
ASUN is going to discuss possible
dates for the student-sponsored safety
walk and present those at the next
parking committee meeting as well.
McDowell also said the revenue
from the new parking garage is steadi
ly increasing.
“We are not disappointed with the
results, and as long as they gradually
increase, I won’t be disappointed,”
McDowell said.
Job fair successful for all involved
By Josh Funk
Assignment Reporter
There have never been more free
pens, glossy brochures and double
breasted suits in such a small area.
Employers, graduate schools and
students from all over crowded into the
rotunda of the Bob Devaney Sports
Center for the University of Nebraska
Lincoln’s 1997 Career Connections Job
Fair on Tuesday.
Employers and graduate schools
assembled displays highlighting their
best attributes in the hopes of recruiting
students.
“We are looking for top talent that is
willing to stay in the Midwest,” IBM
recruiter Cliff Schieier said. “And there
is tough competition for the best stu
dents.”
Students came from across the state
trying to make a connection for their
futures.
“I am looking for a career because I
graduate in May,” said David Wright, a
senior marketing major at the
University of Nebraska at Kearney.
“This fair is a great chance to meet dif
ferent companies and get information
about them.”
This year’s fair looked like a suc
cess, with a record number of employers
and good weather, Geri Cotter, assistant
director ofUNUs Career Services, said.
“We haven’t had any major prob
lems today, and it was a great day for it,”
Cotter said.
Recruiters came to the career fair
because of the wide variety of students
they can talk to, said Julie Eilers, an
Aliant Communications representative.
“Our positions vary a lot from tech
nical to management, and this fair gives
us a good chance to talk to different stu
dents,” Eilers said
Many students interested in gradu
ate schools were at the fair, which is
unusual for a fair with jobs and schools,
Indiana University recruiter Charles
Johnson said.
“It was well worth the trip for this
fair,” Johnson said. “Now we’ll just have
to see ifNebraska students make the trip
to Indiana.”
Career Connections offers its
booths at a minimal cost to recruiters.
“At other fairs they charge as much
as $1,500 for a booth,” Eilers said.
“Here, it is only $150.”
The only complaint recruiters
seemed to have about the fair was p6or
placement of their booths.
“We have a tough location here, but
we’ve still had some good interest,” said
Rich Greene, a Wallace Computers rep
resentative.
Career Connections also featured a
fashion show of business fashions and a
session exclusively for Nebraska busi
nesses.
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And the scon is.
The following Is a list of goals ASUN has set, and the progress it has made.
-Human fights Committee Chairwoman Sara Russel said her biggest project for the next two weeks
was tiepingtopian for the antal of Corolla Scott King. Russel said ASUN hoped to sponsor open forums
before and after the speech. Russel also said she and the sexual orientation subcommttee areTeaching
out" to other student organizations to isten to their concerns regaining the anfrhomosexual chaMngs
found on campus sktewaks two weeks ago. Russel said the sexual orientation subcommittee had only
two members, vdich she said made it Iraid to get things going.1'She said she wanted more people to
join the subcommittee.
-ASUN President Curt Ruwe said the government organizations had not had an opportunity to work
ctereclfy together during the last week because of homecoming; although al of Pe organizations parfiapatsd
actively in homecoming activities. He said executive board members of the four organizations would
infoimaly meet tonight
-Ruwe said ASUN met Tuesday vwtii the Paiking Servioes Advisory Board to dscuss the parking dass.
- Ruwe said Campus lie Gommltoe Chairman Kely Holfschneider had gathered testimonials from
people vPo ware hft whie crossing sheets on campus. Ruwe said ASUN would compie the testimonials
along wlh statistics from the UNL Pofoe Department P a presentation they would gkre to members of
UnooP dty officials wihP tee neat few weeks.
-Ruwb said Commitee for Fees Alocation Chairman Kendal Swenson encouraged more active
residence halpertidpaiionP the fees alocation process.
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-Ruwb said Vie Student Impact Team wotid suvey students about Pa fal break poicy. He said ASUN
would present the survey resets to the Calendar Planning Commitee.
-Ruwe said the proposed change P to NU bylaws was a'Mission aocompfished."The bylaw change
unanimously passed at last week* meeting of the NU Board of Regents.
-Academic Commtoe chairman Erik Hoegemeyer said hiscommlteesa was walPg to recekre surveys
from several coleges. Hoegemeyer said the comrritteeb goal was to receive surveys about arising
from every UNLcolega He said the corranttse should have al 200 to 250 surveys P three weeks, after
vPich they wA be‘totatieticaty analyzed* to ensure their accuracy and fePiess. Hoegemeyer said problems
wih advising had been an issue on campus for several years, and this adminislTation was taking action
to hep improve the colege advising. Ruwe said,‘Advising is somethPg that is so important to students.
Bad advising can lead to late graduations and cause problems wlh academic planning - that's why
we're so adamant about (nfxoving) advjsPg.*
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-Ruws said ASUN concentrated on homecoming activities last week, and wH Ishift focus" back to iget
the word ouT about ASUN this week.
—Ruwe said the ULC met P the Nebraska Union Tuesday at 8 pm He said the meeting’s fcxus was
treakPg down baniers.’The SIT met Tuesday.
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