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
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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.
And the best part: You’ll almost
definitely have leftovers to take
home for your next meal, an even
cheaper date!
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Ponti uses unique lighting and tools to showcase his puppets, adding a surreal element to his performances.
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■ 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
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of the per
box office.