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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1997)
Step back a little further... CHAD PATTESON/Emerald Students enrolled in Oregon Forests weekend workshop class discover the hidden treasures of Trestle Creek Falls, 20 miles east of Cottage Grove. Instructor Mel Jackson led the group on an instructional tour of Oregon forest plants, animals, history and geology including hikes among 500-year-old trees. Online: Creators unsure anything digital will ever replace books ■ Continued from Page 6 “The industry that’s really alive right now, that really has an audi ence and is profitable, is the book industry,” Rutten said. "Book sales in this country have never been as strong. The interactive in dustry still has to prove that.” “The Web is producing more heat than light,” agreed Eamon Dolan, the senior editor at Harper Collins’ new line of cyberish books, HarperEdge. “The book is an affirmation of a technology that’s been around for 400 years,” he added. "This im print is not about boosting technology. It’s a very nice ham mer, but it’s still a hammer.” Dolan’s imprint is, however, about grabbing some of the hottest names on the Web and having them sit down to write the kind of 50,000-word treatises no one in his or her right mind would ever read online. Titles like “What Will Be: Our Lives in the 21st Century” by Michael Dertouzos, with a fore word by a software salesman out of Seattle named Bill Gates. Or “The Soul of Cyberspace” by Jef frey Zaleski, on the spiritual side of virtual reality. It’s exactly this question of word count, more than anything else, that frames the de bate: Long vs. short, quick vs. slow. UO Faculty & Staff Did You Know... By participating in the pre-tax retirement savings plan, (403b), you can make 15-37% on your contributions through tax savings. Carterf^Carter financial "Your Financial Partners" Committed to the University Community 541/683-2900 F.mail: invest@carterandcarter.com Access our Schedule of Seminars: http:// www.rjf.com/sems.htm UC ClimiiAl rOKUH & doghouse euteetaikmekt present to • kirk featuring: Charlie Hunter, Scott Amendola, John Schott and Will Bernard The Wild Duck Music Hall Tuesday, January 14, ISO 7 9pm (Doors open <K> 8pm) O $7 UO O $8 gp O $9 door Tickets: EMU Tickets, CD World, Record Garden, Face the Music, House ol Records, Balladere Music, Wild Duck. + special guest The question isn’t whether you can make a major impact. The question is where. Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/college/ Full-Time and Summer Technical Interviews February 13-14 See the Career Center for job descriptions and details Resumes due Friday, January 17
