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Show , ' 11 y Friday, May 20, 1994 Volume 57 Number 82 Survivor details horrors of WW II Germany A w things to say... STEVE CONLIN THE SIGNPOST Auschwitz survivor Helen Waterford spoke at Convocations Thursday morning on her experiences as a Jew during Hitler's occupation of Europe. By Philip Mickey Signpost staff writer She lived through a hellish time, in a hellish place. Helen Waterford is a survivor.Waterford, a tiny fragile woman, told her stories of life during war-torn Europe while serving in the Nazi concentration camps and working in the German controlled factories to students, faculty and guests at the Convocations Thursday morning. "Do you feel like you would like to know more," Waterford asked. "This was more than 50 years ago, why should we bother with it?" Waterford posed these questions to the audience to make a point. She wants all people, especially students, to never forget the atrocities of the Holocaust."I'm afraid students don't remember anymore, I'm afraid they forgot history," Waterford said. Through her own words and memories, Waterford helps students and everyone remember what happened years ago. Stories of giving her four-year-old daughter to a Danish family when the Gestapo came, fleeing to Holland when Hitler came to power, and finally, being sent to Auschwitz, a camp notorious in history as one of the worst killing ma-, chines in the Nazi arsenal. "What happened was real, please understand that," Waterford said. "I was in Auschwitz for two months, 20 minutes was too much. It was hell on earth, we cannot describe it and I don't want to." Although the holocaust itself is documented, Waterford tells of people she has talked to that still believe it was all a farce: it never happened. "This ignorance that it did not happen is awful," Waterford said. "A man called See Survivor page 2 Task force plans wsu mourns deatn secret ballot vote of ValA. Browning By Mark Forsberg Signpost managing editor In an action specifically forbidden by Utah's Open Meeting laws, the Strategic Planning Task Force (SPTF) has called for a secret ballot vote in their open meeting Tuesday. SPTF Chairwoman Helen James called for the vote as a reaction to pressures which were being put on committee members. "I find it inappropriate that a person goes to a social meeting and finds out how everybody voted," she said. James said she did not know a secret ballot was illegal according to the Open Meetings Laws and planned to look into it. "I'll ask for some legal counsel on it," she said. Although James did not cite STRATEGIC PLANNING f M FORCE specific instances, she said some members of the committee were being pressured by their departments and other outside influences into voting certain ways. "There are some areas that are obviously looking to influence the committee," she said. "People were being told what their vote would be," she said, adding she felt the wrong kind of pressures were being put on committee members. "Each of us is doing what we think is best for the university. We're all trying to represent more than our own departments and special interests," she said. Vice President of Student Services Marie Kotter said she understood James' opinions, but said See Ballot page 2 Val A. Browning, a major contributor to Weber State University, died of cancer at his home in Ogden. He was 98. "I only knew him for four years, but he was an outstanding leader in our community and had such great insight into what its needs were," President Paul H. Thompson said. "He wanted to provide people with cultural events at a reasonable price. His funds helped us bring such acts as the Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow, the New York Ballet and symphonies from around the world." Some of Browning's contributions include not only endowments for several of WSU projects, but also include contributions to the community in fine art and recreational programs and in services for low-income Utahns. Browning was the son of the arms inventor, John Browning, and his family-owned business held nearly 48 patents to firearms. Several types of Browning firearms were used by the U.S. troops in every major war from World War I to the Korean War. Browning was preceded in death by his wife, Ann Chaffin Browning. Surviving are four children: John Val Browning , Ogden; Bruce W. Browning, Seattle; Carol Dean and her husband, Edmund Dumke of Las Vegas, and Judy Lemon Jones of Pleasant View. Funeral services are expected to be announced later in the week and will be held privately. Burial will be at Lindquist's Washington Heights Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family requests dona tions be made to the Union Station Foundation. 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