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University Events -Aft. I Tuesday, Oct. 2 Public relations meeting: The Public . Nations Student Society of America off*- -s students public relations expe; ,ence and networking oppori 'nities, 6:30 p.m. 221 Allen Hal, Free. Thursday, Oct. 4 Student forum; The music department presents Jake Pegg&'Os , Academicos’; ‘Samba. Maracatu, and Axe: Os Academicos goes to Brasil." 1 p.m. Beall Hall. Free. Friday, Oct. 5 Conference: An interdisciplinary conference, “Gender in Motion: Divisions of Labor and Guttural Change in Late Imperial and Modern China," addresses themes of gender divisions of tabor and political and cultural change in China. Gerlinger Alumni Lounge. For more information, cai! 346-1521. Beginning Monday, Oct. 8, the Emerald wifi offer a fui calendar of events online at www.daiiyemerald.com. Send information regarding campus events to catendar@da8yemerald,com. Negotiations continued from page 1 “We believe there are others who may be in the country who would have plans,” Ashcroft said on CBS’s “Face The Nation.” “There is a very serious threat of additional problems now,” Ashcroft said. Americans already appear pre pared for the likelihood of further tragedy. In a new poll for Time maga zine, 81 percent of Americans said they believed another terrorist attack is very likely or somewhat likely in the next year; 76 percent said they thought the likely vehicle of attack would be a car bomb or truck bomb. Administration officials also ac knowledged Sunday that military retaliation for the terrorist attack of Sept. 11 could have consequences in the United States. “There are substantial risks of ter rorism still in the United States, and as we as a nation respond to what’s happened to us, those risks may in fact go up,” Ashcroft said on CNN. Rumsfeld said that in weighing how to react, U.S. officials must be careful not to foment unrest in Is lamic countries that have pledged to assist the fight against terrorism, such as Pakistan and Jordan. In Washington, about 3,000 largely peaceful protesters urged the Unit ed States not to engage in indis criminate bombing of Afghanistan. “I think all of us are quite sick of the idea of civilian deaths, whether they’re here or in Afghanistan,” said Kit Bonson of the Washington Peace Center, a local anti-war group that organized the rally. The protesters were met with counterprotests. Vietnam-era veter an Lou Santucci carried a sign link ing the protesters to terrorists: “Osama Thanks Fellow Cowards for Their Support.” Nora Carroll yelled obscenities at the marchers, then explained that they were wrong comparing the war on terrorism with the war in Vietnam a generation ago. “This is a whole dif ferent story,” she said. “When we’re attacked, we fight back.” Lenny Savino, Tony Pugh, Drew Brown & Mark McDonald contributed to this report. © 2001, Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. UO student wins $5,000 in Selco commercial contest ■An animated film nets Eric Gorski the grand prize in Selco’s video contest By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald Even as a five-year-old, senior Eric Gorski could draw — just ask his kindergarten teachers. He couldn’t write cursive, solve algebra problems or read a novel. But he could definitely create art. “I won a poster contest in kindergarten for a ‘Vandalism is Wrong’ poster,” he said with a laugh. “I drew people throwing dy namite at a building and breaking windows.” As a kindergartner, Gorski never guessed that his artistic talents would someday make him $5,000 richer. A 25-second animated film he created in two days last summer made Gorski the grand prize win ner of Selco Credit Union’s new member-drive commercial contest “Why I love Selco.” The commer cials feature Gorski and his film “The Animator,” and will contin ue running on local television spots through October. People can also spot the multi media major in the pages of The Register-Guard and The Spring field News in Selco print advertise ments, and view his film at www.selcc.org. Using Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, a scanner and a cam corder, Gorski said he spent nearly 48 hours creating 300 hand-drawn frames and editing his animation. His film presents the story of a car toon character who dreams of be coming an animator. Because of Sel co, he gets the loan he needs to buy a brand new computer and camera. “It’s just a stick figure, but there’s just something to it,” Selco Market ing Director Bonnie Larson said. “It speaks to all audiences, and it’s ap pealing because it has a serious message but with a whimsical per spective.” Selco received more than 60 sub missions, Larson said. She added that a panel of judges chose five fi nal videos and put them online for Selco members to vote for, and “The Animator” won hands down. Gorski heard about the contest in the spring, and admits waiting too long to begin the project, run ning into some last-minute techni cal problems. But with no time to fix them, he submitted the piece as it was only minutes before the fi nal deadline. “I wasn’t very happy with it at first and was considering not turn ing it. in,” he said. “After I did I just kind of forgot about it. But then Bonnie called me and said ‘You’re a finalist. ’ I was really surprised. ” He hasn’t seen the ads on TV yet, but Gorski said friends have men tioned catching the commercials several times in the last month. “They’re like ‘wow, Eric’s on TV,”’ he said, laughing. “ I guess I’m a local celebrity now, along with Ronny from Ronny’s Stereo.” Although “The Animator” re veals Gorski’s knack for drawing, he leans more toward movie-mak ing and directing, skills he began practicing at a young age with his father’s video camera. “It went from wanting to be an animator to comic book artist to making movies,” he said. “Me and my brother and neighbors used to make movies ever since I was five. We’d do ’80s stuff like “Karate Kid,” “Star Wars,” “Ghostbusters” and “Indiana Jones.” It was always something we did just for fun. ” But whether it’s scripting out a film or an animation, Gorski spends hours shooting, directing and edit ing, which he normally does all alone. He said watching his work take its final form makes it worth the time. “The best part is seeing all the little pieces come together,” he said. Through multimedia courses and self-teaching, Gorski has also learned how to create 3-D clay ani mation and Web design, but said if he “could live off of making movies, that would be awesome. ” Visiting multimedia Professor Joey Bargsten has taught several of Gorski’s multimedia classes. He said Gorski’s projects have always stuck out and received positive re sponses from audiences. “I think one of Eric’s most promi nent talents is his ability to create characters very clearly and concise ly,’’hesaid. “He also has a really great gift in designing shots and unfolding a story through cinema and video.... He’s a good example of what you can do with a minimal amount of soft ware and investment.” Beata Mostafavi is the student activities editor for the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached at beatamostafavi@dailyemerald.com. 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