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Controversial speaker to lecture on Old West ■ William Cronon, alternately attacked and applauded by scholars, will address landscape painting By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald The topics of history, geography and environmental studies will come together Thursday night in a free, slide-illustrated lecture given by University of Wisconsin-Madi son Professor William Cronon. In “Telling Tales on Canvas: Landscapes of Frontier Change,” Cronon will investigate 19th centu ry American landscape painting and its relation to the human view of nature during that time. The lec ture will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thurs day in Room 177 of Lawrence Hall.“Cronon is one of the leaders, if not the leader, in the discipline of environmental studies,” University landscape architecture professor Kenny Helphand said. “His books are provocative, important and beautifully expressed.” Cronon’s lecture is part of the Oregon Humanities Center’s 2000 2001 Robert D. Clark series, an en dowed lecture program that seeks to promote public discussion on the natural sciences, the history of Ore gon and the interface between sci ence and social and cultural affairs. “Anybody interested in the American West from any point of view, whether literally or legally, would benefit from the lecture,” Help^iand said. A professor of history, geography and environmental studies, Cronon is considered by many University professors to be one of the most in fluential thinkers in the field of en vironmental studies. His has writ ten several books on the impact of human development on different landscapes, which have been criti cized by some environmentalists and scholars. “I believe that the controversy has a lot to do with critics misunder standing the way Cronon talks about wilderness,” said Peter Walk er, a University geography profes sor.According to Walker, critics fo cus parts of Cronon’s essay “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Get ting Back to the Wrong Nature” that they believe puts wilderness areas in a negative light. In addition to the fields of envi ronmental studies and geography, Cronon’s work also applies to land scape architecture, art history and American history. The combination of disciplines that Cronon’s work embodies is the main reason why Julia Heydon, as sociate director of Oregon Humani ties, invited him to speak. “He is someone who bridges the gap be tween the humanities and the social sciences,” Heydon said. “He is someone of interest for a number of people.” The humanistic prospective that Cronon takes in his research could also be useful to individuals in the areas of the physical sciences, such as biology and chemistry, Walker said. Bush, Gore disagree over facts, messages, details By Ron Fournier The Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A1 Gore said Tuesday, “I’m opposed to big govern ment” and promised he would never expand the federal bureaucracy as president. Rival George W. Bush said voters shouldn’t believe it. Gore said he had worked for eight years to reduce the bureaucracy — federal em ployment is down about one-sixth during the Clin ton-Gore years — and he said he would try to shrink the government to the smallest share of the econ omy in a half-century. Bush would have none of it. “He wants to increase the size and scope of the federal government,” the Texas Republican said two weeks before Election Day, as both candidates cast wide nets in search of com pelling homestretch issues. Gore, the Democratic vice president, was cam paigning in his home state and Bush was visiting once-friendly Florida — a sign that this closely fought race has pushed both can didates to the brink, even in their political backyards. Revisiting an old issue, Bush said President Clin ton’s impeachment is a chapter that Americans “would just rather forget,” but he warned that Gore’s boss could become an issue if he doesn’t stop criticizing the GOP ticket. “If he can’t help himself and starts getting out there and campaigns against me, the shadow returns,” Bush said playfully, fielding a question about impeach ment from a suburban Chicago voter before flying here. “I may say something in defense of my record, but it’s time to move on.” As if on cue, the govern ment announced a record $237 billion surplus for the fiscal year just ended and Clinton quickly hailed it in an appearance promoting Gore’s run for the presiden cy.. Three of four tracking polls suggest the race for the White House has nar rowed in recent days after Bush appeared to be open ing a lead over the week end. But polls suggest vot ers still have concerns about both candidates, es pecially Gore’s personality and Bush’s stances on sev eral issues. Anxioug for any edge, Gore’s team also distributed copies of a new report that raises questions about Bush’s education record in Texas. Researchers at Rand, a California-based think tank, suggested that rising state test scores in Texas may be misleading because the students didn’t do as well on national tests. Bush aides denounced the report with help from a Texas Democrat who is tour ing the nation on the gover nor’s behalf. “It’s utterly false,” said Sandy Kress, an education advocate. In the battle of TV ads, the Republican National Com mittee entered the fray over Social Security, defending Bush against Democratic commercials that say he can not divert $1 trillion to pay for personal savings ac counts while still paying reg ular Social Security benefits. “Why does Al Gore say one thing, when the truth is another?” an announcer asks in the GOP ad. A second commercial says Gore is ex aggerating about Bush’s Texas record, too. The tax-and-spend debate is a recurring theme: Gore calls Bush’s tax-cut plan risky and Bush calls Gore a big-government Democrat. Protested Eagle Creek timber sale under scientific review By John Hughes The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Inde pendent scientists will re view an Oregon timber sale that has been the subject of protests for 18 months and determine whether the sale should go forward, Agricul ture Secretary Dan Glickman said Tuesday. If the scientists determine the 1,030-acre Eagle Creek timber sale in Mount Hood National Forest should be changed or canceled, “then appropriate action would be taken,” Glickman said in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D Ore. Protesters have targeted the planned sale, saying it will harm wildlife, expose remaining trees to damaging winds and contaminate drinking water for about 185,000 Portland-area resi dents. Several of the activists oc cupied the proposed sale site this summer, sometimes living in tarp-covered forts 150 feet high in the trees and in mesh “pods” suspended over gates. The Forest Ser vice cleared out many of the activists in a pre-dawn raid on July 7. “Several” protesters re mained at the site Tuesday as part of their 24-hour-a day, 7-day-per-week vigil to prevent the sale, said Tre Ar row, a spokesman for the en vironmental group Cascadia Forest Alliance. Forest Service regional of ficials in Portland have con tended the sale will not harm the environment and that it is needed to fulfill the Northwest Forest Plan, a document directing use of Pacific Northwest forests in the wake of fights over the threatened northern spotted owl. Wyden in July asked Glickman to suspend the Ea gle Creek sale until the For est Service officials could determine whether they an ticipated blowdown as a consequence of the sale and — if so — to document their anticipation. A blowdown is how foresters and conservation ists refer to swaths of downed timber sometimes caused when logging opens the forest to winds. Wyden said Tuesday he still believes the sale is flawed. “I am very hopeful that the next administration will clean up this mess and re store public confidence in the management of our pub lic lands through an open, scientifically based public process,” he said in a state ment. Glickman wants Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck to set up the independent re view team, including scien tists from inside and outside the agency, and said the panel should complete its work by April 15. Plans to log the site are on hold from Nov. 1 through May 31. Patty Burel, a spokes woman for the Forest Ser vice’s regional office, said re gional Forest Service officials “welcome this op portunity for an independ ent review.” Arrow said he would have preferred that Glickman can cel the sale and that he hopes the panel will take such a step. “I am every ex cited Dan Glickman has is sued this letter,” he said. In 1996, Vanport Manu facturing of Boring bid $10.4 million to log 1,030 acres in the Eagle Creek area. Since then, Vanport President Adolf Hertrich has ex pressed concerns to the For est Service about the amount of blowdown that occurred in an area logged in 1997. Vanport has logged about 40 percent of the areas under contract. The remaining log ging has been thwarted by protesters. SPORTS CAREER SEMINAR <JOB*FAIR Professional sports teams from around the West will be posting jobs, interviewing and hiring for jobs in the sports industry. There will also be guest speakers, panel discussions and an entire day of sports related activities! 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