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One Child Policy
by: Ben Hays - printed on 11-07-2001
People pack the streets of China everyday from sunup to sundown. Bicycles fill the lanes with a steady blur of baskets and business suits. The sound of ringers is a constant melody, with the addition of a few mopeds thrown in for an offbeat. This is a typical day for Chinese people, who migrate to work through a sea of people. With China?s large population of over 1.2 billion, how could it ever change?
Population decrease has already begun when the Chinese government imposed a One Child Policy in 1978.
Dial Tone. Part I of IV
by: ben muse - printed on 09-25-2002
Tom McGovern picked the ringing phone up off the counter. “Hello.” “Hey, Dad, howya doing?” Tom’s body tightened. There was silence. “Luke, I haven’t heard from you for a while.” He wrapped and unwrapped the phone cord from around his hand. The microwave made a humming, sucking sound in the background as it cooked his dinner. “I’ve been real busy, with my new job and all. I told you about that, right?”
Backpacking in Japan
by: Bryan Jacobs - printed on 04-11-2001
One of my fondest memories of Japan was when I was camping on the beach in Hokkaido, the northernmost of the four main islands that form the country of Japan. I was sitting alone on the beach drinking an Asahi beer listening to Enya and watching the moon come up over the ocean. It was definitely one of the most beautiful moments of my life. The moonlight shimmering on the water as the waves were gently rolling in.
Corser advocates a true and lasting patriotism
by: Ben Corser - printed on 09-11-2002
A tattered and torn flag raised bravely above the discord as it triumphantly reached its peak between pieces of concrete and steel on the New York City streets. As a symbol of grievance and vitality, the banner waved proudly amid death and destruction.
Illness, coverup at Umatilla Chapter one of five: setting the stage-- workers fall ill and questions arise.
by: Jim McCandlish, J.D. - printed on 11-03-2000
Congratulations. You live 175 miles west of where 12% of our nation’s stockpile of chemical weaponry is stored at the Umatilla Chemical Depot near Hermiston in northeastern Oregon.
A deadly nerve gas called "sarin" (injuring 5500 and killing 12 in the 1995 Tokyo subway attack) and a blister agent called "mustard" (popularized by the Germans in WW I) are stored in an area known as "K Block"--89 earth-bermed igloos (also called "bunkers") in a geometric configuration worthy of thegarden at Versailles.
Remembering time for Ramadan
by: Melody Sheybani - printed on 11-28-2001
Just a week ago, I was in one of my late afternoon classes when one of my class-mates made a comment about the accuracy and the completeness of my religion. This made me feel sad inside about the lack of knowledge we have here on our campus about other religions and the fact that we sometimes make comments and become judgmental toward things without knowing the actual reasons behind some rituals and practices.