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LACK A MA November 10, 2004 Arts £rt>Entertainn produce are available for all to enjoy. Presented by Rasmussen Farms, this amusing event is enter taining for all ages. Fall craft and decorating ideas are demonstrated, as well. Pumpkin Funland is open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. For more details, please call (541) 386-4622. To generate the patriotic mood, photographic artist Sebastian Garrido-Bor has invented a unique way of showing his vision from the events of 9/11 with “Between Patriotism and Fanaticism.” His inspiring works are a must-see for ’ any art fan. Located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue in Portland, this event is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Admission is free, and i this event goes through to Nov. 29. Of course a great way to spend Veteran’s Day is to take a few min utes to show support towards all veterans who sacrificed their lives for our nation. All graveyards ^.around the area will be open for ( memorial purposes. Wave the . Honor our veterans Remember that the college will be closed tomorrow, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans* Day, Correspondence shows lack of separates ‘Birth ’ from z child porn I Cory Price I A&E Editor There is a movie that no one should have to sit through; one that defies all moral code, making it a guarantee on the low ten of movies. “Birth” features Nicole Kidman who plays a neurotic woman (Anna) who is a young widow about to be engaged when a 10- year old boy (Sean) played by Cameron Bright comes into her life. Sean states that he is the rein carnation of her husband. Anna becomes obsessed with this idea, causing an unsettling concern in her fiancee, Joseph (Danny Huston). Why would a grown man be jealous of a child? Well, halfway into the movie, after meeting the boy a few times, it cuts to a scene with Anna enjoying a lovely bath. Enter Sean. He strips to his birthday to suit and joins the naked Ann in the bathtub. This is more disturbing than someone doing a Martin Short impression. When one thinks it couldn’t get more disturbing than that, we cut to another seen just a few minutes later. Anna and her fiancee are having their pre-wedding party. Anna invites Sean to the party with the hope of showing him that there is no chance of her “hooking up” with him, when Joseph gets fed up with the kid and gives him a spank ing. As the kid runs out of the party Anna pursues him, meeting Sean on the street. What can happen? Oh yeah, they kiss, full on the lips. That pretty much meant the end of movie for me, so I left. So let’s review: random naked bathtub scene? KCheck. Nasty make-out session on the street? Check. This movie has all the qualities needed for child pom. Cameron Bright plays the creepy 10-year-old Sean. I James Tombe I The Clackamas Print What makes Michael Moore’s new book, “Will They Ever. Trust Us Again?” most engaging is not the anti-Bush and antiwar rhetoric one would expect from a book by Moore; it’s the fact that most of the material comes from soldiers and veterans themselves. As Moore puts it, “[T]hey are not the words of the Left or the rhetoric of the antiwar movement— they are the war move ment.” “Will They Ever Trust Us Again?” is a collection of let ters and emails written to Moore in response to the Iraq War and his movie “Fahrenheit 911.” It’s a fairly easy read, being composed almost entire ly of correspondence. To be fair, it’s difficult for the discerning reader to verify the veracity of the letters in which the writer adopts a pseu donym, but there are several valid points made regardless of the identity of the writers. “Mark,” a former Special Forces sol dier, wrote, “I think I’ll give my vote to the social ists. When you’re a natural-bom citizen of the United States and you’re jeal ous of Canada or France, well, you know some- thing’s Internet Photo wrong.” Although many of the letters from sol diers are powerful, the most poignant entries come from the home-front. “News bites are not reali ty,” wrote Danta Zappala on SPOT THE TEACHER IN THIS PICTURE. It’s just as difficult to spot Army National Guard members in their civilian jobs as it is here in the field. That’s because Guard men and women are citizen-soldiers, woven into the fabric of the communities they serve. Most Guard members serve just one weekend a month and two weeks a year while pursuing full-time careers. They serve for many reasons: money for college, tuition assistance, skills training, an extra paycheck and other military benefits. For some, it’s a way to give back to their country and community. And even though they’re sometimes hard to see, they’ll be there for you when you need them. If you or someone you Oregon know would like to learn more, call today I -800-GO-GUARD www. I -800-GO-GUARD.com the truth behind war. “Political grandstanding is not reality. Reality is when your sister-in- law calls you to tell you her husband is dead. Reality is trying to explain this to his nine-year-old son.” The book ends with a letter from Abdul Henderson, a marine whose refusal to return to Iraq was featured in “Fahrenheit 911.” “No soldier ever dies in vain in war, if it is justified or not,” he wrote. “A soldier’s ‘Ti willingness to a for a larger cant act and a ven indeed.” Overall, oi Moore’s willing opposing viewj of the issues, ai the groundwoi embittered vet sioned with the Sometimes poi times self-prom book reveals tl war—between!
