TL20051024_001 "Ultimate Facebook junkie, comedian, columnist Steve Hofstetter pokes fun at pop culture for college crowd on Hopkins campus Arts, page 13 Student parking woes: SGA, Towerlight to sponsor forum Tuesday Perspectives, page 3 Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice weekly Monday, 10/24/05 ?? ? ????'...? Benefit Event 1,000 gather to 'Light the Night' Supporters turn out to embrace cancer survivors, victims with colored balloons during nighttime walk around campus Molly Hooven Staff Writer People from all around the Baltimore area gathered on Burdick Field Friday evening to celebrate those who have won their battle against cancer and remember those who have passed away. The seventh annual Light the Night Walk and fundraiser for blood-related cancer research was held for the first time at Towson University, and organizers said it was a success. Starting around 6 p.m. outside of the University Union, over 1,000 people, including family, friends, survivors, and students, gathered in preparation for the misty, cold walk ahead. The walk benefited the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Stela Moen, the event's campaign manager, said the event was intended to raise awareness about blood-related cancers and """"[give] everyone the opportunity to share their story if they want to."""" Towson student Jessica Luc explained that she was walking in memory of her friend Lexie, who was only 13 years old when she died from Leukemia. """"[Lexie] was probably the most inspirational girl I've met in my life,"""" Luc said. """"I hope more awareness comes out of [Light the Night] and just a lot of inspiration."""" See NIGHT, page 8 FOR HOWE DerrekWindsor/T/ze Towerlight Above left: Volunteers and mascots, like the Oriole Bird, got participants pumped up for the nighttime walk. Above right: Knitted items were sold to help raise funds for cancer research. Right: Patrons 'Light the Night' by walking a 2-mile route around Towson's campus. Holocaust revisited during forum Thursday's Holocaust forum lest We Forget' attracted 800 Towson community members to Stephens Hall Survivors offered testimonies and Jewish literature was displayed, accompanied by Yiddish songs. Ben Boehl Staff Writer About 800 people filled Towson University's Stephens Hall Theatre for """"Lest We Forget,"""" a commemoration of the Holocaust, on Thursday night. Barry Frieman, a professor in the department of early childhood education, organized the event. It was held as part of a larger effort to train future teachers in diversity education. Hundreds of students was drawn out by class assignments and requirements; however """"there were 200 plus community members who attended"""" too, Frieman said, due in part to co-sponsorship with the Baltimore Jewish Council. Frieman told attendees that the purpose of the event was to educate this generation of students about how to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.' """"As future teachers, it's your job to fight hatred every day,"""" Frieman told the crowd. The audience heard Yiddish songs emotionally performed by pianist Jose Melendez and singer Maya Hoover. They were translated into English on a screen for the audience to follow along. Jewish literature was also on display. Three Holocaust survivors sat on stage and shared their experiences with the crowd. As future teachers, ifs your job to fight hatred every day. Barry Frieman professor early childhood education Jacques Fein was a toddler during the Holocaust. Since his family feared for his life, Fein and his sister were sent to France to hide with a family to get away from the Nazis. """"Life in Poland was not for Jews,"""" he said. Once Fein and his sister were in France, the Nazis invaded the country and started to look for Jews to capture. Fein recalled the time he was in a hospital and his host father wouldn't let him stay the night because he feared the young Fein would be captured by Nazis. Fein said his guardian made a good decision because the Nazis came to the hospital looking for him the next day. Fein and his sister always had to sneak around in town. """"It was like hide V seek, but this was for real,"""" Fein said. Fein survived and moved to the United States in 1957. He has lived a normal life like any other American. In 2000, Fein went back to France to visit the family that took care of him. Ursula Klau said she was not as religious before, but she and other Jews became more aware of their religion following the Holocaust. """"[Religion] was a concept that was never top of the line. We were religious Jews, but it was not what made or break us until then,"""" she said. See SURVIVORS, page 12 INSIDE: Coming In Thursday's Towerlight. Perspectives.... 3 News ...J Beyond.............9 Music 14 Sports. Arts 13 Classifieds 16 .20 Arts: Towson Terror bar tour previews local Halloween drinking haunts News: Healthy Campus Initiative: TU preps to become more health conscious"
