tl20011105-000 "Monday www.thetowerlight.com Wer Published twice-weekly by students of Towson University 1 1/5/01 Conservation a priority at TU 3 Bateman opens newest location 9 Huskies halt TU win streak at 16 15 B-ball's Halloween' a hit 16 Departments News 3 Taking Stock 4 Campus briefs 5 Nation 7 A&E 9 Sound Bites 10 In the spotlight 11 Sports 15 Athlete the Week 18 Op/Ed 22 Cultural collaboration BSU and Hillel sponsor forum to remember 'Many Thousands Gone' Cailin McGough The Towerlight Wednesday Towson's Black Student Union and Jewish Student Association, Hillel, will make their first collaboration, presenting ""Many Thousands Gone,"" a forum focusing on African-American slavery and the Holocaust. This is the first in a series of events co-sponsored by the two organizations. Held in Chesapeake III in the University Union from 5 to 7 p.m., the forum will be facilitat-ed by sophomore secondary education major Rebecca Dupas, public relations co-chair of BSU, who currently interns at the Holocaust museum and volun-teers for the Jewish Studies office at Towson. Dupas proposed the idea of hosting an event focusing on the joint topics. ""I knew I could discuss the topic in depth, and I could actu-ally bring facts and people to the university,"" she said. ""It will be something good for students. Although the histories are very different, we want to discuss the parallels. If we can open up the mind of one student it will be beneficial."" Lynn Williams, director of community partnerships at the Tigers sink Binghamton for 3-0 start Saul Stooge:at 77us Towerlight The Tigers tromped Binghamton Saturday at Burdick Pool as the men's team claimed a 113-87 victory and the women's squad overwhelmed the Bearcats, 129-93. See the story in Thursday's Towerlight. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., will speak to the audience first about the his-tory of the Holocaust and the value of learning and relating to history. In addition, Joanne Martin, curator of the Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore, will share information from the museum and speak about the journey from slavery to ""free-dom"" in the United States, including the civil rights strug-gle. A panel at the forum will include Paul Parish, an African- American History professor at University of Maryland College Park, Evelyn Avery, an American Literature professor at Towson, and Sheldon Avery, an African-American History professor. After making the comparison between the histories of slavery and the Holocaust, the discus-sion will focus on what people can learn from one another's struggles. ""The goal ... is to bring together Towson University's students to form relationships through shared traditions and experiences, study, discussion and field trips."" Jill Weinstein director of Hillel Jill Weinstein, director of Hillel, said that the two organi-zations decided to work togeth-er after Dupas contacted Weinstein to invite Hillel to the forum and found that the Hillel event coincided with a BSU event concerning slavery planned for later in the month. After meeting to discuss details, the two organizations decided to coordinate the pro-grams. ""The goal of this joint venture is to bring together Towson University's students to form relationships through shared traditions and experiences, study, discussion and field trips,"" Weinstein said. Following the forum, BSU is planning a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with Williams on Nov. 17. To kick off a weekend of events later in the month, a Shabbat dinner will be held at the Jewish Cultural Center on See CULTURE, page 6 Today High 56 Low 34 Tuesday High 56 Low 34 Wednesday High 63 Low 39 Thursday High 65 Low 40 "
