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I Call today to enroll! 1'100-KAP-TEST kaptest.com Test prep, admissions and guidance. For life. •Test names are the registered her. Friday, Jan. 19,10:05 p.m. — Officers received numerous complaints about a white male running nude down 13th Avenue by the EMU. Saturday, Jan. 20,4:40 p.m — DPS received notice from the Eugene Police Department dispatch of a caller near I Autzen Stadium who said a group was chasing him because he hadn’t paid them drug money. Sunday, Jan. 21,11:35 p.m.—A student reported suspicious males, dressed in dark clothing, yelling near the Prince Lucien Campbell Hall. Monday, Jan. 22,12:50 a.m.—An officer reported students smoking in the bathroom on the first floor of the Burgess Hall in Hamilton East. Car Crimes Tuesday, Jan. 16,3:48 p.m.—A caller reported a vehicle and bus accident at the corner of 13th Avenue and Kincaid Street. Thursday, Jan. 18,3:11 a.m. — A caller reported a man near the Bond Apartment parking lot damaging vehicles. Saturday, Jan. 20,11:32 p.m.—Stu dent reported a car had been broken into near the school of music. Saturday, Jan. 20,11:32 p.m.—Stu dent reported a car had been broken into near the school of music. Sunday, Jan. 21,2:40 p.m.—DPS received notification from the EPD of two people “casing vehicles” near the intersection of Agate Street and 13th Avenue. Bike Thefts Reported at the following locations: Hamilton Complex [2] and the Univer sity Inn. Source: Department of Public Safety New Year continued from page 1 wrapped and fried in a thin tor tilla. Wu also said his house would be cleaned thoroughly. “Chinese New Year means everything is new for us,” Wu said. “It’s a new start, so everything is clean.” Wu has faced other differences in America besides holidays away from his family. He said adapting to eating American burgers and spaghetti instead of rice and noo dles has been easy compared to the challenge of speaking English daily. Wu began studying English in Taiwan when he was 13, and he became proficient in reading and writing, but not in speaking the language. I get homesick and think about my family a lot I miss the food. I’m sure they will have better food than here. Xiao-Yu Fan sophomore, CSA volunteer yy Wu, a sophomore pre-business major, said he plans to finish his college education studying abroad at the University. He has been helping his younger sister, Iris, a freshman, adjust to life in the resi dence halls and her first Chinese New Year in America. For Chinese New Year’s Eve, Wu and Tsai said they will gather with a small group of their col lege friends to celebrate at mid night and stay awake all night. As an alternative to setting off fire crackers, they will share a meal out of a hot pot, a large boiling pot of soup into which raw meat is dipped. Another tradition Wu said he can’t participate in during his stay in America is putting up red paper around the frame of his family’s front door. The paper is adorned with wishes for a prosperous new year and good fortune. “A long, long time ago, people thought the red paper was put around the door so a monster wouldn’t get into the house,” said Wu, who was born in the year of the rooster. The monster, called “nein” in Chinese, was thought to have eat en people each year on Jan. 24. Wu said devices such as fireworks are meant to scare off the monster. But times have changed, and the tradi tional ceremonies are now per formed out of respect toward Chi nese ancestors, not out of fear of the monster. Xiao-Yu Fan, a sophomore from China and a volunteer with CSA, said for her, Chinese New Year is a special occasion for her to get to gether with her friends from the University. “I get homesick and think about my family a lot,” Fan said. “I miss the food. I’m sure they will have better food than here.” Tsai said the one aspect she will miss most celebrating Chinese New Year in America is the red en velope, which contains money and is usually given to children from their elders. The color red stands for congratulations and celebration in Chinese. Chinese New Year Festival 2001 Starts at 5 p.m., Jan. 28 in the EMU Skylight and Ballroom $7general public, free for children ages three and under Tickets may be purchased at the door or the EMU ticket office For more information, contact the Chinese Student Association at 346 4322. Wu said he will also miss gam bling, another highlight for youths during the Chinese New Year cele bration. The CSA will host the Chinese New Year Festival 2001 at 5 p.m. on Jan. 28 in the EMU Skylight and Ballroom. Tsai said the annu al cultural presentation will pro vide students, faculty and the community the opportunity to learn more about Chinese culture and traditions through exhibi tions, a dinner reception and per formances. Features of the evening will in clude Chinese calligraphy demonstrations, costumes, mar tial arts, folk music and travel in formation. More than 50 volunteers will prepare specialty dishes such as “bien-dang” and “dumping,” of ten served during the Dragon Boat festival in May. Even though the activities fall on the same day as the Super Bowl, members of CSA said they expect more than 300 people to attend the events Sunday. “We would like to introduce to everyone how we celebrate Chi nese New Year,” Tsai said. 896010 Winona LaDuke- EMU Ballroom, 6pm Jan. i6tl) Environmental Justice Conference Jan 26-28 - Free and Open to the public \ Including Speaker,): Profeaaor Robin Mo.rrh-Collin, Luke Cole, Dr. Robert Bullard. 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