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take a break at THE BREAK 12 pool tables video arcade ■ DDR big screen tv table tennis • air hockey emu ground floor MM ' : ' . — ” ' \\'r ■ nwtsisiwsiid <1% dsr fii*? s Don Juan DeMarco Trial and Error Buy any Large or Extra Large at our value Menu Price and receive 1 of the above listed DVDs ...FREE! (While supplies last) Call us at: South Eugene and u of 0 484-PAPA (7272) Springfield, Ducks Village, Chase Village and university Commons 746-PAPA (7272) Play...Beat the clock BEAT THE CLOCK The um you call is the price you pay for a LARGE 1 TOPPING PIZZA (from 6pm-8pm). NOW AVAILABLE 7 DAYS A WEEK! (asSlte.i Not valid with FREE DVD otter. EXPIRES 6/13/04 Coupon required. Not valid with any other otter or special. $1 charge on delivered orders. Additional toppings extra. Available in original or thin crust. Limited delivery area. Bush's 9-11 testimony displays faults of media It seems to me that large-scale me dia have abandoned objectivity in the form of half-truths. The function of the media have become nothing more than a megaphone for politi cians and businesses. Here's a fine example: On April 29, the president of the United States, alongside the vice president, faced the 9-11 Commission for more than three hours behind the closed doors of the Oval Office. After the meeting with the commission, the president walked into the Rose Garden and made the smiling announcement that he "an swered every question that they asked," just like a good president would. No one involved in major me dia really questioned this except for fringe Internet sites and left-wing op ponents of the Bush administration. Since his testimony was not recorded because he was not sworn in, and since nobody was able to hear anything that went on, how does any one know if there were any questions asked at all? What were some of these questions? Nobody knows except the 9-11 Commission, Bush and Cheney. For all we know, they could have been playing Nintendo GameCube that en tire time. The world will never know. We do know the 9-11 Commission was appointed to investigate the at tacks of Sept. 11. And part of an inves tigation is to ask tough questions. I watched the public hearings. There were no tough questions and no shin ing answers. Just practiced press-re lease phrases and boring details about how bureaucracy works. And after ward, there were no vibrant in-depth looks or analysis of the events by American media — except once again, fringe Internet sites. I've been searching for good information using strong sources for this column for a week, and I've come up with nothing, except from, that's right, fringe Inter net sites and whacko conspiracists. Tlie mainstream media are buttoned up like a straight jacket. But since I am a twig on the massive media tree, these are some questions that I feel are important, that I would ask Bush: Why weren't fighter planes scrambled immediately upon seeing flights moving off course all heading in the same direction? Why were you in Florida reading books to children when the nation was being attacked? How did the Pentagon get hit? What the hell does Iraq have to do with Sept. 11? What the hell is wrong with you? Carl Sundberg Reasoning with madness OK, so maybe I shouldn't be on the 9-11 Commission. But the people who are on this commission shouldn't be on there, ei ther. According to the official Web site, http://www.9-llcommission.gov, this committee is an "independent, bipar tisan commission created by congres sional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush." What? Se riously? Yes. The 9-11 Commission was created by our president. In my mind, this is the equivalent to Charles Man son getting to pick his jury. The media were all over that one — if you are re ferring to fringe Internet sites, that is. So, what about this committee? Has any news program given an in depth look at anyone on this board? I've yet to see it. I'll bet most of you out there couldn't tell me the names of anyone on this thing. I'll tell you two names that concern me the most: Thomas Kean and Philip Zelikow. Here's why: Kean, chairman of the 9-11 Commission, is a former New Jersey governor and, ac cording to Fortune magazine, has business ties to the bin Laden family. 11mm, that's interesting. Philip Ze likow, executive director of the 9-11 Commission, is a former aide to the national security adviser under the first Bush administration. After leav ing the White House, he wrote a book with Condoleezza Rice called, "Ger many Unified and Europe Trans formed: A Study in Statecraft." A month after Sept. 11, Bush Jr. appoint ed Zelikow to the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Nice. It seems to me that these two peo ple pose a conflict of interest. It seems to me that this 9-11 Commission is nothing more than a charade, a Wizard of Oz-type distraction, to keep us from seeing the man behind the curtain. By having an "official" committee doing this investigation, it quells the skeptics. "Well, we did an investigation, son," the Bush administration will say. And the media will nod and wag their tails like the lapdogs they are. In an honest world, this commis sion would not be made up of key po litical figures with connections to . those who are being investigated. It would be comprised of an amalgama tion of various thinkers from multiple backgrounds, disciplines, and per haps, even multiple nations. Oh, and Bush would not get to pick them. And if you really wanted to make things in teresting, you would have relatives of the Sept. 11 victims on the committee. Will the non-fringe media ever come to this conclusion? I doubt it. Their job is to report exactly what they are told. Keep up the good work guys. Contact the Pulse columnist at carlsundberg@dailyemerald.com. His opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald. NEWS BRIEF Har Mar Superstore hits Agate Hall Saturday The UO Cultural Forum brings Har Mar Superstar to the Univer sity on Saturday. The rhythm-and-blues singer, whose energetic performances are widely known, plays with no backing band, save a minidisc player, and is currently working on a third album. "He was really popular on KVWA," said Tiffany Dickson, Na tional Music Coordinator of the Cultural Forum. "We're trying to diversify our offerings beyond in die rock, and he's just a lot of fun." Stop Sign Go and The Playskool Foolz also will play. The perform ance will take place at Agate Hall. Advance tickets will be free for University students and $5 for non University students. Tickets will be available for $2 for University stu dents and $5 for non-University students. Free advance tickets will be available for those who show their student identification at the Cultural Fomm. Doors open at 8 p.m. for the 8:30 p.m. show. —Aaron Shakra Thursday 2004 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism Ceremony, Chambers Electronic Media Center, Allen Hall, 11 a.m. Piano performance featuring the "Gang of Four,” Beall Concert Hall, 1-1:50 p.m. InterSEXtions 2004 Lecture by Gilbert Herdt, San Fran cisco State University Human Sexualities Program direc tor, entitled “Social Oppression, Local Culture and the Sexuality of Queer Youth,” EMU Fir Room, 3 p.m. Ruhl Lecture by Los Angeles Times executive editor John S. Carroll entitled "The Wolf in Reporter's Clothing: The Rise of Pseudo-Journalism in America," Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall, 4 p.m. Cressman Lecture by Ellen Dissayanake entitled “The 'Deep Structure' of the Arts,” Lawrence 177,7:30 p.m. Kids! Recycle Your Shoes and Save Bring in any pair of usable children's shoes. 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