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IN BRIEF
Militants kidnap Pakistani
embassy employee
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The family of
a Pakistani embassy employee kid
napped in Baghdad appealed Sun
day for his captors to release him,
and al-Qaida’s ally in Iraq claimed
to have kidnapped and killed a sen
ior police official.
The kidnappings came as Iraq’s
most feared terrorist organization is
sued an Internet statement rejecting
any efforts by the new government to
make peace.
Malik Mohammed Javed, a con
sular and community affairs employ
ee at Pakistan’s embassy, went miss
ing in Baghdad on Saturday after
leaving home to pray at a mosque, of
ficials said.
The previously unknown Omar bin
Khattab group claimed responsibility
for his kidnapping and Javed called the
embassy to say his abductors had not
harmed him, Pakistan’s Foreign Min
istry said in a statement.
Ministry spokesman Jalil Abbas Ji
lani said he had no information about
the group.
Metasequoia proposed
as state fossil
SALEM — Oregon is the only west
ern state without a state fossil, and Guy
DiTorrice wants to change that.
If DiTorrice can convince Legisla
ture, the new state fossil will be the
Metasequoia, a tree.
The idea isn't unusual. California
has the saber-toothed cat, Washing
ton has the wooly mammoth and
Utah has the Allosaurus.
"Fossils are coming back. Ihe earth
sciences are on die rebound," said Di
Torrice, who is from Newport.
I le first pitched the idea to lawmak
ers in 2003. This time he's getting atten
tion: I louse Joint Resolution 3, which
would elevate the Metasequoia to a
state symbol, recendy passed the I louse
and is headed to the Senate.
He's had the help of Mackenzie
Smith, an 11-year-old paleontologist
in training.
"I thought it was a great idea," said
Smith, who met DiTorrice while hunt
ing for fossils near the Eastern Oregon
town of Fossil.
Smith's favorite fossil is a dinosaur
called parasaurophus, but, alas: "You
can't find it in Oregon," Smidi said.
A state fossil could help promote
tourism, said DiTorrice, who gives fos
sil tours on the Oregon coast when he's
not working as credit union manager.
And Metasequoia fossils are abun
dant in Oregon, DiTorrice said.
"How many people actually get to
see the fossil remains of a wooly mam
moth?" he said.
Rep. Alan Brown, R-Newport, who
introduced the fossil resoludon, said a
tree is an appropriate symbol for a state
known for timber.
Few states have chosen plants as their
state fossil, although North Dakota
picked Teredo, a type of petrified wood
bored by marine clams.
Metasequoia is also a living fossil.
Metasequoias were discovered growing
in a remote region of China in the
1940s and can now be found in nurs
eries as "dawn redwood."
—The Associated Press
He/ U of 0,
PLAYBOY
is here this week/
Attention female student body! Ever fantasized about being pictured in the number one men's magazine
in the world9 Now's your chance to turn fantasy into reality!
Representatives from PLAYBOY magazine are in Eugene to interview and photograph female students
for the fall 2005 "Girls of the PAC 10" pictorial. Thousands of coeds have tried out for PLAYBOY since
it began its college conference pictorials 28 years ago. Many have gone on to become PLAYBOY
Playmates, models and actresses. Who knows what the future holds for you?
To be considered for this pictorial and to qualify for an interview, candidates must be at least 18 years of
age and registered as a full- or part-time student at a PAC 10 university. Clear copies of identification—one
verifying enrollment in school and one a photo ID that shows date of birth—must be brought to the inter
view. All photos become property of PLAYBOY and cannot be returned.
Interview sessions are being held APRIL 11, 12, & 13.
HEALTH CENTER PROGRAMS
HIMIM
Boiling Water 101: II llegetarian Cooking Workshop
Learn to prepare quick, easy and nutritious meats. IMshop fee of §15 includes mixing bouuls, skillet, and other helpful kitchen tools.
PLUS you yet three weeks of hands-on cookiny and yreat meals. UJednesdays Hay 11th, 18th and 25th 4-5:30 pm. Call Kristen Olmos at 346-2204 to reyister
CPR and First Rid Certification Class
CPR only: April 4,18, Hay 2.16, and 31 (§30) • First did only. April 11,25, Hay 0. and 23 (§37.50)
CPR/First Rid combo: April 16 and Hay 14 (§67.50) Call 346-2770 for times and to reyister.
CRB
Campus Rduisory Board on Tobacco
Students and staff are inuited to join a campus aduisory board uuhich mill help design programs and policies to reduce tobacco use on campus.
Call Paula Staight at 34B-2728 for more information.
HRT
Hicotine Replacement Therapy (patch and gum] is auailable at reduced cost at the Health Resource Center in the EMU for students mho are trying to quit tobacco.
Stop by the nem Health Resource Center across from the Fir Room or call 346-4456 for information
FPEP
The federal grant prouiding free contraception and family planning seruices for qualified students has been extended at the Health Center until October 2006
Call 346-2770 or fill out the online application at http://healthcenter.uoregon.edu to see if you qualify.
Relax and Renew Meditation Series
Deuelop and strengthen your meditation practices for relaxation and mental clarity. Join Jude Kehoe for this free six-meek series.
(Uednesdays 4:45-5:45, April 13-May 18 in the Bomerman Building Heritage Hall. Call 346-2768 for more information or 346-4456 to register
Therapeutic Massage
located in the Student Rec Center's Sports Medicine Clinic. Call 346-4150 for an appointment. Cost can be billed to your Oregon Hall account.
university OF OREGON http://healthcenter.uoregon.edu • appointments: 346-2770