News briefs 21 die as commuter plane crashes in N.C. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A US Air ways commuter plane corkscrewed into the earth outside a hangar at Charlotte/Douglas International Air port on Wednesday, exploding in a fireball that killed all 21 aboard. The plane, Flight 5481 bound for Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., was full with 19 passengers and two pi lots aboard when it crashed at 8:49 a.m. EDT, missing by less than 50 yards a US Airways maintenance base with hundreds of workers. About 400 workers scrambled to safety from the cavernous hangar, avoiding a torrent of burning avia tion fuel that surged from a storm drain like lava. The cause of the crash was un known, but authorities said there was a truncated conversation be tween the tower and the pilot after takeoff. Witnesses said the aircraft seemed to struggle from the start. The flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder were recov ered and will be examined Thursday. —Mark Washburn, Ken Garfield and Elizabeth Leland, Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) North Korea condemns U.S.; Bush offers talks SEOUL, South Korea — With the diplomatic ball in its court, North Ko rea stuck Wednesday to its long-held game plan of firing off bombastic rhet oric while pretending to ignore mounting international pressure to end its nuclear weapons programs. Hours after the Bush administra tion shifted tactics Tuesday and for mally agreed to talk with North Ko rea, the isolated communist country’s official news agency re leased a vitriolic condemnation of the United States without acknowl edging what South Korea’s media heralded as a potential breakthrough in the standoff. r “The ‘nuclear issue’ that renders the situation on the Korean peninsu la strained is a product of the U.S. strategy to dominate the world whereby it is working hard to bring a holocaust of a nuclear war to the Korean nation, calling for a pre-emp tive nuclear strike after deploying lots of nuclear weapons in and around South Korea,” said a com mentary from the North Korean news agency. —Michael Dorgan, Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) GOP struggles for way to address race issues WASHINGTON—As Republicans tried urgently to come up with a plan Wednesday to illustrate their com mitment to civil rights, a furor over President George W. Bush’s renomi nation of controversial Judge Charles Pickering to a federal ap peals court ensured the task would be even more difficult. Senate Republicans huddled in side the ornate Library of Congress during a daylong retreat in which they pledged to increase spending on historically black colleges and uni versities, assist educational institu tions that serve Hispanics, aid small businesses and hold “leadership summits” with African-Americans, Hispanics and women. Democrats and civil rights activists quickly derided the Republican pro posals as woefully insufficient. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., re peatedly dodged questions about whether he would support Pickering, who was rejected last year on a party line vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Critics say Pickering, a federal judge in Mississippi, has a his tory of racial insensitivity. — Jill Zuckman, Chicago Tribune (KRT) Bill would ban human . cloning for any reason ' ORLANDO, Fla. — All human cloning would be banned under a bill introduced Wednesday in Congress, touching off a new debate over whether to halt potentially promis ing research into treatments for many diseases. The bill—sponsored in part by U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla. — would send people to jail and levy fines up to SI million for human cloning endeav ors, whether the intent is to make a baby or conduct research. The total ban is expected to pass the U.S. House but stall in the Sen ate, where lawmakers oppose the technique for reproduction but re main divided over whether it could be used for research. There are strong voices on both sides, setting up what is likely to be a pivotal debate on one of the newest and most controversial areas of med ical experimentation. —Robyn Suriano, The Orlando Sentinel (KRT) Sharon investigation erodes Likud support JERUSALEM — Reports that Is raeli police were investigating Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s finances rat tled his Likud Party on Wednesday and threatened to further whittle its lead in the polls over the Labor Party in the final weeks before national elections on Jan. 28. Already battered by reports of vote-buying and criminal involve ment in its primary elections last month, Likud appeared to be in dan ger of losing more ground following the latest disclosures. The Ha’aretz newspaper reported on Tuesday that police were investi gating suspicions that Sharon re ceived $1.49 million from Cyril Kern, a businessman in South Africa, as security for a bank loan, but failed to disclose the transfer when questioned by police investiga tors, falsely claiming that the loan was obtained in return for the mort gage of his ranch. The bank loan was used to repay improper contributiorfs* tO' Sharon’s 1999 primary campaign. —Joel Greenberg, Chicago Tribune (KRT) I Say hello to iPod. 1000 songs. In your pocket. Check low pricing at the UO Bookstore. Visit www.uobookstore.com or call (541) 346-4331 CRAFT Jewelry 8C Metalwork Bicycle Maintenance Paper. Paint, Pens Woodworking Photography Ceramics Fiber Arts pace still available in classes listed NOW! Beginning Ceramics Ralph Wilson An introduction to the basics of clay work, which will include techniques such as wheel throwing, handbuilding, slab construction, and glazing techniques. FRI, JAN 17-FEB 21 10:15 AM-1-.15 PM $62 + Term Pass Fee PLU#6004 Bookbinding Jill Cardinal Learn the skills that you need to craft exquisite hand-bound books. We will use a relief printing technique combined with crayon batik to transform brown paper into a bound portfolio, album or journal WED, JAN 1 5-FEB 12 6:30-9:30PM $49 w/ term pass PLIM6051 $54 w/out term pass PLU#6052 Ceramic Sculpture Frank Gosar Explore your imagination through clay. Learn methods of clay construction such as coil, slab building, carving, ej additive/ subtractive techniques. TUES, JAN 14-FEB 18 6:30-9:30 PM $55 + Term Pass Fee PLU#6008 Relief Sculpture ]ason Johnston The history of sculpture began with the bas relief. We will press relief tiles out of water clay, fire them and finish them with an assortment of simple surface treatments. TUES, JAN 28-FEB 18 6:30-9:30 PM $40w/term pass PL U #6098 $45 w/out term pass PLU#6099 Figure Studies Jason Johnston From gesture drawing to modeling clay into sculpture we'll cover the basics of anatomy, focusing on expressive qualities, energy sc form of the human figure. WED, JAN 22-MAR 5 6:30-9:30 PM $65 w/term pass PLU#6089 $70 w/out term pass PLU#6090 Polaroid Transfer Jeri Mrazek In this workshop we will transfer slide imagery onto various art papers and po rous surfaces, and experiment with the flexibility of emulsion transfers. SUN, FEB 9 12:30-5:30 PM $46 w/term pass PLU#6070 $51 w/out term pass PLU#6071 Handcolor Photos Jeri Mrazek Enhance your black St white photographs by handcoloring them. We will make prints specifically for handcoloring, tone them and apply a variety of paints and pencils to the final images. WED, FEB 5-19 6:00-9:00 PM $36 + Term Pass Fee PLU#6066 Toning Prints Jeri Mrazek Explore techniques to alter your black sc white photographs by using toners. Ex periment with printing techniques to maxi mize toning effects. WED, FEB 26 SC MAR 5 6:00-9:00 PM $35 + Term Pass Fee PLU#6065 E-6 Slide Process Tom Caples Make your own slide tranparencies from 35mm, 120mm, or 4"x5" Ektachrome, Fugichrome, Agfachrome, Students will process their own film with Kodak E-6 chemistry. SAT, FEB 1 5 10:30 AM-1:30 PM $25 + Term Pass Fee PLU#6068 Airbrush Richard Ahlstrom We'll cover stenciling, gradation sc free hand techniques, as well as airbrush main tenance. SAT, JAN 25-FEB 15 10:30 AM-1:30 PM $57 PLU#6047 ' _ _ _ Calligraphy Gretchen Raisch Study the ancient style of Copperplate or Round Hand calligraphy,using flexible nib pens to achieve the varied stroke width of each letter. SUN, FEB 2-23 1:30-4:30PM $35 w/term pass PLU#6055 $40 w/out term pass PLU#6056 Repousse 61 Chasing Peter Evonuk Repousse at chasing are ancient methods of shaping sheet metal with punches at ham mers to form relief. Repousse' creates form, and then chasing defines the form. MON, FEB 3-24 6:30-9:30 PM $40 + Term Pass Fee PLU#6040 Fast Folded Books Jill Cardinal Learn four styles of making artist's books or excellent gifts. Also add hard covers to these books to add permanence and a professional look. SAT,FEB 22-MAR 8 10:30 AM-1:30 PM $39 w/term pass PLU#6135 $44 w/out term pass PLU#6136 Papermaking Denise Gosar Here is a hands-in-the-puip survey of pa permaking using recycled papers, plant pulps, blossoms fit more. WED, JAN 29-FEB 19 6:30-8:30 PM $26 + Term Pass Fee PLU#6046 Whole Bike Health ]ason Miller fit David Roth Overhaul bearing sets, adjust gears 6C brakes, true wheels. Bring bicycle SC wear grubby clothes to each class. TUES JAN 21-FEB 25 MILLER 6:30-9:00PM $46 w/term pass PLU#6086 $51 w/out term pass PLU#6087 Footstool Seat Weaving Art Graves Experience the folk art technique of weav ing a seat for a fireside footstool. We'li concentrate on elementary weaving styles using fiber rush, or seagrass. SUN, FEB 16 12:30-4:30 PM $31 w/term pass PLU#6129 $36 w/out term pass PLU#6130 Nui Shibori Scarves Susan Ogawa Explore the traditional Japanese textile art of Nui Shibori, or"Hand Stitched" resist dyeing. Using many traditional patterns sc combinations of pleating, ruching, folding, stitching, sc then dyeing fabric with fiber reactive dyes. SUN, FEB 2 SC 9 12:30-4:30 PM $30 + Term Pass Fee PLU#6028 Hand Quilting Trina Duhaime Learn the traditional needle sc thread method of quilting SC give your quilts that classic hand made look. SUN, FEB 9 5:00-7:30 PM $22 w/term pass PLU#6129 $27 w/out term pass PLU#6130 Cedar Bark Weaving Donna Crispin Learn the basics of weaving cedar bark while making a small pouch you can wear around your neck. SAT, FEB 23 12:30-5:30 PM $21 w/term pass PLU#6127 $26 w/out term pass PLU#6128 Paper Piecing Trina Duhaime Learn an exciting new sewing technique in which pieces of fabric are sewn onto printed paper designs. SUN, FEB 2 5:00-8:00 PM $22 w/term pass PLU#6114 $27 w/out term pass PLU#6115 EMU Craft Center 1228 University of Oregon (541) Eugene, OR 97403 346-4361 L http://craftcenter.uoregon.edu O UNIVERSITY OF OREGON