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EDITORIAL Students should use or lose tickets It’s almost been a year since the seating fiasco at McArthur Court. Basketball-crazed students were angry' and embittered when the seats they paid for with iheir nol-so incidentai foes wore taken away by then-athletic director Rich Brooks. Ah. what can happen in a year. Now the problem at Mac Court is that students aren’t using the s«rats they are given This year, student tick els for football and basket ball games were available in par kages that allowed students to got tickets for all the games at once. Many students took advantage of the now policy and got their season tickets but are just not attending the games. We could under stand if the Ducks were having an awful season. We could under stand if the Ducks were having an awful season, hut the truth of the mat ter is that they are having a better than pretty good season WMi iiuui u» umf tiumn 19 turn u»ry *itr uavui^ ti tnn ter Ilian pretty good season, Oregon is even ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 They could very possibly Iks on their way to a berth in the NCAA tournament. This situation leads us to believe that there are stu dents out there who did not pick up their season tickets but still long to see the Ducks in action. In order to accommodate those students, the ticket office at Mai Court has come up with a new policy Hunt Molsapple, ticket sains dint tor. said that his office will release tit kets 15 minutes before a home game if the third balcony is less than half full Additional general admission ticket# would (hen be sold for only that bal cony. And additional third-balcony student tickets would become available for Oregon students without a tii ket but with a current Oregon student identification card HoUapple said the problem became painfully appar ent when Oregon played Oregon State University lie said students crowded into the seats on the floor, but the balcony seemed almost empty. Hoisapple said that of the 3.651 seats reserved for stu dents about 500 were vacant during the Civil War game. l.et’s think about that for a minute. That means that dur ing a game that has traditionally been one of the most Important games of the season — even when the team was not so successful — 500 students who sat at home wishing they could have gone to the game actually could have gone to the game That's why we think this new policy is such a great idea, it takes nothing away from students. As a matter of fact, it gives some students an opportunity they may not otherwise have had. 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J«rr*»*r WoM'yi ClA^O* »r* N*WVOOW 8u«*t#«a Omc# L*h> ** Acrr#rt**mg 34*1712 M6-A34J •*»•« OVA •* «* > .JUST TRIM HER WOOl A BIT I U BE Back to pick WER UP LATER - j -4 BUT! cu; ■ LETTERS Taiwanese One of the worse evils is to separate a people from its cul ture Taiwan, isolated in the huge shadow of mainland C'.ht na. must fight riailv against this threat of jots of national and (ruminal identity Yet one doesn't have to look farther than the campus of the University ol Oregon and the communitv of Eugene to see how easily well-meaning, good people can cooperate to the stopping away of cultural pride and awareness On Jan, 1?, the Taiwanese Student Organization was grant ed recognition as an association However, what should have been a simple matter of deter mining the worthiness of the goals of the group became a compelling need to educate those involved in the differences between Taiwan and China since certain individual* felt Taiwan could lie represented by the Chinese Student Associa tion Thanks to the understand ing within in the ASl '-O. the Tai wanese students now have a place where they gather to t ele brate their unique and impor tant culture Yet, the recognition of the I SO is only symptomatic of a deeply rooted problem For instance. Anne Moser-Komfeld. in a thought-provoking artu le {ODE Jan 30). falls into the trap of assoc lating Taiwan with Chi na Night, sponsored by the Chi nese Student Association She goes on to fault the event for not having "general interest publi cation's! on Chinese culture." Later {The Regi&ter-Guard Feb 3). in a story on a dance troupe from the National Insti tute of the Arts in Taipei, the reporter t ormtlv points out that the group will perform native dances, but then goes on to focus on only the Chinese aspects of the goals of the group While some Taiwanese may have Chinese ancestry and some Taiwanese culture may be root ed in China, couldn't the same be said for the United States? Hut the United States is too far from that gigantic red shadow to be too concerned Taiwan is not Taiwan needs the help of good people everywhere in rocogniz mg. thereby preserving, its national identity and culture. If you want to help or are simply curious about us as a people, a good place to star! would be to visit one of the perfarmam <ms of t ales of the Mountains and the Seas," When you finish viewing the performance you should bo able to begin to see how we are, in fact, a sovereign nation filled with a rich and diverse are and history But please do not call us Chinese We are proud of our nationality We are Taiwanese Shing-Jye Chen President, Taiwanese Students Organization Myst engaging An alternative to Anthony Forney s review of Myst (ODt Feb :t| For well over a year. Binder bund Software's Myst has been On the lies! selling til) ROM and U*st selling l*C game lists Com puter software titles do not stay on the best-selling lists for that long if they don't have some thing to offer Some titles sud denly disappear into that hlat k hole known as the bargain bin. Not Myst; it has become one of those rare titles immortalized ns a classic l>«cause it is original, beautiful, simple and {most importantly) engaging This adventure pla< es you in the land of Mvst, a deserted island full of wonder and mys tery Don’t aspect the manual to tell you what to do — it won't. But that's the whole point. You have a whole new world to explore and disi over Looking for clues as to why you are here, you wander among the trees listening to the wind and admiring the beauty of this strange place A sheet of paper lies near the path and gives you a hint at what to do Soon you find a library of books; some an? badly burned and some are full of hidden hints. After carefully reading each book, you notice another book on the other side of the room and find a man trapped inside' What is he sav ing' Should you try to free him? How? Searching the room a little more, you discover a secret door that leads to a dark, winding hallway. What lies at the end? This is Mvst I and countless other people have been com pletely mesmerized by this adventure. The exquisite graph ics pull you in. the realistic sounds make vou listen, and the logical, yet challenging puzzles make you think. Myst's interface is simple and transparent, which adds to the experience of being there. Refreshingly original, this CD s non-violent slant is perfect for any person of any age. If you are looking for a shoot-em-up with lots of firepower and gore, stay very far away — you will l*> disappointed But if you like puzzles and exploring strange new worlds, you'll instantly fall in love with M\si Minimum system require ments IBM compatible DOS 5 0 or higher, Windows 3.1 or Inter. 4MB RAM 3800X3 3 processor, and a SVGA monitor (MO X 480. 258 c olor) Macin tosh: System 7 0 1 or higher. 256-color monitor, 4 MB RAM My si is only available on CD ROM and sells for somewhere between $40 and $65 depending on where you go By the way, here's a kick for you: Dennis Miller's “That's (a>ek to Me sells for a Scorching $3 73 at Egghead Get it while it's hot! (Hint: it's in the bargain bin.) Matthew Stevenson Computer and Information Science ■ LETTERS POLICY The Oregon Ikiily Emerald will attempt to print all letters containing comments on topics of interest to the University community. 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