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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1994)
FLOAT LIKE AN STING LIKE A B I N P L A Y \ngchta means “little angel When uni meet \ngehta Rodrigue/, urn |ust might git the connection Imt don’t let the glowing smile and petite Ir.nne ol this S toot -7 -inch Wetropolit.m State ( ollege ol Denver |Unior tool vou It you e.night her ama teur boxing match, or saw her training in a sweats hovm, gym, vou would understand the other side ol this little angel In her first amateur tight, she displaced lightning last combinations even though she lost when she suffered an asthma attack in the third round and wasn't allowed to take medication "1 wasn’t in the right shape to have a real tight vet," she sav s " I \ er\ c me w ho saw tile tight said I was a better In net than her, though." I hesc >la\s she climbs m the ring onlv tor intense workouts, not crtticial fights I ler tamih is supportive of her liming, but that’s no stir prise, since Vngelita’s grandfather, KihIoIIo (ron/ales, was a worlil class lightweight hover m the l*t'fk Others are not so supportive ANGEL, When people coll furwor Angelita Rodriguez a knockout, they might mean more ihon you think Kotlriguez has i-\|KTicmc«l mixcil reactions from her dates, .mil sin s.i\s some men are intimidated when tiles find out that she Ikixcs "Some guys sa\ they hope 1 don’t lieat them up she says. “I'm tired ot stereo types. It’s just a uorkout, and / know that I’m a woman brightening one ot her dates is something Rodrigue/ t an usually lust laugh nil She's used to dealing with intolerance. In tael, she witnessed a lug dose ot it attet hemg profiled m the student newspaper \ eop\ <il the story was plat fil unilri the I anno student union other door, .n nos her pteture mimcime had m i.iuled '( m hat k to Meano, Miss Spu 1 Ins shouldn't hap|K-n on a college campus," sin- savs “ 1 Ins is (lie (^K, .m<l people still don't know what's up " I he [tropic resjmnsihle lor the r.n lal graffiti did themselves a favor In remain ing anonymous 1 he wrath of this "little angel’’ might not he so angeln ■ Michael Hel>an,//re Metropolitan, Mctro|>olitan Stale ( ollege of Denver MADE IN THE SHADES L O O K I veil Intiire I mi) ( rinse I up (iiinncd his was in si.irilmn lichiml .1 pair ot ulna hip avulm shailcs, sun classes were tool \ni) histors shows us, il tht\ re hip, college students want them lint are sunglasses mereK a eosmetie luxury Hell no, s.ns our crack team ot l opticians, headed up In 1 ou Marandola, ot Providence, R Musi sun glasses today arc made to block out ultraviolet ra\s, which can cause retinal damage I he annoying tae dangling over \<iui nose will ull you whether th.it pair has l V protection Dr I .on s.ns there .»rt dilterein lewis ol L \ block, with surprise' 11M) percent Ih-i.u: the pinnacle ol e\e wear saleu Nowadays, even the glasses \ou buy in drugstores ma\ have 11MI pericnt protection, so what ill the name ot Maury Poxich would motivate (K'ople to shell out their hard-earned cash tor top-ol-the-line? (.andicc Mfono, a student at Johnson & M ales l in Providence. R I , works at I ycland (a retail eyeglass outlet) and sa\s the >200 and S'<MI brands haie a lot ot perks that are missing in the >10 \\ al Mait xartety “It's like the difference between a Hyundai and a Mercedes,” Mtono explains Vdmittedly. shades don't have the same raw sexual appeal found 111 a I uropcan sports sedan But don't look so glum, chum I hex can have a lot ot tancy features, like photochromahe lenses that auto matualls adjust to changing intensities of light, or polarized lenses, which reduce glare (dass lenses arc another pruts lirnm. suite tins last longer than the plastic kind anil arc Ices hkcls to warp when you am dcntallv lease sour tasontc shades on the dashboard during the heat wave of the icnturs Despite all tlx luxuries mones > an hus, \ltono re|»orts that college students raids opt lor the cxjren sise models " 1 lus prst want something that liMiks cool," she sa\s I i)oin.is tic Mntuhuux, .1 Brow i) l senior, iv the reluctant owner ot .1 cheap pair ot sunglasses Once upon a time, Motuhaux owned an :\pcnsivc pair, a vtvlivh design he i tach a able lenses, which ainuicd me ’ ill lost them <>n v .11 it ion, m explains, ■ adding, “ I’hcy weren’t real!) sunglasses ™ much .is super ‘high tec h, \ \S \ tyjK- optic al instruments.” 1 he high rate of loscamlit) seems t«» Ik* a strong motivating factoi lor some devotees of cheap shades Susie Shaw, .1 |unii>r .11 Itatcs ( Illicit' m I ewiston, Manic, saxs sllc wears the i heap knnl liecauxc "I'm IkhiihI to lose them nr sit on them." Shaw’s roommate lane Millie. pretefs the expensive kiml I ortunalely, this ills erepatu x in eve wear habits has not ruineil their 11 v1111> relationship 111 laet, they are both tolerant, it not downright rcs|iccttul, ot eat h other's sunglasses Milkic says slit- selected high 11u.ihI\ glasses Iks jiisi she liked the s!\ It*. \ml, she a<hls, IK t .1 use her mother looted the hill tor them ll you're going to go the expensive route, both \!.ii jmlol.i ami \lfono reeommeml R.t\ Han and Kevo tor <|u.tilts ami style. \ml it vou ran t afford those brands' Well, the cheap kind will shade vour eves, keep you from getting crow’s feet, hide disas trous eyebrow plucking accidents and maybe even protect those sexy retinas of yours. Hut it vou’rc absolutely set on getting a pair of name brand sunglasses, you might just want to trv being really nice to J Milkie's mother. ■ Vlison l.obron, Hro tew Daily Her a hi. Brown l'.
