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Classes of 2010-2018

Blaze Marpet ’13

By Classes of 2010-2018
Three Winter Terms With Elie Wiesel I remember well how nervous I was during my first day of class with Professor Elie Wiesel. I was also nervous during the days leading up to it. The class was The Witness: Literature of Memory, in Winter Term…
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Tony Leyh ’13

By Classes of 2010-2018
A celebrated author. A patient teacher. A caring employer. A thoughtful mentor. It was in these roles that I progressively came to know Elie Wiesel, and the last one is what’s most significant to me as I write about Professor Wiesel today. When we first…
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Tyler Lane ’13

By Classes of 2010-2018
Eckerd in January was cold enough for me, a Florida native, to wear a big furry brown hat outdoors. I remember putting it on once after class when Elie Wiesel laughed with me and remarked that it made me look Siberian. Class means things like…
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Lukas Kucinski ’12

By Classes of 2010-2018
I was fortunate enough to form a relationship with Elie Wiesel through his winter seminar at Eckerd College (2011) on The Role of the Witness. During our time together, we grew close, and I at one point had the opportunity to speak with him about…
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Maria Castro ’12

By Classes of 2010-2018
The first time I sat in one of Professor Wiesel’s classes it was silent. Everyone held their breath as he spoke his first words to our class, responding to our stories of madness, tears and laughter. He smiled and quietly said, “And what about laughter?…
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Liz Argento ’12

By Classes of 2010-2018
The Witness              For Elie Wiesel He wanted us to know and he wanted us to never know. He told us, his students, that by hearing a witness’s account of injustice, we would become witnesses ourselves. We would then have…
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