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Gettin’jiggly with it
The Maude Kerns Art Center will
be bursting at the seams with wiggly,
wobbly creations Saturday evening.
The center’s 15th annual Jello Art
Show will jiggle from 5 p.m. to 8
p.m., and the event will include gela
tin artwork and a Tacky Food Buffet
filled with edible creations. This
year’s theme is'“Jellovision,” cos
tumes are encouraged, and eclectic
bonsai band Radar Angels will add
their sound to the mix.
Artists should bring their food cre
ations to the center, located at 1910
E. 15th Ave., between 3 p.m. and
4:30 p.m. Saturday. The entry fee is
$3 per piece. The evening is a benefit
for the art center, and admission will
be a suggested donation of $3, or $5
for families.
—Jacquelyn Lewis
Investigative journalist
to divulge political
information
The political atmosphere on cam
pus is swirling with tension as the
war marches on and ASUO elections
approach, but a new element is
about to be thrown into the mix.
Greg Palast, a well-known inves
tigative journalist, is coming to the
University on Sunday to promote his
book “The Best Democracy Money
Gan Buy” at a benefit for independ
ent and progressive voices in media
sponsored by the University Survival
Center. The event will take place in
150 Columbia, and doors open at 6
p.m. It is free and open to the public,
but donations are encouraged.
In his investigative career, Palast
has tackled numerous political scan
dals and issues for BBC Television and
London newspaper The Observer, in
cluding the 2000 presidential election,
the World Trade Organization and En
ron’s accounting manipulations.
Kat Beglinger-L’Estrange, coordi
nator for Palast’s Northwest book
tour, said University students want
ing to hear something different from
the standard fare of the “corporate
media” on the war should attend.
“He’s very provocative,” Beglinger
L’Estrange said. “I think people would
really appreciate knowing some of the
facts he’s uncovered.”
— Jennifer Bear
Walkout
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inside and outside greek houses
along East 11th Avenue yelling re
marks such as, “Fuck you guys”
and “go Bush.”
Shayna Snyder, a sophomore at
the University, spoke during the
first part of the protest in the
amphitheater.
“No more business as usual,” she
said. “Inaction is silent support of
the status quo and I will not sit
back and support the status quo if
the status quo is unjust.”
Snyder said she was happy with
the turnout of students at the
walkout, but said more students
should have participated. She
added that while she understood
missing classes could be difficult
for students, she believed the war
was a higher priority.
“This is what history feels like,”
she said. “And if we go down
in flames, then I want to go
down fighting.”
University student Van Peterson
also spoke out against the war. Pe
terson was in the U.S. Army for
three years, and opened his speech
by reading a selection of quotes by
members of Veterans for Peace.
“N. Dale Thompson served in
the Navy for 22 years, from 1957
to 1979,” Peterson said. “This is
what he said: ‘Some of my friends
think that we are not supporting
the men and women in uniform if
we protest the war. I tell them we
are supporting them in the only
way that shows we value our lives
more than we want to stroke the
ego of one spoiled rich kid.’”
Peterson also spoke about the ef
fect that depleted uranium has on
people, and encouraged the crowd
to keep focusing on peace.
“Standing up against this war is
the most patriotic thing you can do,”
he said. “Power to the peaceful.”
Peterson and Snyder, along
with most of the other speakers,
also spoke on supporting the
troops. Snyder said she could not
think of anything more support
ive than bringing troops back to
the United States.
Peterson agreed, adding that war
protesters should not be intimidat
ed by people who say they are not
supporting the troops.
Political science Professor Jane
Cramer also spoke about democracy.
“This is democracy,” she said,
motioning to the gathered crowd.
“History did not have lots of
democracy, and the world is much,
much bloodier for it.”
Cramer added that although the
country is at war, she hoped peace
was not totally lost.
Amy, a student at Lane Com
munity College who did not want
her last name used, spoke to the
crowd through slam poetry. Amy
read two pieces of her slam poet
ry, each expressing her frustra
tions with the war in Iraq, Presi
dent Bush and media portrayal of
anti-war protesters.
“Call me an enemy,” she said,
“because patriotism does not define
my morality.”
Contact the reporter
atalishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.
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University of Oregon
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