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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1982)
EMUCuJtunl ^orum an evening with Leo Kottke opening with: Chris Tsefilas Tuesday, Feb. 9th v EMU Ballroom 8 p.m. ir Tickets: 15 JO l O Students S6J0 General Public Available ar EMU Main Itek, Earth River Records and Diana's on the Mall Family Vision Center Dr. Don Erwin Jones Dr. Roderic W. Gillilan optometrists • Vision & eye health examinations • Contact lenses-all types • Childrens vision • Sports vision • Motion sickness therapy • Fashion, traditional & sports eyewear 686-1237 484-1520 2460 Willamette 1310 Coburg Rd. (near Cal Young Rd.) PENTE Glass bead baron to host competition "Like love, it's easy to learn, but hard to master.” That's what advertisements for the board game Pente say And according to Ron Nardoz za. Pente can be just as excit ing Well, almost ‘‘ft spans all age groups,” Nardozza says "It's something you can learn fast, but the more you get into it, the more stra tegies are involved ' Nardozza operates Parlour Games at the Fifth Street Public Market. His shop will sponsor the regional Pente playoffs Feb 6. and the winner will be flown to Dallas for the world champion ship The winner of the cham pionship wins $5000 and a trip to London for two Pente is a game derived from a 4000 year-old Chinese game called "Go " According to Nar dozza, chess, checkers, and backgammon have all been derived from the game The game can De played with two to four players Unlike most other games that involve a lot of different stratagies. Pente can be played in ten minutes Pente is played on a grid with small colored glass balls called "stones " The object of the game is to line your stones on the grid five in a a row, diagon ally, horizontally or vertically The other players can, of course, make it hard for you to acomplish this The players can capture pairs of your stones by surrounding them on the op posite ends When a player captures five pairs, he wins the game Nardozza, an avid Pente player himself, plans to do everything he can to help the regional winner do well at the world championship "We re going to sit and play until we get it down!" he says jokingly Even though Nardozza is sponsoring the tournament himself, he is not restricted from the competition He has no plans to get involved in the competition, though "I could compete, but I d feel funny about it,” he says Hav ing sponsored the thing, I d look funny flying myself to Dallas " by Chris courtnier ‘Glass Menagerie — continued from page 3B to the movies are a prelude to Tom's final escape in the foot steps of his deserter/father Also deserving special praise is Mikel T MacDonald s perfor mance as Jim, The Gentleman Caller, a regular guy, who Tom, as narrator, calls an emmissary from the world of reality A happy-go-lucky fellow, Jim is eager to please, proffering chewing gum and life-savers and rattling off compliments, one-liners and cliches Hostess Amanda, who has donned an ill-fitting gown from her younger days as a southern belle in Ten nessee in a effort to appear young and gay, eats his praise up and one gets the idea she s already setting a wedding date for Laura and Jim The audience too, can't help but smile at Jim's gosh-gee mentality as he forever grins and slaps his knee at his own jokes Jim is an average high school graduate, who believes The American Dream can be Bargain Book Sale! We have a wonderful assortment of books discounted by publishers for their warehouse clearances. With prices starting at just $1.98, you're bound to find the bargain you need. Check our tables each day this week as we add more titles to the display. Art Books, Gift Books, Biographies, Cook Books, Histories and more.... Look for our special tables upstairs in the Book Department 1 31h & Kincaid Mon-Fri 8 15-5:30 Sat 10 00-3:00 General Books 686-3510 acheived by learning "social poise,” which, he says, is the only thing separating he and Tom trom the rich, “executive types ” The play's production staff merits special commendation for its attention to subtle nuances of lighting to illuminate certain poignant details, such as Laura's silhouette sobbing on the sofa or the glass men agerie itself Although the play ends on a somewhat pessimistic note, a faint glimmer of hope still flickers as Laura — in a touching final scene — refuses to suc cumb to despair completely The play runs nightly at 8 p m through Feb 1 by marian green The professional's choice: Hewlett-Packard's HP-85 When scientists «it Comma's Medical and Scient ifii Division and manage men! consultants at George S May International needed personal com puter partners, they chose the HP-85, and sa\ ed time and money Shouldn't it he your choice, loo ’ See the HP-85 today. HEWLETT PACKARD EMERALD BUSINESS EQUIPMENT (503) 687-8204
