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PAGE 8-THE MERCER CLUSTER-MAY 21,1982
Did The Holocaust Happen?
By Chip Berlet & David Gaede
EVANSTON, IL (CPS)-An electrical
engineering professor at Northwestern
University is attracting an increasing
number of student protests because of
his sideline activities as a historian.
Professor Arthur Butz most recently
drew a crowd of protestors in mid-April
when he spoke at a history seminar in
Schiller Park, Ill., which in turn
provoked a group of students to try to
disrupt his engineering classes back on
the Northwestern campus in later weeks.
The reason is that Butz belongs to a
grup of similarly self-proclaimed histor
ians who claim the Holocaust—they
systematic extermination of six million
Jews. Catholics and gypsies by the
Nazis during World War II — never took
place.
“There were concentration camps,”
Butz concedes, "but I contend that there
was no extermination program.”
This isn’t the first time Butz’s
group—a private, California-based
organization called the Institute for
Historical Review—has stirred the
academic waters.
The University of California, for
instance, was sharply criticized last year
when it agreed to rent the Institute a
university conference center for meet
ings.
Although administrators first said
they could not legally prevent the group
from using the facility, student pressure
eventually forced UC officials to cancel
the Institute's reservations. „
Last summer Institute director Lewis
Brandon resigned from his post after
admitting he had misrepresented his
true identity. Brandon made the
admission in court, where a man took
Brandon up on his promise to pay
$60,000 to anyone with proof the
Holocaust happened. The man sued
Brandon for the money.
Butz, a member of the Institute's
editorial advisory *oard, has no less a
flair for attracting criticism and
controversy.
“Nobody wants him here," contends
Michael Balinaky of the Northwestern
Hillel, a Jewish student organization.
“The trouble is, the university says he
has a right to teach here. He does keep
his stupidities out of class, so not much
can be done.”
Butz concedes ' , nly that his outside
activities have provoked “a few events,”
citing a recent attempt by the
International Committee Against Racism
to disrupt his engineering class.
Students were also involved in the
Schiller Park protest, where Butz and
some 40 others spent two days
discussing Butz’s book, The Hoax of the
Twentieth Century.
“Scientific research depends on the
ability of other reputable researchers to
come up with the same verifiable
findings,” says University of Chicago
law student Joel Riff, who demonstrated
during the seminar.- “Butz is an
electrical engineering professor who
does this in his spare time. No real
professor of history would challenge the
fact of the Holocaust.' ’
Nonetheless, Butz asserts that the
Holocaust is a myth, perpetrated to
extort billions of dollars in war
reparations from Germany and the U.S.
“When I studied the evidence on the
Holocaust allegations,” Butz explains,
“it became clear the evidence didn't
OA’s Next Fall
The Set Up For Next Fall Orientation Is As Follows:
Gil Perez; Student Coordinator of
Orientation; Beverly Argus, Douglas,
Bacon, Lee Bates, Hal Bivins, Willie
Bryan, Bart Campione, Cathy Carlisle,
Lori Chapman, Walter Church, Lisa
Clark, Carol Cox, Larry Emery, Chris
Estes, Bill Fogarty, Lisa Foster, Rene
Giroux, Chuck Gordon, Buzz Hanie,
Arletha Hardaway, John Head, Debbie
Henry, Joe Henson, Mike Johnsonr John
Kent, Cindy Kidd, Karen Kimmerling,
Karen King, Sam Lassiter, Louise Leaks,
Troy Lee, Sharon Mann, Sonja McBray-
er, Felicia McBride, Boo McCue, Lori
McDaniel, Lynne McKenna, Deanne
Metcalfe. Reuben Miller, Gail Morris,
Trey Newton, Ann Owens, George
Perez, Martin Pucko, Stanley Roberts,
- Peggy Roettger, Sherry Schieman, Anne
Sewell, Sally Shoemaker, Irwin Soloman,
Robin Smith, Marion Stenson, Belinda
Stephen, Barbara Surrey, Bryant Swan,
Jim Tomberlin, Alice Waller, Susan
Warren, Jay Wells and Doug Winters.
Sigma Tau Gamma: No More
The officers and advisors of Sigma Tau
Gamma and Phi Eta Sigma Freshman
Honor Fraternities have conferred and
come to the decision that Sigma Tau
Gamma should be abolished and those
members who are not currently
members of Phi Eta Sigma will be asked
to join that dub. This decision was made
since - national requirements for both
dubs are the saihe. Hence the dubs are
serving the same purpose.
The president of Sigma Tau Gamma is
Anne Jackson, the secretary and
treasurer, Judy Lindsey. The advisor is
Peggy Dubose. '
The president of Phi Eta Sigma is
Dawn Beckwith, the vice-president, Lori
Kellner. The advisor is Pat Warren.
Temporary Work
Offers Students Expereince
Even though college students look
forward to summer vacation, they don't
look forward to their frantic search for
summer jobs. This year's search will be
especially intense as students try to find
jobs that will supplement waning
student grants and loans.
This year, Manpower, Inc., the
world's largest temporary service firm,
expects to hire 50,000 students for
temporary assignments, mostly in office
work. Temporary work offers both
income and practical work experience
that goes beyond classroom learning.
Mitchell S. From stein, president of
Manpower, Inc., said “Students who
have typed their own term papers may
have the basiq requirements for simple
office assignments. They can earn
money for the next school year while
making business contacts for jobs
following graduation.
Although students may not consider
themselves “office material;” Man
power is often able to discover hidden
skills, valuable for office work, that
many never knew they had. Manpower’s
Predictable Performance System of
interviewing and testing evaulates these
skills, plus work attitudes, preferences
and past experience to accurately match
workers to assignments in which they
feel comfortable and perform well.
Wages for temporary assignments
vary from area to area, but are
competitive with entry-level wages for
permanent jobs. The exact wage a
temporary employee will earn depends
on the work-ready skills that pen on has.
There are other important advantages
to working as a temporary employee.
Besides the experience of working in a
variety of job environments and for
various employers, students gain infor
mation on which to base career choices.
They acquire firsthand information
about skills required for specific jobs,
demand for these skills, and the latest
trends in office technology. It alsA offers
them an opportunity to make important
business contacts and earn recommen
dations which lead to a "foot in the
door” during post-graduation job
hunting.
A final advantage of temporary work is
its flexible schedule. Students may work
as few or as many days a week as they
desire, leaving time to enjoy the summer
vacation.
For more information on becoming a
Manpower temporary employee, call
your local Manpower Temporary Ser
vices office (listed in the White Pages).
Manpower, Inc., is the world’s largest
temporary service firm, annually provid
ing employment to over 600,000 people
through its more than 900 offices in 31
countries. •
support the widespread theory.”
“Speaking for myself,’’ says Dr.
Samuel Gammon, executive director of
the American Historical Association, of
the Institute for Historical Review,
"they’re all wet. I personally was
present at the Allied liberation of a
concentration camp in 1945.”
The American Historical Association
has reviewed the Institute’s activities on
several occasions, Gammon says, "but it
is our official policy not to take a position
in historical disputes. ’ ’
“The mantle of Clio (the muse of
history) is broad enough to support a lot
of nuts,” he observes.
Still, he adds, “I know of no reputable
historian or member of the AHA who
would endorse the view that the
Holocaust never took place.”
PiKapp
News
Pi Kappa Phi had their annual chairty
project the weekend of May 8th. The Pi
Kapps had a wheelchair marathon over a
26 mile course around Macon. They
completed the full 26 miles on a blazing 2
hours, 41 minutes and 11 seconds.
Thanks to all of you who supported us.
The Pi Kapps have been hot on the
softball field also, diifching this week 1st
place in the Greek league. They blew by
ATO Monday 17-1 and kept right on
going by beating KA Tuesday to capture
first place.
Pi Kappa Phi will be saying goodbye
to 12 of our seniors...Good Luck!
Alpha
Gam News
By Kibby Taylor
The Alpha Gams have been busy this
quarter with candlelighWgs, gicnic,
sports events, and most importantly, our
Spring Initiation.
The quarter got off to a great start and
proved that Spring really is the time for
love when Jennifer Hussey, Andrea
Lane, and Lynne McKenna were pinned
and Karen Sullivan announced her
engagement.
Sports-wise, the Gams have been kept
on their toes with softball and our first
try at swimming. We finished the
regular season at 4-2 in softball, after,
our victory over the Bandanas last
Monday. Our debut in swimming made a
big splash when we beat Phi Mu, which
kept us from drowning after our loss to
the Wetbacks. We are currently 1-2 and
looking for another win soon. The
Squirrels are really excited over our
hard-fought victory in the Sigma Nu
Relays last Sunday-this makes two
years in a row for Alpha Gam and we're
ready for next year! Go Gams!.
After such activities as AGD day,
International Reunion Day, which was
held in Atlanta April 17th, we nv»ched a
climax when we initiated two super girls,
Linda Dawkins and Ginger Smith.
Congratulations, girls, welcome to
sisterhood!
As the 1981-82 school years draw to a
close, Alpha Gamma Delta is looking
forward to a great year coming up, and
wj%ish everybody a happy sumiqer!