Mina's Legacies
I imagine the scene played out something like this: Bundled up in her winter coat, 12-year old Mina Appel longs to press through the throngs of passengers to claim a spot on the port side rail. But she has younger brothers and sisters to mind, and her mother Reise insists that they all stay away from the heart of the crowd, where little Franciska and Salli could be trampled. The breeze sweeping the deck of the Graf Waldersee stings Mina’s face and numbs her ears, but she welcomes the relief it provides from the sour smells of a damp 10-day voyage in steerage class.
Mina has a taste for adventure, but after the last two punishing weeks all she can think about is the life she has left behind in the town of Olublo, Hungary: her friends from school, the horses in their stables, the comforts of a house big enough for her family of 10. She knows she can expect a much harder life at the end of this voyage, in a foreign country whose language she does not speak, where her family does not have roots generations deep.
When Mina’s reverie is broken by cheers erupting from the rails and spreading across the deck, she stands on her toes and cranes her neck, eager to catch a glimpse of the copper-clad symbol of this new world: the Statue of Liberty. Later on this afternoon of December 29, 1905, Mina and her family will be processed on Ellis Island and, after some anxious hours, permitted to enter the United States at long last.
Mina’s father Sigmund awaits them in Milwaukee, where he has been staying with members of Reise’s extended family. In the old country, Sigmund had been a traveler by trade: a dealer in linens who carried his wares by horse and buggy from hamlet to hamlet across Eastern Europe. He is a stern and devout man, protective of Mina and his other children. One of Mina’s treasured possessions is a beautiful white kerchief embroidered with her initials, a special order Papa placed with one of his suppliers.*
In Sigmund’s mind this unwelcome, destiny-altering migration has been forced by events in Olublo. Anti-Semitism is on the rise. Sigmund believes he can no longer keep his family safe in Hungary. His inventory was looted on the night before Yom Kippur, and his oldest sons faced conscription into the army if they stayed. Sigmund sent the boys to Milwaukee two years ago, then followed them a year later, with plans for the rest of his family to join him once he had made arrangements in their new home.
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| Leo Spitz, 25, and Minnie Appel, 23, in July 1915. |
Mina will thrive in Milwaukee. An extraordinarily bright girl, she will learn English and catch up to her grade level in school within a year. Like most of the other members of her family, she will come to be known by an Americanized version of her name: “Minnie.”
Like her mother Reise (“Rose”) before her, Minnie will be married to a stern and industrious man through an arrangement by her parents. Leo Spitz, a tannery worker, will keep food on his family’s table during both the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression. Minnie will provide their four children, all girls, with a stable and comfortable home life.
Minnie and Leo’s third daughter, Ruth, an inheritor of her mother’s adventurous spark, will marry for love at age 19. Her husband Irv Krasno, a Russian immigrant, will work in his family’s Milwaukee egg business alongside his father and brothers. But the Krasno men are proud and stubborn, and their partnership will collapse into a battle of factions. Ultimately Irv and Ruth, with four daughters of their own, will seek their fortune in the west, in California, where they once spent an enjoyable vacation under sunny skies.
Irv and Ruth’s second daughter, Sandy, will meet her future husband Herb Hoffman at a college dance. They will marry in 1965, and have the first of three children in 1967. Sandy and Herb (the son of immigrants from Poland and Israel) will make steadiness and security priorities for their family. They will encourage their children to become members of stable and prestigious professions—doctor, lawyer, teacher—rather than risk-takers.
Their first child, a boy, David, will meet his great grandmother, Minnie Appel—Grandma Mimi—on two or three occasions when she visits from Milwaukee. She will pass away, at age 80, when he is five years old. He will retain only the vaguest firsthand impression of her personality: her affection, and her strength. But all his life he will navigate Mina’s legacies, and those of Sigmund and Rose, Leo, Ruth and Irv, Sandy and Herb: the yearning for adventure, and the bold, even rebellious willingness to risk everything for a better life, intertwined with the craving for stability and an end to upheavals, and the comforts of a well-worn path.
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| Minnie Appel Spitz (left), 75, and her younger sister Mary in December, 1967. The baby in Minnie's lap is me (age 2+ months); in Mary's lap, my cousin Julie. |
*More than a century later, Mina’s kerchief survives in a wooden box in my home.
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Real People Profiles: Ben Davis
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Ben Davis
Hometown: Finksburg, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 3 years.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Service Peer and Relay for Life: Event Chair.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Empowering people to help other people and themselves.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I love working with so many driven and passionate people on campus. In my position I work with so many great leaders, and it is amazing to me the potential each and every person posses. I work with people from all over the campus, from SGA executive board members to random students who just want to get involved, and it is inspiring to me to know who they are and what they have accomplished.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The relationships with other people you establish, and hold throughout your life can be more important than your job, the knowledge you carry, and the money you make. You can learn so much from the relationships you have throughout your life, they can be a safety valve when times are tough, and they can be a voice of reason when you are struggling to cope with life. Relationships, whether they be friends, family, co-workers, etc., can also provide you with a lot of happiness and fun!
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Sports and Listening to people.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
If you want to succeed in life, if you want to be a great doctor, lawyer, even a great person, then I would recommend that you get involved. You will learn so much more from interacting with other people and the real world, then from any textbook.
Get Involved! -- Just visit the Student Government Office, the Student Events Board, or the Student Involvement Center. Tell them you want to help and they will be more than glad to set you up with an amazing opportunity. And you know what, they are all located on the Second Floor of the Commons.
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Real People Profiles: Donique Lewis
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Donique Lewis
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: I have been at UMBC since November of 2004.
Q:What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A:I’m currently holding the position of Executive Administrative Assistant in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: My role is to provide executive level support to the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and to work with our student assistants.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I really enjoy the opportunities for personal/professional growth afforded you in this division. If there’s something you’re interested in, all you have to do is ask. I’ve recently expressed my desire to work more with the budget in my area, and without hesitation I was given a much larger role.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: I have learned how important it is to make your presence known and not fade into the background. Many opportunities may come your way, just by letting others get to know you.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Football “GO RAVENS”
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: The “Red Flag Campaign." I have really enjoyed participating with this event and being able to bring more awareness to the warning signs of relationship violence. It’s my hope that at least one student may be helped by this campaign.
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Real People Profiles: Alison Rohrbach
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Alison Rohrbach
Hometown: Towson, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 5 years.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Assistant Director of University Health Services.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I educate the campus on health and wellness issues.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I am so proud of the work done by the UHS Peer Health Advocates. These students are some of the most amazing people I have ever worked with, and I could never thank them enough for all of their hard work and contributions. I also really enjoy the connections and friendships I have made with staff members at UMBC. From day one of working here, I have felt welcomed by so many people.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The most important thing I learned in college, that has been reinforced during my time at UMBC is to embrace the diversity that is around you. Growing up in a small town, I was not exposed to a lot of diversity. After going away to college, I met so many people from different cultures, religions, etc. Being at UMBC has made this experience even greater for me. I feel very fortunate to work somewhere that has so much diversity.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Being a mom! I have an 18 month old son name Cole who keeps me on my toes and cracks me up every day! I just love being his mom.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: When I came in for my interview in 2005, I had to do a health education presentation for UHS staff. I brought my presentation on a floppy disk! They had to call a staff person to convert it on their computer since no computers had floppy drives anymore. I cannot believe they still hired me! Hey, I have never claimed that technology was my strong point!
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Real People Profiles Mashup
The Real People Profile published yesterday (Faryal Khalid's, featuring the best Real People Profile photo to date) was the 60th to appear on this blog, and in honor of that milestone (or, really, just because I feel like it), I'm going to try something a little different with this post.
Microsoft Word has a feature called "Autosummarize," which assigns a score to each sentence in a document (based on whether it contains words used frequently in the document), then uses the scores to produce a summary. In my experience these "Autosummaries" are actually terrible summaries, but sometimes can produce interesting, almost poetic sequences of ideas.
So I've taken the 60 Real People Profiles published to date, cut and pasted each person's answer to the question 'What's the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?' into a single Microsoft Word document, and "Autosummarized'" it. Here is the result: 4,000 words boiled down to 400 representing, in an odd and very unscientific way, the collected wisdom of the UMBC community.
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I’ve learned not to postpone getting involved or devoting time to that which I find meaningful – as life will never get less busy and the time to act is generally now. I've learned the important skill of being able to listen to, appreciate, and grow from other people's lives.
College is a place where you make life-long friends. College is a time for all of us to learn and grow, and every new thing I've tried has helped me grow as a person. Throughout my time in college, I took service-learning classes that challenged me to take the theory from our texts and apply it to what I was learning through my service. Now, life has come full circle and I am helping to facilitate these service experiences for students here on this campus.
I also learned the importance of friendship by surrounding myself with an insanely talented and beautiful group of people. Time management. Because I am very involved in student life, I have had to learn how to balance my extracurricular activities along with my academics.
College isn't all about studying; it's about learning, learning that takes place both inside and outside of class. During my time at UMBC, I've learned a lot about myself. How to manage time. UMBC, being a relatively smaller institution to say, College Park, it is really easy to get involved in student organizations. There are also many job opportunities available for students, which leads to a very busy nonacademic life here. I’m still in college – hence, still learning! We were pretty much always stressed out about school, life, you name it.
College was an amazing experience for me. By getting involved as an RA, in serving learning projects and volunteering, event planning, church, etc I made life long friends, learned skills that have supplemented that put into practice what I was learning in my sociology and politics classes and broadened by understanding of the city and indeed the world.
UMBC is an incredible place. I have learned from students wherever I have worked, but UMBC students, whether in Res Life or SGA, SEB, RSA, or Service Learning, they have inspired me the most. Hard work and determination.
As for the patience aspect…time for a real-life experience story. The most memorable thing I've learned at UMBC so far is that staff are truly passionate about serving and supporting our students.
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Real People Profiles: Faryal Khalid
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Hometown: Laurel, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: This is my third year at UMBC.
Q:What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: I am a Leadership Consultant, Secretary of the Commuter Student Association and an SGA Sustainability Intern. I am also on the Art Staff of Bartleby and do some design work for different student organizations. I enjoy all these so very much.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Encourage student leadership and school spirit through creative design work.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I enjoy running around campus (*laughs*). I keep myself quite busy and I love it that way. People who say there isn't much to do on this campus, just need to look around. There is something for everyone and that is what I enjoy most about my roles. Through my involvement in different student organizations I can meet many different people and its amazing how much I learn everyday from the variety of experiences and talents, they bring to the table.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: One thing I learnt at UMBC is that it is great to be different. The campus is ever so open to change and uniqueness. There is no wrong way, just a different way and if you follow your passion you can't really go wrong. It was this lesson that encouraged me to change my major to Graphic Design, even though I come from a predominantly science background and I have never been happier. UMBC gave me a chance to follow my passion.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Photography. There is something so gratifying about capturing beautiful memories, embarrassing moments and taking a piece of someones story with you. One of my greatest pleasures is to bug people with my camera!
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: I have numerous favorite spots on this campus. I love the first floor of the Fine Arts building. Even though I have all my classes there and I shouldn't like it so much but the simple white walls and the warm lights help me relax and clear my mind of everything, so I can focus on the task at hand. Another great spot is the lake near the Research Park. There is a lot of quiet and peace in that area, and you get to go through the tunnel where a lot of UMBC students, over the years have left parts of their stories. Its a definite spot to check out!
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Real People Profiles: Dustin Hogenson
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Dustin Hogenson
Hometown: Grand Forks, ND
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: Just over one year now.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Graduate Coordinator of Volunteerism and Service.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I work with students to develop volunteer projects that are both meaningful and fun!
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: Definitely working with students. Everyone here has such great energy and I love to be in the middle of it everyday.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: To not be afraid to make mistakes. If there is anytime when this acceptable (and I would even argue encouraged!) behavior, its in college/graduate school. You don't truly know who you are unless you know your own limitations and learn to grow and improve from that knowledge.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Netflix on rainy days, especially watching really, really bad horror flicks.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: I'm a huge fan of that hiking path that twists and turns through the West side of campus. I know a lot students know about that area, but I always find it a unique place to go when I need to get away from academia (and cars, computers and noisy cell phones).
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More Life Lessons
Here are the rest of the life lessons I mentioned in a previous post: Things I had not yet worked out or did not feel confident about when I was in college, but began to gain clarity about later as a result of reflecting on my experiences.
Most of these ideas also have been written about by other people, but my understanding of them is the product of personal experience.
Once you've browsed the list, please post your own life lessons as comments. Let's help each other figure things out.
- College is not merely preparation for life. It is life.
- People always respond to the entire context of a communication, not just to the words it contains.
- Criticism reveals and reflects upon the critic.
- In-the-moment negative emotions such as guilt or fear can be extremely useful in illuminating a situation. They can provide clues about the motives, understandings, insecurities and emotional states of other people, especially those whose behavior is sparking the negative emotions. They can deepen self-understanding. The trick is to learn to read the emotions without either suppressing or being overwhelmed by them.
- Sometimes the hardest thing in the world to see is what is right in front of you.
- People sometimes view choices you make for yourself, but which they would not (or did not) make for themselves, as judgments against them. This is all the more true if the path you choose is one which, at some level, they regret not having chosen. It is easy to be confused by their resulting hostile reactions, but it would be a mistake to be deterred by them.
- Every new insight subtly alters your knowledge and perspective about everything you thought you already knew. Each new experience subtly alters your perspective on every aspect of your past.
- You aren’t really from somewhere until you go somewhere else.
- Changing the world for the better does not mean seeking a stable point beyond which the world stops changing. People need to be involved in ongoing, challenging, cooperative work to advance the common good. An essential aspect of being human is confronting and contributing to the mitigation of life’s imperfections.
- Love involves giving and receiving permission to be who you truly are.
- A mouse trapped in a maze never sees the maze, only a series of straight paths and corners.
- Knowledge derived from breaking things or processes down into their smallest component parts is incomplete. It excludes the broadest patterns, most subtle and profound connections and deepest meanings.
- All people yearn, at some level, to become whole, connect authentically with the universe, be who they really are and fulfill their potential.
- What feels like inability and weakness may actually be undiscovered or unrevealed talent and strength.
- Winning an argument is not the same thing as achieving progress toward the objective at the heart of the argument. Sometimes winning an argument can hinder such progress.
- Staying too close to an admired person for too long can stunt one’s growth. When the admired person is nearby, adopting the person’s admirable behaviors and thought processes may feel presumptuous or unnecessary.
- All conscious perceptions involve value judgments and assumptions, as do all descriptions of things or situations in the world. No word can precisely express any objective meaning.
- A part of the judgment involved in human perceptions is the filtering and prioritization of inputs. In order to focus on the highest-priority information, people take vast portions of their experiences and environments for granted. They adapt to their environments unconsciously, absorbing and relying on a common set of values and assumptions, some of which they might reject if they ever became fully aware of them.
- Instincts, intuitions, emotions and dreams are extremely important sources of knowledge. The knowledge they reveal is intrinsic: located within the unconscious mind and relatively untainted by conditioning. Much intrinsic knowledge relates to people’s own true identities and deepest yearnings. The suppression of intrinsic knowledge causes depression and anxiety, and stunts personal growth.
- Symbols need not take the form of words, numbers and pictures. All things, people, actions and failures to act are symbols. Symbols can reveal fundamental truths because the unconscious mind invokes intrinsic knowledge to decode them.
- The contributions of the greatest scientists, poets, authors, artists, builders and leaders change not just our experience but our capacity to imagine. As a result of great works, there are more available thoughts.
- Great teachers empower students to think new thoughts, and expand the scope of their free will.
- Excellent teaching is not primarily about transmitting academic content from the mind of the teacher to the mind of the student, but about liberating knowledge and capacities already present in the student.
- True teaching transforms the teacher. True leadership transforms the leader. True love transforms the lover. True life is transformation.
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Real People Profiles: Stephanie Ward
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Stephanie Ward
Hometown: Easton, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 2 years.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Mosaic Center Cultural Peer, W.I.L.L. Co-leader, SGA Student Advocate.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Encourage students to understand and appreciate their importance in the UMBC community.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I get to meet a lot of awesome people and help fellow students find their niche and passions. This is especially important to me, because many other students have helped me define my own goals. It is really fun to learn about the experiences of other students and I find that I discover new interests with every conversation I have.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: I’ve learned to engage in things that I do not expect to directly contribute to my future career plans. By signing up for a student organization or activity on a whim, I have found many new things that are very important to me and they have influenced my career plans. I’ve learned the importance of being involved with my community, advocating on the behalf of my peers, and participating in activism.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Coffee. I like to think I have instantaneous and universal bonds with fellow coffee drinkers.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: The study rooms in the library are a great place to study with friends.
Don’t be afraid to change your major! I have gone from being pre-med/biology, psych, math, HAPP, art history…and many more…before I settled on Gender and Women’s studies. Hopefully, you’ll find your passion without as many steps, but do not settle if you are not absolutely happy.
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Grad Student Workshops on Writing. Nov. 17 & Nov. 19
UMBC and the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) will hold Writing Seminars in November as past of their respective Graduate Student Success Seminar and Ph.D. Completion Project Workshop offerings. UMBC Success Seminar Protean Prose: Identifying and Overcoming the Challenges of Academic Writing (A Graduate Level Writing Seminar) Wednesday, 11/17/10 4:30 – 6:00 PM University [...]
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