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Natural Resistance : Linus and the Mantis. Observing small creatures. BY MARY O'BRIEN Lately I've found myself watching two small beings with growing affection. One has been my less-than-a-month-old grandson Linus. The second has been a preying mantis I photographed early one morning last August along Utah's Green River. [Read More]
Viewpoint: Eugene in Italy. Ducks are everywhere. by Paige Lehmann Every year students from the UO infiltrate the twisted, medieval streets of Perugia, Italy, to study Italian over the summer. These students wear Duck T-shirts, sunglasses, skirts and jeans, take photos, and sometimes stay longer than the end of the program, reminiscing about Eugene over a glass of wine, reminiscing about their old life before they came to Italy, and their old life in Italy that they are just about to leave. Some of us come back to re-create the life we had, mixed Oregonians and Italians, Americans and strangers, and sometimes we stay. But the cords that attach these two cities lace us closer together than student visits and digital photos. The cords infiltrate both cities and remain, glistening off the walls from fresh Aerosol cans, they're the street murals that Eugene passed on to Perugia. [Read More]
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