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A Never-Ending value for a finite budget ■ Olive Garden’s all-you-can-eat offerings can fill you up without emptying out your wallet By Monica Hande Oregon Daily Emerald School’s been back in session for nearly two weeks now, and you’re starting to notice that the ham burger casserole served in the residence halls tastes an awful lot like last week’s fish sticks. 7-11 ’s already getting older than the hot dogs in its rotisserie. And it didn’t Bead It! o ® Beginning & Advanced l, Beading Classes Stop by & check out our class list or visit our website: haiiequinbeads.com arlequin Beads & Jewelry 1016 Willamette ♦ 683-5903 take long before Domino’s Pizza had your “usual” on file. Not only are you in need of some variety, face it: Slurpees and dorm food aren’t going to impress a date. But you struggle to find ways of treating that special person to a spe cial meal on that “special” college student budget. But, despite what you may think, it is possible to spend less than 20 bucks on a din ner for two at a place a bit classier than Deb’s, Lyon’s or Shari’s. Be sure not to overlook Olive Gar den. Sure, it’s not the cheapest of the “Cheap Dates,” but by ordering the right meals, you won’t spend more than $20 for the two of you. Olive Garden is renowned throughout the country for its deli cious all-you-can-eat salad and breadsticks. And for less than $6 each, you and your date can enjoy that for lunch along with as much soup as you want. At dinnertime, the price jumps up to $8.25. A little too high for your pocketbook? Don’t fret. Through the ' middle of October, Olive Garden is offering its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl. For only $7.95, you get all the breadsticks and salad or soup you can eat in addition to as many help ings of savory pasta you want. You can choose from six pastas — spaghetti, fettuccini, linguini, angel hair, farfalle and penne — and five sauces — meat sauce, marinara, tomato, alfredo and bolognese. So many options, what if you can’t decide? Try a variety. Maybe you want something creamy yet spicy. You could try a linguini with alfredo and bolognese sauces — side by side, that is. And of course, there’s always the option of sec onds, as long as there’s room in your stomach. Who says you have to or der the same thing the second time around, or even the third? But long before you even get your pasta — unless you go during off peak hours when your main course will reach your table in no time — you get to indulge in bread and soup or salad. The breadsticks are mag nificent, as long as they’re hot and soft, which I have found to be rather rare, to be honest. But nothing com pares to the wonderful creamy Ital ian house dressing. Just keep in mind that if you’re not an Italian dressing fan, mention so ahead of time, otherwise your salad will be drenched in oily goodness. Now, if your goal is to spend no more than $20 for dinner, you may have to settle for water with your Kevin Calame Emerald Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, at 1077 Valley River Dr., is offering an all-you-can-eat special, a best bet for a not-too-casual date when on a not-too-extravagant budget. meal, considering two pasta dishes with a 15 percent tip of $2.40 would come out to $18.30. Although, you could share a soft drink, which costs a whopping $1.75. But if it’s a first date, that’s certainly not recom mended. But what about dessert? Don’t worry. The pasta, salad and bread sticks will fill you both up so much, neither you nor your date will even want to think about Tiramisu. 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V. ■n-nL-t nhftA nr> a kjcrv Ant? anUAuaMnu m Gabriel n .. . _ , , Courtesy of The Register-Guard Ponti uses unique lighting and tools to showcase his puppets, adding a surreal element to his performances. Pullingstringsforthesakeofart ■ Puppeteer Gabriel Ponti brings his show, ‘Cartoon,’ to the Robinson Theatre By Mason West Oregon Daily Emerald Controlling a puppet has a certain magic about it, said Jerry Williams, who until last year was the puppet teacher in the University’s theater department. “It’s a kind of human phenome non,” he said, “to play with an imaginary world.” Williams also said that we all have played with puppets at some time. Even children’s dolls and ac tion figures are types of puppets. “They are a kind of virtual reality for kids,” he said. For puppeteer Gabriel Ponti, playing with toys never stopped. His fascination with the cartoons of his childhood from the 1940s is his inspiration for the show he will be performing Saturday in the Robin son Theatre. Ponti has performed this show, “Cartoon.’ since he created it in 1994, This performance will be a sort of homecoming for Ponti. He has spent the majority of the last 19 years out of the country performing, torching and creating. But Ponti spent time studying at the Univer sity, and from 1978 to 1980, he lived in Eugene. Joseph Gilg, development direc tor for the University Theatre, arranged this performance with Ponti during the last year. “Something we like to do in the department is to spotlight students who have gone out and made a ca reer in the theater,” Gilg said. To help students benefit more from It’s kind of magical be cause it's so simple. You ’re so intrigued to find out what’s happening Joseph Gilg University Theatre . . development director // Ponti’s experience, he will host an open workshop Friday at 4 p.m. in Villard Hall's Pocket Playhouse. Williams said that playing with puppets is more than just playing. “Speaking through a puppet is a \\ ay ot accessing one s seif, he said. In last year’s movie “Being John Malkovieh,” some of these underly ing themes were explored. "‘Malkovieh’ can tell you how the puppeteer can be a little like God," Williams said. People attending the perform ance should not expect the level of complexity displayed in the movie. Williams said that -most of those scenes involved more than one puppeteer, and at times the addition of computer graphics. But Gilg maintains that Ponti’s art isn’t any less entertaining. “It’s kind of magical because it’s so simple,” he said. “You’re so in trigued to find out what’s happen ing.” Sparky Roberts, founder of the NewMime Circus, has worked with Ponti and has developed a contin ued correspondence with him dur ing his stay in Europe. “What strikes me about his work is how original it is,” Roberts said. As testament to his originality, all of Ponti’s creations are made of re cycled materials. Ponti does not only make puppets, out also experi ments with masks and various other types of costumes. “He’s unconsti Tied by any nor mal notions of pi. etrv,” Roberts said. "Cartoon” will . ■ held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Robinson Theatre. Tick the EMU t: of the per box office.
