P age A3 Tiirning in Toner Cartridges Can Benefit Shriners Hospitals Hugh Price, incoming president of the national Urban League, discusses issues with President Bill Clinton at the White House. Clinton met with Price after speaking to the Unity ’94 conference of journalists representing associations of black, Hispanic, Asian and Native Americans. It was the first time the four journalist associations have met jointly. DINISDO t IT (N U )-A n awesome $100 million in potential chantable donations goes wasted each year in our office trash cans. Laser toner cartridges from com­ puter printers collect at the rate of 18 million yearly. The cartridges are made primarily of plastic and metal and most are dumped into landfills. The dead cartridge population in ­ creases by about 20 percent each year and poses a threat to the envi­ ronment. Now, the Shriners, known for their care of crippled children, have joined with Nashua, one of the world’s largest independent suppli­ ers of cartridges, to start a recycling effort that can turn computer trash into cash donations. Besides helping clean up the en­ vironment, Shriners Hospitals will get a cash donation of up to $7.50 for each cartridge turned in. Known as the Cartridges Bene­ fit Children program, the funds will help support the 22 Shriners Hospi­ tals for Crippled Children, which of­ fer free charitable care. Any Shriner will provide details to individuals and offices. Richard L. “Tony” Bukey, the Shrine’s Imperial Potentate, says the program “provides Shriners every­ where with a tremendous opportuni­ ty to join in preserving the environ­ ment and in helping our kids and our Shrine Temples.” The Nashua donations wilt go primarily toward defraying the Shriners’ costs for transporting pa­ tients. Last year, the Shriners Hos­ pitals accepted 27,OCX) new patients and performed 17,754 surgeries. Root Reasons For Rwanda’s Ruin Rwanda’s self-masacri self-destruction is _ resurgence of ethnic hatrec that European colonial lords left in the soil and soul of various African countries through insensitive and hypocritic posture and fraudulent play on Africa’s ethnic make up. This ethnic manipulation has resulted into tribal violence and ethnic squabble. Rwanda (pronounced Ru-wan- da) has witnessed m ore death through this instigated violence than any Africa country in recent his­ tory. This colossal loss o f human life in Rwanda is only a replay of a perennial tribal war that has lin­ gered long before now. In 1959, Belgian colonial lords sat on the fence and sang “lullabies" as the Hutus - the original inhabitants - battled the Watusi - the nomadic immigrants of Rwanda - for domi­ nance, power and dignity. 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Originally, the Watusi migrated to Burundi and Rwanda in the 16th and 17th centuries from the area around Ethiopia and Sudan. They were nomadic cattle rearers in search of vegetation for their animals in the hot desert region. Over the years, they soon found power. They devel­ oped a pyramidal structure with iving their loyalty to more rit Watusi nobility in ex- ir protection. fhe‘\Aatusi king ruled at the top o f each pyramid. Gradually, the majority o f the Hutus began to re­ linquish their holdings and in re­ turn they received cattle. This domi­ nation and dependence gave the Watusi a false sense of superiority over the Hutus. In order to reclaim their pride the Hutus fought back in 1972, killing about 30,000 Watusi. The in tern atio n al com m unity looked away and nobody gave a hoot. If there had not been Belgians in Rwanda, in my opinion, there wouldn’t have been these killings. Let the world know that the colo­ nial activities in Africa did not only affect its development but has also arrested its ethnic unity. No help is too much to heal the wounds of Rwanda, especially from past colo nial masters. (Promise King was born in Nigeria. He has worked for lo­ cal and international media and is a staff writer for the Portland Observer.) EARLY BIRD DAYCARE • USDA Licensed • Days/Evenings Available • In Chief Joseph School District Will baby-sit at my N. Portland house. 285-1667 Naomi can’t predict the future. But she will be able to afford it. Thunday I w ith / IcuuUcaper a t th e norjery. Yoos went believe th e realty beaatLful tree* p ic k e d &ut for th e yxei^foborhaod. to it W hen I wa* as h id I grew op w boulevard/ on/ Beacorv H ill i n Seattle. | TK c / jtreeT w av lin e d with/ b ea a tifo ltreev. 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