Stronger at Home, Respected in the World.
Until local numbers are available, the
Oregon contact for volunteering in the
Kerry/Edwards campaign is (503) 232-5894
and house parties in the area are being coordi-
nated by Mac Prichard at (503) 725-8921. Or
visit www.johnkerry.com
CORRECTIONS/
CLARIFICATIONS
MARK FRISBEE
when it comes to their marketing campaigns.
PETA’s newest campaign, “Live Make-Out
Tour,” is no exception.
If you happened to be walking around
downtown on your lunch break July 28; you
may have noticed something a bit odd, even
by Eugene standards. Two PETA members,
Ravi Chand and Bethany Walker, were lying
embraced on an inflatable air mattress on the
corner of 10th and Willamette.
Dressed only in their underwear the couple
was giving the wide-eyed lunch goers quite a
sultry show. “We are here to draw attention to
the fact that going vegetarian is the best thing
you can do to jump-start your sex life,” said
Chand. Chand added, “Vegetarians are usually
slimmer, sexier, and have more energy and en-
durance in and out of the bedroom.”
In between their long passionate kisses
and gentle petting, Chand and Walker passed
out free vegetarian starter kits in front of a
large banner reading, “Vegetarians Make
Better Lovers” to let the visually stimulated
onlookers know how they could spice up
their own sex lives.
For information about going vegetarian and
the Live Make-Out Tour, go to www.peta.org
In the July 22 Music column by Vanessa
Salvia regarding the local band
Cabinessence, one of the band member’s
names was incorrect, due to an editor’s error.
The guitarist and vocalist’s correct name is
Jacob Arnold.
WYDEN CRITICIZED
FOR ENVIRO RECORD
Sen. Ron Wyden is taking heat this week
from activists in Portland concerned about his
voting record on wilderness and forestry is-
sues.
Joe Keating of the group Back 2 the
WALL, is helping organize a “Wyden
Accountability Week” in Portland to point out
the senator’s contradictory stands in Congress.
“Wyden has a vision for our federal
forests,” says Keating. “His vision is not the
preservation of our last remaining wilderness
but rather the saving of small areas of old
growth trees while industrial logging contin-
ues and dominates. His vision for our wilder-
ness is that of a large theme park. He does not
have a conservation ethic. He is the consum-
mate politician.”
Keating says Wyden has adopted former
Sen. Mark Hatfield’s strategy of “two steps
forward and one step back” when it comes to
wilderness preservation. Wyden has a mixed
record on natural resource issues and has an-
gered many environmentalists with his recent
backing of Bush’s Healthy Forests Initiative.
Wyden’s much-lauded Mount Hood wilder-
ness expansion bill is also criticized for loop-
holes that allow heavy logging in the region.
Back 2 the WALL can be reached at
back2thewall_pdx@yahoo.com or call
(503) 234-2613.
LOCAL KERRY OFFICE
COMING TOGETHER
An official campaign office for Sen. John
Kerry and other Democrats has been estab-
lished in Eugene at 114 E. 16th St. As EW
goes to press, the phone number, fax and e-
mail addresses have not yet been announced.
“They are just getting things under way in
Eugene,” says Lisa Sohn of the Portland of-
fice. The local office is called the Carry
Oregon
Coordinated
Campaign
Headquarters and its first dignitary visit was
supposed to be Rep. Peter DeFazio Aug. 4,
but the congressman postponed his visit at
the last moment. DeFazio is awaiting details
about the Oregon visit next week of Kerry
and John Edwards as part of their national
post-convention tour.
Kerry and Edwards will be touting their
new campaign book, Our Plan for America:
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