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Peters recalls Hitler years, holocaust
by MIKE WRIGHT
LIFE Staff Writer
C. Brooks Peters
"The Jews were killed for
only one reason—because they
were Jews."
So says C. Brooks Peters,
former New York Times
correspondent in Berlin, who
spoke about the German
Holocaust to a packed house
Tuesday in the University
Center Auditorium.
Although Nazi leader Adolf
Hitler reigned during the time
of the Holocaust it took the
assassination of a German
dipohnat which lead to the infamous Crystal Night on Nov. 9,
1941.
The diplomat was murdered
by a Jew who wanted to
retaliate against the Germans
for the way Polish Jews were
being treated at the time.
However, following the
murder, the German
propaganda minister issued a
report that the act was a Jewish
conspiricy against the Germans.
This lead to Crystal Night,
when Germans destroyed
Jewish   stores    in ' downtown
Berlin and threw articles into
the street. "That's why it's
called Crystal Night," Peters
said, "Because of the broken
windows in the stores."
Peters said that on the days of
Nov. 9 and 10, 37 Jewish men
were murdered and 31 Jew
women raped.
Peters said that the hate of
Hitler toward the Jews was
what made them die. "Hitler had
only one war in which he wanted
to be the victor—the war
against the Jews."
Peters, who was in Germany
working for the Times during
1937 to 1941, has been traveling
around the country to colleges
and universities telling of his
experiences.
Peters said he first met Hitler
during a brief cease-fire in
Warsaw, Poland.
A group of journalists from
around the world accompanied
250 diplomats, who were
rescued from Warsaw during
the cease-fire to an airfield on
the Prussian border.
Peters said a group of cars
drove up to greet them. "We
were there on the airstrip, when
up drove the boss, Adolf Hitler
himself," he said.
Peters said someone had
suggested to Hitler that he
greet the jdurnalists who
travelled so far for the rescue.
"I doubt that this encounter
lasted more than 10 seconds,"
Peters said of meeting Hitler.
"But, to this day, I have never
forgotten it."
Peters said he still has
nightmares about his feeling
during the ten seconds of the.
handshake. "He stared into my
eyes with nothing I can describe
but black ice."
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Towing away
CM UFE PHOTO B Y ROGER HART
Bill Dunn (left) places another cement block on the cart that Rich Laity is getting ready to
""tow-away." Dunn and Laity are part of the crew that is installing the hotel rooms in the
Upper Level of the University Center.
SA reps
discuss
problems
by JAMES ISELER
and KRIS PIOCH
LIFE Staff Writers
A special meeting originally
planned to discuss personal
conflicts among Student
Association representatives
turned into a brainstorming
session to rectify SA's
weaknesses.
The meeting conducted
Tuesday night was designed to
allow board members to open up
in an atmosphere less formal
than the weekly meetings, said
Senior Representative Tom
Leddy, who initiated the
meeting.
"I just don't feel that as a ■
group we're as productive as we
should be," Leddy, of Midland,
said.
Of SA's 16 representatives, 12
attended the meeting at which
several,, of the members
presented a variety of
suggestions to improve SA's
image with students.
In Brief
"Positive Methods of Mainstreaming," a
workshop, will be Thursday in the UC Lake
Superior Room, between 4 and 5 p.m. The
program is sponsored through the Dean's Grant
Project.
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Students    seeking
financial  aid   have   a1
myriad of sources at
their fingertips,
page 7
Affordable tuition a must
students tell committee
by MIKE WRIGHT
LIFE Staff Writer
LANSING-A plea for lower
tuition for state colleges and
universities was sounded
Monday to a joint legislative
subcommittee studying higher
education issues.
Barbara Mason, president of
the State Board of Education,
and student representatives
from Michigan State University
and the University of Michigan,
told the committee higher
education can be obtainable only
if tuition is affordable.
■ - Mason'told'the eommittee-she
thinks the board should act as a
body to advise the Senate
Appropiations Committee
regarding money distribution to
colleges and universities.
"We have a constitutional
right to advise the senate on
appropiation," she said.
Mason said the board cannot
do its job of improving higher
education in state colleges and
universities because the funds
aren't available to the schools.
"If the resources are not
there, there is no way we can
provide the services needed,"
she said.
Sen. Jack Faxon, D—Detroit,
told Mason he would like to see a
specific list of what the Board
would do if they were in a
position to advise the Senate.
Mason said the board could
also advise the committeees pn
which community colleges in the
state should close because of
financial problems.
"The state board does nqt
want to determine the appropiations," she said. "We just
want to advise them on higher
education."
Representative Jeff
Dongvillo, ' D-Scottville,    co-
"Students are mortgaging themselves
to stay in school."—Bruce Struder, MSU
student body president
chairman of the committee later
said he thought the board must
first gain credibility with the
colleges and universities before
it can advise.
"TKey "-"have *V "lack1 of
credibility," Dongvillo • said.
"The institutions aren't relating
to them. Until this happens, they
(the board) won't function."
The need for higher education
without    higher    costs    was.
stressed    further    by    Bruce
Struder,    president    of    the
Associated Students at MSU.
Struder told the committee
students are not happy with the
rise in tuition and are not willing
to just forget about it.
"We're not going to just sit
back and take it all in stride,"
Struder said.
Struder said there has been a
major rise in tuition in the past
six years, although the quality of
education has not risen.
"There's been an 80 percent
increase in tuition from 1973,"
he said. "However, instead of
receiving more for our money,
we've constantly received less."
Struder said that because of
higher tuition, many students
are taking full— time jobs to pay
for their schooling.
"Students are mortgaging
themselves to stay in school," he
said. "Education is now viewed
mainly as a cost. It should be an
investment."
Struder said he thinks many
students at MSU are aware of
the problem, despite a poor
turnout at a rally earlier in the
semester at the Capitol to
protest higher tuition rates.
"People are concerned about
the problem," he said. "I don't
think these people (the ones who
protested) are the only ones
aware."
Struder told the committee
students are only looking for a
fair deal. "We're not asking for a
free lunch," he said.
The problem of higher tuition
costs was further developed by
Jim Allen, president of the
Student Assembly at U of M.
Allen said the cost of higher
education is putting a strain on
students at Michigan.
"A lot of students are forced
to take night classes because
they work full time," he said.
Allen said he has noticed some
"disturbing trends" in tuition
costs in the past 10 years.
"While tuition has raised
since 1969, appropriations have
declined," he told the committee.
A major point was raised by
Faxon, concerning the plea for
more money.
"If the money is appropriated,
it must come from somewhere
else," he said. "Some other
group would have to suffer."
"The student body doesn't
give a damn about us (SA),"
Senior Representative Tom
Redd said.
In order to improve their
image, some members agreed
SA should take a stand on
campus issues from the
beginning rather than w*aiting
until other campus groups pick
up the causes as their own.
Senior Representative Mike
Barnard cited CMU's chapter of
'the     Public    Interest    and
Research Group in Michigan and
its drive to reinstate dorm
rebates as an example of an
issue SA should have taken a
stand on.
Barnard, of Farmington, said
the problem stems from the fact
that SA accepts University
policies too often without trying
to buck the system.
"The little people in Warriner
Hall give us their alternatives
and We have to accept them,"
Barnard said. "We have to flex
our   muscles   and   stand   up
against the administration."
"I think if we buck the system
once, people will come to SA to
raise some hell," Redd, of Mount
Pleasant, said, adding that such
action could improve SA's
image.
Also discussed were several
internal problems which some
members felt were weakening
the group. Main problems,
brought up were lack of
maintaining office hours and
regular meeting attendance.
Sports
The CMU men's
basketball team
travelled to Wolverine
country Monday. The
Chippewas dropped
their first game of the
season to Michigan 96-
78.
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Index
Arts and Leisure 8
Classifieds , 15
Comment 4
Doonesbury 4
Horoscope. 15
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Sports .10
Spotlife .15
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