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Volume 105, Issue 91
Essaying the past
Graduate student Seth Walker’s essay will he published in National Geographic Traveler
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University
of Oregon
graduate
student Seth
Walker saw
an opportunity
to tell a
compelling
story about
his experience
in Tiananmen
Square in
1992. His
essay won
a national
contest for
National
Geographic
Traveler
magazine.
Adam Amato
Senior
By Chelsea Duncan
News Reporter
On a cold December day in 1992, Uni
versity graduate student Seth Walker
stood in Tiananmen Square as armed
Chinese guards watched him with suspicious
eyes. He reached slowly into his bag. The
guards moved in closer.
Walker was standing in the world's largest
square, where in 1989 a Chinese student up
rising against the Chinese government ended
in bloodshed.
"Those students had been so brave," he said.
"I felt like I wanted to do something to recog
nize them."
"I knew I was slightly at risk, you know, there
were guards watching me as I was carrying this
bag around. And they all had AK-47s."
In an effort to create a moment that ex
pressed China's budding freedoms, Walker
reached into his bag — a gesture that he said
could have got him shot only years before —
and pulled out a Frisbee disc.
"The only way that I could think to do it was
to let this Frisbee that I had — this white Fris
bee — fly across the square," he said. "It was
the only thing I had, and it was also some
thing that wasn't allowed there before the stu
dent uprising."
Walker said the guards looked confused, as if
they had never seen a flying disc, but as he mim
icked a throw, recognition crossed their faces.
He said he intended to throw the toy across
the square but decided to throw it to a
guard instead.
Turn to ESSAY, page 6
Impact statement will help
determine fate of old-growth
In April, the Forest Service will release
a new Environmental Impact Statement
to decide on logging policies in Siskiyou
By Aaron Shakra
Pulse Editor
The Siskiyou National Forest is one of the most tem
perate conifer forests in the world, with a diversity of
species such as the Brewer's, or weeping spruce, the most
recent tree species to be discovered in America.
Other species include the Knobcone pine, whose
cones and seeds are not activated until after the tree is
killed by fire, and the endangered Port-Orford-cedar,
which is extensively
PART 2 OF 2
Monday: Post-Biscuit Fire plans
Today. Exploring the forest and
potential ecological effects of
salvage logging
logged for its rarity and
economic value, said
Rolf Skar, campaign co
ordinator of the Siskiy
ou Project.
The forest is also
home to more than
1,400 plant species, 131 of which are unique to the area.
Turn to SISKIYOU, page 5
Courtesy Siskiyou Project
Siskiyou Project campaign coordinator
Rolf Skar stands by a ponderosa pine
that survived 2002’s Biscuit fire.
Election
deadline
impends
on voters
Ballots for the Measure 30
special election must be
turned in by 8 tonight
By Nika Carlson
News Reporter
Have you voted?
Today is the last day ballots can be
turned in for the Measure 30 special elec
tion, and organizations throughout the
state have kicked off last-minute cam
paigns to muster votes for or against the
tax measure.
"If people haven't gotten out and voted,
it's not too late to do so," Yes on 30 cam
paigner Matt Reed said.
Ballots must turned in by 8 p.m. today
to count in the statewide election that will
decide whether income taxes will be raised
or some social services will be cut. Ballots
are being collected at eight different loca
tions in Eugene, including one drop box
outside the ASUO office on the EMU
Turn to ELECTION, page 6
Students
report 2
ID theft
attempts
Carson and Barnhart residents
reported two possible thefts,
an unusual occurrence at UO
By Jennifer Marie Bear
News Editor
Nathan Chung brushed off the first
two phone calls.
He was rushing out the door on both
occasions and couldn't listen to the
credit card sales pitch. When he re
ceived the third phone call on Jan. 27,
he had time to listen, but he didn't like
what he heard.
A woman with a strong Jamaican ac
cent told him that http://www.clout.com
was offering a special deal for University
students, and she wanted to fill out an
Turn to ID THEFT, page 12
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