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THE Vol. CXXIII Issue 19 Education isn't dead students get up close with caefave Jason Cruz StaffWriter Stetson encourages students to take courses across a wide variety of fields to build a diverse base of experience to draw upon later in life. For students in the Honors program, that degree of freedom is expanded even further as they can design and take their own tutorials, typically in the spring semester of their sophomore years. This semester's tutorials include seminars on global health practices, sustainable economic activity, the art of persuasion, and more. Lindsey Ellis designed the Integrative Health See Dead, Page 3 Stetson University | DeLand, Ha. air of the Week honors Madison Akins StaffWriter After a phenomenal weekend of play at the FIU Surf and Turf Invitational, Stetson Beach's 5th seed was awarded A-Sun Pair of the Week. This makes the fourth Pair of the Week award for the Stetson Hatters. The 5th seed went 3-1 during the weekend, dropping one match to Florida Atlantic University. One victory was over #2 University of Southern California's 5th seed in two sets. The freshmen pair of Jamie Walsh and Alexa Richardson fought back from a deficit to win the first set in extra points 26- 24 and then went neck and neck to win the second set in extra points 24-22. The additional victories were over Tulane University and University of South Carolina. "Upsetting USC's 5 seed was a huge game for us. We had lost to FAU the day before which contributed to the team loss. Instead of feeling defeated from that loss, we used it to fuel ourselves and improve our game plans," said Walsh, the blocker in the pair. "Recognizing that we are both freshman playing in a seed together was okay in the beginning in order See Beach, Page 8 Jamie Walsh, left, with Assisstant Coach Rico Guimaraes and Alexa Richardson. Photo by Dawn Richardson m ■■■:-> ■■■' "*mm;- ara ma i S Ifli R* n t^i Event sheds light on overlooked Jewish refugeeJ5|lP Kaley Fulton Opinion Editor Dr. Marion Kaplan, the Skir- ball Professor of Modern Jewish History at New York University visited Stetson from Wednesday through Friday. On Thursday evening, she was the guest lecturer for the ninth annual Weiner Memorial Holocaust Lecture. Her talk on Jewish refugees in Portugal and the Dominican Republic was a timely subject given the current refugee crisis in Europe. Between 1933, when Hitler came to power in Germany and the Nazi invasion of France in June 1940, over 100,000 Jewish refugees fled their native lands, mostly in Germany, Poland, and Austria. Despite the fact that these refugees were among the wealthier, more educated, and generally more privileged than most of their fellow Jews, and thus had the resources to emigrate, their journeys away from their native lands were still incredibly difficult. The process through which one acquired the necessary documentation to emigrate was arduous. Dr. Kaplan noted that when she was researching the stories of these refugees, she read multiple accounts of refugee gatherings in cafes. During these gatherings, the refugees would often make speeches and even with language barriers, the one con stantly repeated and universally understood word in all their discussions was "visa". Visa, visa, visa. One had to obtain a visa for each country through which one was passing as well as the destination country. To make matters even more complicated, at each border checkpoint, one had to present the entire series of visas before being allowed to pass through. Since many of these visas were only valid for thirty days, the first visa often expired by the time that one had acquired all the required documents, which necessitated illegal border crossings. Indeed, one scholar remarked that " illegal movement was normal, if not the only viable option at the time. For the Jewish refugees who finally surpassed the documentation nightmare, a common destination was Lisbon, Portugal. One may wonder " Why Portugal?" The simple answer was that Jewish refugees were generally welcomed there. Portugal was officially neutral during World War Two and its geographic location near the Atlantic Ocean made it easier for refugees to eventually resettle in other countries like the United States. Once in Portugal, Jewish refugees had mixed experiences. Dr. Kaplan shared stories of Portuguese citizens being kind and showing incredible hospitality to refugees. One of the refugees noted in his journal that a Portuguese Reporter photo/Maeve Coughiin man offered him free meals and nearly free housing. Dozens of similar stories exist. Conversely, the refugees reported overwhelmingly negative experiences with the Portuguese police who would beat refugees, call them derogatory names, and occasionally arrest them. These interactions contributed to an underlying sense of fear and uncertainty among the refugee population in Lisbon. Part of this fear can be attributed to a true identity crisis that virtually all-Jewish refugees experienced. Despite the general kindness with which they were treated by ordinary citizens, the refugees felt an overwhelming See Crisis, Page 3 Senior week is next week! Seethe schedule on Page 3 Shrouded in secrecy, dvson's debut album a late night, slow burning banger A&E, Page 4 Campus fashion: Easygoing college casual A&E, Page 5