01 Page 4-The Michigan.Daily- Wednesday, November 13,1991 ~be£tb~ju aiI . 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan .ANDREW K. GOTTESMAN Editor in Chief STEPHEN HENDERSON Opinion Editor Ill Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. ;,c.,. " MO . vv,.,. .,."h.$4,{., ,.{r.v,{}},.5,.: ;:h.}; ":",",?:h,'?r:"'." :v:"; "y"}'' fi .iv::}" .:: ," ..r ht",hv .v :r .vaj'" .e}k :r' h .f}'' {.G"J ''}}:'}:':':: " ..:1Y.V:: r: "W:.{": rrr.14': r:: ".:'rrh:Y.1 {,"..yy,, tA, '1'S "".1"r. r :.W:.,r.1 .} '. . J " Y ..3 ...: ::S\:Vr: r:4SS S'.'S{:V."Y':r": rrr",,. , ..4'"". ..'C {:.. . h, , 2. ,,.i.r,,. 4 :, ;." S " '\ tv ~?, : " ,: .. },. w.:S." ff .r"..avn+". {{"i:":'i:"ii':'S}}}!Y}:":"}r:::r: N... , :. .ri:rr:h "Sl}i:r{41".'' i'::'"'f," , " ",yh 4'"'.4;.1 ."''" '" "' . ." 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'i"44::;:{"}:": r{:''': '4'ti"::'r;'.;:{:. r"^ "1'"'":"'"'v o 1. :vr ' Svt 'itv . 7ik 4 ~ ht {1ti " .. :°u+.v ' fik' .'\S}}:ti '":v'}. ...........:.v."."..".".v.":.."h."h.... h."...?:.".:k .' .:. r.: r:fi. h:i".. : f.vv Blood drive Students should engage in blood battle with OSU T he University blood drive, sponsored by Al- pha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, pits the Michigan community against Ohio State Univer- sity (OSU). This blood drive is one of the most successful events put on by a campus student group. The drive, which runs annually, is an. in- valuable service to the community. Students and other community members coordinating the event will dedicate eight hours a day over the two weeks in addition to all the time it takes to prepare for the event. But -it is important to note that the blood drive functions as both a service to the donors as well as the recipients. Donors receive valuable health in- formation about their blood type and are tested for diseases such as AIDS. At the same time, area hospitals will benefit from the blood drive, receiv- ing 25 percent of the blood collected from donors. Alpha Phi Omega encourages students to give blood on a regular basis. From November 11-22, there will be blood drives at all the dorms on a rotational basis. . Blood is always in demand, and any contribu- tion is helpful. College students are often targeted as a good source of blood because they are by and large healthy and young and therefore they harbor fewer health risks than other potential donors when giving blood. One of the drive's greatest aims is to get donors to continue giving blood on a regular basis - something many people do not consider. It is important that, in the face of the current AIDS crisis, volunteers understand that they cannot get the disease when donating blood if necessary pre- cautions are taken. Despite the fears of diseases spread by proce- dures involving the exchange of blood, such cases are extremely rare. Thus, donating blood is an entirely safe practise. Students who have yet to give blood are advised to go to the drive and speak with a counselor about any fears they may have. While it is true that we live in a society which is plagued by the risk of AIDS and other diseases, giving blood is a necessary service that has rela- tively few dangers. Giving blood is something that takes very little effort but makes a big difference. The organizers of this year's Blood Battle and the members of Alpha Phi Omega, in addition to everyone who takes time to donate blood should be commended for their efforts. Daily hypocrisy To the Daily: Thank God for Jon Chait. So far as I can tell, he is the only member of the'Daily staff who has had the guts to say that the editor-in-chief was wrong. Of course that article got stuck in the weekend section where fewer people read it I am sure. His article expressed my' opinion on how hypocritical Andrew Gottesman is better than anything I could have written, so I will not repeat what he said. I am still incredibly disap- pointed and ashamed at the actions, or non-actions of Gottesman. He refuses to admit that by letting the Daily publish the anti-Semitic advertisement two weeks ago, he is condoning such trash. Instead of standing up for the Jewish people as might be expected of someone who is Jewish, he has only defended himself. He should step down, but because nobody on the Daily staff wants to ruin Andrew's resume, there is no internal pressure. Because the Daily is not respon- sible to its readers (free drop), there is no external pressure. Hillel and other Jewish groups should refuse to advertise in the -Daily. This is the only way (besides these useless letters) to express dissatisfaction. The issue is not the business staff for they have apologized for their actions. The issue is that Gottesman has said he would publish that ad again. I have had members of the Daily staff tell me that they wish this would just go away and people would forget about it. This is what normally happens when controversy hits the Daily, after a week, everybody forgets and.no harm done. Bradley Smith wants people to forget the Holocaust, I will not, and I will not forget the Daily's repulsive acts of-the past two weeks. Let me finally say that the Daily is not justified by the fact that the Duke student paper published the same ad. They are equally wrong, and almost worse in that they specifically decided to run the ad. I ask you again to live up to your responsibility, stop hiding behind weak arguments and admit you were wrong. I will continue to write letters to the editor concerning this issue until Gottesman is out (not that I. expect him to have the integrity to step down, soI hope elections are soon). Michael Schmeltzer LSA Senior Smith fools Daily To the Daily You carried a letter by Bradley Smith (11/11/91). I 'wonder why he is the only one on the page not-identified. Did you know he was the author of the by-. now infamous CODOH ad? He's a clever man: he sounds reason- able, cloaks himself in first amendment language and argues for conversation. As you may know by now, I have been outraged and vocal about my objection to the Daily's publica- tion of the ad and its shamefully confused responses following the ad. I would be happy to discuss this further with you or your staff, but I really would like to know why Smith wasn't identified, particularly in light of responses I know you have chosen NOT to print of late. Smith has used you quite cleverly. I'm sorry the Daily wasn't as clever. Anita Norich Not my poem To the Daily: What a treat to read John Morgan's review of the.Third Coast poetry reading (Monday, Nov. 11) and find, precisely quoted, line breaks and all, a poem I never wrote. If John is realy so desperate to be published maybe you should tell him about the Barbaric Yawp-Michigan's literary magazine. I'd rather see him publish a poem like "Mon- tana" there under his own name than in the Daily under mine. Matt Rohrer . RC senior Print Top 25 poll To the Daily: - Please print the Associated Press Top 25 poll every week. Many students are interested in what happens to the teams other than those in Top 5. We like to follow what happens to our competition and in other confer- ence as well. Deena Maron Sarah Yantn LSA first-year students Gobbledygook To the Daily: Well, it's about time. It's about time people started to tell the truth around here. So maybe it's also about time that the Thanksgiving Controversy get a'- free and open debate. Frankly, I am fed up with all those turkeys whining at us every year. The plain fact is: Nobody eats turkey on Thanksgiving! Nobody! Now I'm not saying turkeys have it easy. No, turkeys struggle like allnthe rest of us, sometimes tragically so. But all that business about thousands, even millions, -- being eaten - well, that's just so much gobbledygook. # The reality is - and my uncle who is a serious scholar some- , where west of the Mississippi can vouch for this - the reality is that all these years we've been eating pork. That's right, pork! Pork that's been chopped up, pro- cessed, and dressed up to look like turkey. Not a real turkey - a Mr. Pigg~y turkey.r. So, that's the truth, scholars. And from now on I hope that readers of the Daily will be able to spot and smell and know a pig when they see one. Denton Ford Fowlerville Krista inach t Germans ,demonstrate regret for his past weekend marked two important anni- versaries in Germany. It was the second anni- versary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the 53rd anniversary of Kristallnacht. The fall of the Berlin Wall was a quintessential symbol of German reunification. Kristallnacht was a quintessential symbol of German anti-Semitism. Kristallnacht, German for Crystal Night, was a night in 1938 when Nazis and other Germans rampaged Jewish neighborhoods. They brutally- massacred and beat Jews, while destroying Jewish businesses and synagogues. The night was named "Crystal Night" because of the shattered glass which covered the streets where Jewish storefronts had been vandalized. This weekend's dual anniversary was hauntingly ironic since many people fear that Germany's reunification may become an impetus to anti- semitism. Fortunately however, the behavior of the German people during the weekend allayed many of these fears. German Neo-Nazis had threatened to celebrate the anniversary of Kristallnacht by attacking Jews and foreigners. Very few such attacks occurred. Instead, 100,000 Germans, in 30 cities, turned out to protest violence against foreigners, and to. mourn the victims of Kristallnacht. This show of humility and penance by the German people is a welcomed surprise. Germany night of anti-Semitism. has a long history of racism and xenophobia. Anti- Semitism can be traced back to early German philosophy and folklore,'including Kant, Wagner, and the Grimm Brothers'.fairy tales. Kristallnacht, and the Holocaust for that matter, were by no means aberrations in German history. Until recently, there have been few indications that racist attitudes have changed in Germany. In 1976 astudy conducted attheUniversityofCologne concluded that two thirds of all German people held subtly anti-Semitic views, while the other one third were blatant anti-Semites. Last January, a poll in the New York Times indicated that Israel is the country with which the greatest number of Germans would like to cut all diplomatic ties. More recently, the country has been plagued by a series of attacks on immigrants by neo-Nazis. Members of the Bundestrag, Germ any's parliament, have responded to the attacks by trying to restrict immigration, rather than dealing with the real problem of xenophobia and racism. In light of Germany's past record, the events of the past weekend were refreshing. The only un- fortunate note was that Chancellor Helmut Khol did not seize the opportunity to speak out against German anti-Semitism, as he has in the past. Nevertheless, the world- can now be hopeful that racism is on its way out, at least in some sectors of German society. :''": :{:rilY:;V,"V .,r.W}{;}JrV+.1}}"yr1}' rV' Y'' " AY", 'r .. ,'{' rr° ;.rY $ . J +:+Y:"C:''' r':K f $?r"' v "! :"$: 'tip?{t f r' v}:r .: {:: : r¢~s 4fr {:C;, rv.;.,{rrry ''rp 'r r4. s" ' rr ,, - .;7." i};,r .,v';::?' ,t : kyr . .. " :y .Yr vrr '!r 1;" :$;:v:trr{.5;;r: ; ""v rY :ro:"rC:. d{r}' .y}:'r r f "!yL " rr? ~ by Thomas Marcellus . We applaud the courage of The Michigan Daily in agreeing to publish the "politically incor- rect" advertisement by the revisionist Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust. At the same time, though, we were sorry to see a number of false and misleading statements in.your editorial "Holocaust Revisionism" (10/28). It is not true, for example, that revisionist historians "write off evidence...as a Jewish con- spiracy." If you can provide even a single example of this, we would be happy to see it. It is, in fact, the defenders of the orthodox Holocaust story who routinely 'ignore the copious evidence cited by Revisionist historians such as historian readily acknowledges the catastrophe that befell Europe's Jews during the mael- strom of the Second World War.' It is the extent and nature of that catastrophe that is in dispute, as even informed anti-Revisionists acknowledge. The loaded phrase "to deny the Holocaust" is more appropri- ate in denouncing heretics than in a sober and rational dispute about perhaps the most emotionally loaded chapter of history. Moreover, the essentially propa- gandistic nature of the term "Holocaust" is indicated by the fact that it was all but unknown until the late 1970s, when a.major media campaign impressed it on the public. Contrary to what some individuals quoted uncritically in migrate to Madagascar or some other Jewish national state.". Your editorial approvingly quotes Elie Wiesel, who is on record as a hate-monger. In his book Legends of our Time, this dedicated Zionist wrote: "Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate - healthy, virile hate - for what the, German personifies and for what persists in the German." Incidentally, Wiesel's own harrowing wartime experiences, including his internment in Auschwitz, cannot be reconciled with a program or policy to exterminate Europe's Jews. His memoir, Night, actually serves to discredit the generally accepted Holocaust story. As your editorial and accom- panying Daily news articles make Nuts and Bolts MME age cEP. r DIAPPOINTED? F",2 JSTCARE 1. V,- i by Judd Winick [IKEAN ATTRAC7ON TO . - OMN