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December 04, 2002________________________________ ^Ortlaith (ßbserUer_______________________________ Page A3 continued from Front Against all odds Penny penalty M iddle-distance runner V ioleta Szekely has been ordered by a Bucharest court to pay 1 leu (less than 1 U.S. cent) in m oral dam ages to her rival G abriela Szabo after a row betw een the tw o top Rom anian female track athletes, the court said Thurs day. Szabo sued Szekely in 2001 for calling her "small and hunched” follow ing an exchange o f insults betw een the tw o carried in the media. Turkish preteen enlisted Turkish Prim e M inister A bdykkah G u l’s son has reportedly been called up to do his m ilitary service even though he is only 11 years old. T urkish m edia reports say M ehm et E m re G ul, w ho goes to school in A nkara, has received a letter from the defence m inistry ordering him to report im m ediately to an arm y enrolm ent office to carry out the necessary form alities for his m ilitary service. Bare truth about kilts Portland Zoo expands celebration of light and animals T he O regon Z oo is ali ve in lights nate the z o o ’s plaza. D eeper inside alm ost each night this m onth for the zoo, an anaconda is re-created the 15th annual Z oo Lights festival. in lights at the A m azon Flooded T his fam ily tradition will feature Forest exhibit. T h e zoq ’ s p o p u la r co stu m e d several life-sized animal silhouettes, trees, and pathw ays all bedecked in ch a racters and elv es w ill all be on h an d to g ree t zo o v isito rs and m ore than half-a-m illion lights. “It’s becom e a great tradition for p ose fo r p ic tu res. R u d o lp h the our visitors,” said zoo directorTony R e d - n o s e d R e in d e e r w ill b e jo in e d by B uddy B eav er, H oney Vecchio. M any new silhouettes can be B ear, E liz a E le p h an t, and K iK i found throughout the zoo includ M onkey, ju s t to nam e a few . V isi ing sw inging siam angs and diving to rs ca n also see som e o f the dolphins. A rotating m obile that z o o ’s resid e n t an im als, in clu d in g features aquatic anim als w ill dom i- b ats, m o u n ta in g o ats, ele p h a n ts, O n the eve o f Saint A ndrew ’s D ay com es fresh evidence o f w hat w om en around the w orld always suspected: w hen donning kilts, real Scotsm en pre fer to sw ing free. Sixty-nine percent o f Scots quizzed on their w ay into S cotland’s rugby test m atches said they w ore nothing under their kilts, according to the poll taken by Scotch whisky distiller Fam ous Grouse. O f the others, 14 per cent said they w ore boxer shorts, and 10 per cent briefs. Seven per cent coyly replied “other,” including one gentlem an w ho con fessed to w earing a Batm an thong. W inners o f a $9.7 million Virginia Lotto jackpot 11 years ago, Clyde and Edith Shinault could afford to spend $60 a week on lottery tickets Now they can afford to spend more. The Shinaults, who won a big jackpot in 1991, bought a scratch ticket last week that will provide them $ 1,000 a w eek for life. The odds o f winning were 1.2 million to one. Edith Shinault, 59, will receive quarterly checks worth $ 13.000 before taxes as long as she lives. The couple continues to receive a $335,000 check each May. Love stifles gunfire L ovelorn tribal separatists in India’s north-eastern T ripura state are deserting the cause due to an influx o f women. Police say the change in heart for militants o f the outlaw ed N ational Liberation Front o f T ripura (N L FT ) has com e after a recent drive to recruit female members. The N LFT, fighting for an independent tribal hom eland, last year announced it w ould raise a w om en’sarm y . But the recruitm ent o f around 100 w om en into rebel ranks has inflam ed passions, with love songs rather than the bursts o f gunfire echoing through the jungles From dust to stardust A G erm an w om an is planning to blast her h usband’s ashes into space on a Russian rocket to fulfill his last wish. Urte M ueller is a 58-year-old nurse from Berlin. She says she has paid an A m erican com pany about $20,000 to arrange for the ashes o f her husband H einz to be taken into orbit, with about 10 gram s o f him contained in a capsule the size o f a lipstick. p rim a te s, an d a ra m b u n c tio u s h erd o f p etab le p y g m y g oats. V ecchio said the festival lights bring fam ilies back year after year. “Som e parents w ho visited as children are now bringing their chil dren,” he said. Z oo Lights runs nightly through Dec. 29. Hours are 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday through T hursdays, and 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. T he lights and other activities will continue for one hour past gate closing tim e. T he festival is closed Dec. 24 and 25. NOVEMBER 3 0 th - DECEMBER 29™ SUNDAY-THURSDAY 5 :3 0 - 8 :0 0 pm , FRIDAY & SATURDAY 5 :3 0 - 9 :0 0 pm . Come see over a half-million magical lights, ride the ZooLights Train, shop at the spectacular artist market and enjoy live performances every night! Make the evenirig"comptefe with a holiday buffet at the zoo's Cascade Grill restaurant. IN FO R M A TIO N : w w w .o re g o n z o o .o rg o r 5 0 3 -2 2 0 -3 6 8 7 Take M AX to the Zoo! C all 5 03-238-R ID E fo r TriM et in fo rm a tio n . OREGON ZOO jf i M E T R O Affirmative Action Case continued from Front com panion case addressing the school’s u n dergraduate policy, w hich w as argued on the sam e day as the law school case. Justices took the unusual step o f taking the case anyw ay, w ithout aw aiting a ruling. T he high court has passed up other well- know n cases that presented sim ilar questions about the role o f race in higher education. T here w as pressure from both sides o f the d e b a te fo r th e c o u rt to in te rv e n e now . “It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the co u rt’s decision in these cases will directly affect the lives not only o f this generation o f students but o f generations o f students to follow ,” T heodore Shaw , counsel for the N A A C P Legal D efense Fund, told justices in a filing on behalf o f black and H ispanic stu d ents. T he last college higher education case at the high court involved A llan Bakke, a w hite m an rejected for adm ission to a C alifornia medical school w hile m inorities with lower test scores got in through a special program . The court’s decision in these cases will directly affect the lives not only o f this generation o f students hut o f generations o f students to follow. — T heodore Shaw , counsel for the - N A A C P Legal D efense Fund ■ T he court on a 5-4 vote outlaw ed racial quotas. Justice L ew is F. Pow ell w rote sepa rately that schools could still consider race, so long as they did not use quotas. C ourts around the country have set contradictory rules. O nly tw o o f the ju stices w ho considered that 1978 case still sit on the court — C h ief Justice W illiam H. R ehnquist and Justice John Paul Stevens. W % O K1Ö U n tie d ft - - - « - The Instant Holiday Gift U 1T O N B U C K S • More than 1,000 courses to choose from, including credits that transfer to just about any university. • Sold in $10, $25, and $100 amounts in an attractive folder. • A great gift idea for parents, grandparents, family friends, aunts and uncles. Call 503-977-4234 to order by phone. 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