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UHF provided musical entertainment at the EMU Amphitheater as part of the ASUO Street Faire. Mark McCambridge Emerald information session Thursday, October 10, 6.30-7.30 p.m., EMU, Rogue Room TEACH AMERICA www.teachforamerica.org Workshops Prizes Grand Prize: a bicycle thanks to Paul's Bicycle Way of Life October 15th -18th For more information contact: Academic Learning Services 68 PLC, 346-3226 Sniper continued from page 1 “It has caused us to make an ad justment,” Moose said of the disclo sure. “My investigators made a clear and compelling argument that that information not be released.” What the detectives’ adjustment was and how much progress might have been sparked by the Tarot card was not clear. The disclosure caused officials to intensify the virtual information blackout that has been in effect across the past fearful week that the sniper has been roaming a 50-mile stretch of Washington and its suburbs. With grim efficiency, the gunman has stalked apparent strangers go ing about their life’s routine, killing six people and critically wounding two others. The Tarot card, one of 78 from a deck of the sort that has been used for centuries by fortune tellers, added a further chilling touch to the investigation with the stark message of direct address to detectives. The disclosure deepened the re gion’s edginess, particularly here in Montgomery County, a busy com muter community area where the sniper has focused most of his fire and where many residents fear he lives and is plotting his next assault. The Tarot card consumed the in terest of both residents and criminol ogists through the day as a possible means of eventually tracking the gunman or at least better under standing his personality. According to Tarot lore, Death is the card that suggests changes, renewal, destruc tion —but not necessarily sudden or radical destruction—and rebirth. To Culture continued from page 1 lems in coordinating the dinner re ception and book promotion. After experiencing financial difficulties, the group and had to fund-raise, but had trouble convincing others to support their efforts. Juan added that this was a major obstacle for the organization, as KP would not have been able to host the event without support. “It took a lot of pushing to make (people) believe this was a notewor thy event,” Juan said. Planning for the event began in Au gust with the help of an off-campus group, the Eugene-Springfield Philip pine American Association Inc. Melissa Ghristoffels, the new chairwoman for PAA, said their Mark McCambridge Emerald Mieka Hopps, a South Eugene High School senior, cooks Thai noodles at the Bangkok Grill during the ASUO Street Faire. Tarot fanciers, it foretells eliminating the old and going on to the new. “Leaving the card suggests he is now comfortable with his elusive ness and feels safe leaving some in formation,” said professor James Alan Fox, the Lipman family profes sor of criminal justice at Northeast ern University. “He didn’t give any thing away about his identity, but it intensifies his aura.” On the other hand, Dorothy Ot now Lewis, a professor of psychiatry at New York University who has in tensely studied a number of murder ers, including the serial killer Ted Bundy, said: ’’You wonder if this is a cry for help. He needn’t have left it. I’ve seen this before.” Fox speculated that “the message reflects his arrogance, his narcissism, the notion that he is in control.” Lewis said the sniper’s claim to be God struck her as “clearly psychotic, very out of touch with reality.” “It is a common kind of fantasy to be a very important, very powerful person,” said Lewis. But she specu lated the sniper had done so much damage in such a short period that he may be highly manic and “getting more delusional and more revved up” with each execution. Moose and other investigators would offer absolutely no theories or informa tion on how they might be attempting to track the particular Tarot card or the characteristics of its message. The card and spent cartridge shell were found in a detailed search of the sniper’s suspected perch in shooting the 13-year-old student from about 150 yards away under cover in the woods bordering the boy’s school in Bowie, Md. Using a high-powered hunting or military rifle with skilled marksman ship, the sniper has chosen locales offering fast escape routes via the main roads and highways lacing through the Washington commuter belt. He has fired only once at each victim in his assaults, hitting them with high-intensity, .223-caliber bul lets designed to fragment and cause wide internal damage. Even as Moose pleaded for media forbearance, reporters and televi sion crews raced to a half-dozen scenes of police responding through the day to initial reports of gunfire or suspicious individuals. Several scenes were carried live on cable news stations, with local residents and the nation able to watch armed SWAT team police in searches even tually pronounced fruitless. One incident produced the arrest Wednesday evening of a man at his home in Kensington after gunshots had been heard inside the house by neighbors. The police said no one was injured and they were question ing the man, although the incident was not similar to the sniper’s elu sive, outdoor method of operation. “Everyone’s at a heightened state of anxiety,” Moose noted in promis ing to offer explanations for each in cident as they are investigated. Once more, he placed his empha sis on the search for a white cargo truck that was reported seen speed ing from a shooting scene last Thurs day, when the sniper separately killed four people in 12 hours. And the chief repeated what has become his mantra, that some bit of recalled information from a member of the public will undo the sniper. “I am convinced it is information from another person that could weigh heavily in our closing of this investigation,” Moose insisted. partnership in coordinating this event has been very successful. “They’re all very good, smart kids, and I admire them for wanting to learn more about Philippine cul ture,” Ghristoffels said. “Hopefully, this event will strengthen our work ing relationship since we do have pretty much the same goal, which is to promote cultural understanding.” Juan said KP and PAA have tried to promote this event statewide and expect several Oregon public offi cials to be in attendance tonight, in cluding state Sen. Tony Corcoran, D-Cottage Grove, Springfield May or Sid Leken, Lane County Com missioner Peter Sorenson and sev eral city councilors from Eugene and Springfield. KP predicts the event will attract a crowd of about 300 people. The event begins today in the EMU Ball room at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m. Student tickets can be pur chased for $6 and community tick ets for $9 at the EMU Ticket Office. At the reception, Goseteng will discuss the cultural significance of the book and address political, so cial and economic issues that affect people of the Philippines. There will also be a performance by Ifugao Dance Troupe, a raffle drawing, a book signing and a question-and-an swer session with Goseteng. Juan encouraged Filipino Ameri cans and others to attend. “It’s an eye-opener to what I have lost as a Filipino American and to what I should know as a Filipino,” Juan said. Contact the reporter at jenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.
