Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 30, 1991, Page 4, Image 4

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    UNIVERSITY
The
Dancing
Life
By Hop*; Nealson
Many tear hers sci‘ their students
wurking 111 I •»r |« >1 > - Ini I S.tm.mtli.i s
Knglish professor saw .1 little mute th.m
he bargained lor
(Itie night het tear her walked into |ig
gi e s one nl 1 ugerie s topless night
i Inhs while she vs .is (hini ing
I hail to put it past me and remember
lie is pis! another i ustomet Samantha
said I pist took a deep breath go! up
on stage, and did im thing
It all started fall term of this seat,
when Samantha jlier stage name) sal
down to browse through the Hnirrulil
An unusual ad 1 aught her eve
It •• easier than vnu think to pay tor
vutir college education working at |ig
gles
Although many people pass over this
ad, Samantha got an idea
She and her roommate spread the
word to other girls in her apartment
rumples U In not darn e a! Jiggles and
make some money in the process'*
"We were going to get a whole hum h
ol people togethei tor amateur night
Samantha said
t hey dei ided to do it III I Iirope
tllev walk around with no tops on all
the lime, it s just an American taboo
Samantha said I he week before our
amateur night we put up signs around
our a|iartinent that said I hud l.urope
an
foi Samantha a l-ake Oswego native
who attended a private < 'atholn school,
and tier roommate the night was all ev
hilarating stir i ess
"There was a lot ol support from the
crowd she said It was a real rush
Samantha plai ed third and her room
mate finished sei ond they pooled the
prize money and tips and figured that
would lie the end ot their ( erect at |ig
gles
Hut aftei a month went hv Samantha
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ran into some Iiimiii ml ilitlu ulties
Her parents went through .1 court I1.1t
Ilf ovit 1 hthl support w Itii h fort ed S.i
m.mth,1 to usf hut m (tool motifs for
i ourt 1 osts
I neede <1 .1 lot ol mo mo. 1 i'.i 11 \
(pin k she s.mi S.miuntlm talked it
over with lift ln»\ frit-ncl .mi) (lost!
Irifinls .uni (ifi ided to do another .1111.1
tcur night .is ,i |oh audition Shf has
hffti working .it hgglfs ever situ e
I In- lust two or three times were
if.ilk tliffiinit " she said I wasn't
ie.dk sure of all the rules It was really
hard just to get enough guts up
Samantha said she made it through
the toughel times with the support ot
friends ■uni Iter boyfriend In fail her
iKiyfriend wale lies her hist sel every
nielli before taking her home, she said
She also said she feels i ompleteU safe
while darning .1 far 1 ry from the
seed\ atmosphere most people assm iate
w ill) topless dam mg establishments
I In- whole slatl is always watching
out foi you to make sure you're ()h es
pei lalls the 1I.1111 ers " Samantha said
Most of the rules make sure you're safe
and not violated in am way
Samantha said the closest she 1 omes
to am problems is when guys ask her
out
I tell them that I applet iate the offer,
but I'm not interested and I have a bo\
friend.'' sin- said
Soft spoken and somewhat sin . Sa
mantha said one of her best nights was
when a customer who had been playing
pool all night put a $50 dollar hill on
the stage
I said, Are von sure this is the right
hill vou took out ot your wallet''
Customers whose seats encircle the
st.iges usualh place $1 bills on the stage
during a performance The dancer then
pays more attention to these i ustomers
Although dam iug lor her English pro
lessor in liggles was diffii ult, Samantha
said the most embarrassing night she
winked was when a friend from her
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Bill would suspend licenses
SAI .1 M IA I1) I'he (fregon
Si'ii.itr approved .1 hill VYednes
il.i\ to suspend the driver’s li
lenses of drivers under 2 1
v e.irs old caught is it h an\
amount id all uhtil m their
bloodstream
The measure would subjet t
Hi to 20 year olds to the same
/ern tolerant e' standard that
the Legislature imposed oil
drivers younger than Hi two
years ago
Hat kers ol the measure. SH
11)r>4 said it will help reduce
traffii ai i idents and fatalities
among drivers under 2 1 b\ ills
i uuraging them from drinking
and driving
The measure was approved
on a 2‘t 1 vote despite < uni
plaints from some senators who
said the\ didn't think it ssas
lair to impose a tougher Di ll
standard on younger diners
Itelore sending the bill In the
House tlie Semite ri*je( ted ,i
substitute version that would
have toughened Oregon's
drunken driving laws for
adults
That proposal would have
lowered the allowed blond al
i ohol level for all drivers from
the ( urrent .08 percent to 04
percent
Sen. Jim Hunn. K-McMinn
ville submitted the substitute
\ersion of the bill
lie argued that lowering the
legal standard tor intoxication
to 04 percent blood alcohol
content for drivers of am age is
.i better approach to solving the
problem of drunken driving
The current .08 percent stan
dard is too high, he said
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