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Ryan Honey (right) performed in various University productions as a student, including ‘Servant of Two Masters’ in 1996. Recently,
he’s taken on a few acting projects, including some low-budget independent films and the upcoming Hollywood film ‘Men of Honor.’
UO grad makes the big screen
■ A1998 U n iversity grad uate
tastes sweet success in an
upcoming Hollywood film
By Mason West
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students of theater all hope to go
out into the world and make names
for themselves. Ryan Honey, a 1998
University graduate, is in the
process of doing just that.
Honey plays Yarmouth, a charac
ter in the upcoming film “Men of
Honor,” starring Robert De Niro and
Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is an
adaptation of the life of Carl Bras
hear, the first African-American
Navy diver. Honey’s character is one
of four men who finish the naval
training along with Gooding.
This is Honey’s first role in a ma
jor motion picture, but his face has
already been seen on the silver
screen. He was in an independent
film called “Jacks” written and di
rected by friend and fellow student
Jesse Lawler. The digital feature,
which played briefly last spring at
the Bijou Art Cinema, has already
won two “Best Feature” titles at the
American Digital Arts Festival and
the Arpa Foundation for Film, Mu
sic and Art Film Festival.Aside
from starring in “Jacks,” Honey was
the co-producer and helped see the
movie through from start to finish.
“The dream used to be: I want to be
a big movie star. But it’s more amaz
ing to give birth to an idea and see it
through to the end,” Honey said.
This overall perspective is some
thing that Ryan has always had, his ex
professor and friend Jack Watson said.
“Ryan was always wanting to
make things happen for himself,”
Watson said.
Honey attributes much of his suc
cess to the experience he gained
through the University’s Pocket
Playhouse.
“I can’t say enough good things
about the Pocket,” Honey said. “It’s
where I trained, where I learned the
skills that have helped me. ”
Watson knows how important
the Pocket Playhouse is and is
proud to have it as an option for stu
dents of the University.
“In any artform, a student has to
have a space to try stuff without try
ing to please anybody,” Watson said.
“That is what the Pocket does.”
Honey has had limited time to re
flect on his shifting experiences
from the University to independent
film and into the world of Holly
wood. He has kept himself very
busy all throughout his career. In
college, he was one of the founding
members of Absolute Improv, a
group that continues to perform on
and around campus under new
leadership. He has also done model
ing, commercials for television and
the Internet and stage acting. Cur
rently, he is working on another in
Turn to Ryan Honey, page 7B
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For our first foray into find
ing good yet inexpensive
wine, we will journey just
outside of Eugene to Vene
ta, where, if you aren't driving too
fast and can spot the sign obscured
by the brush, you will find Secret
House Vineyard.
Before walking into the tasting
room, let’s go over a few terms and
etiquette that will be useful to you
when trying and selecting your wine.
Varietal: This term indicates that
the wine was made with one type of
grape. For example, Chardonnay is
made with Chardonnay grapes.
Pinot Noir is made with Pinot grapes.
Sometimes it is hard to tell what is
a blend or a varietal. Blends are
wines made of two or more different
types of grape. Wines like Bordeaux
or Chianti tend to be blends. Howev
er, these last two wines also refer to
regions where they were originally
made, in parts of Europe, so it can of
ten be confusing as to what a wine is,
what it was made from or where it
comes from. Therefore, don't be
The featured wine varieties from Secret House Vineyard in nearby Veneta have received
many awards both nationally and regionally.
afraid to ask questions.
Next, find out what vintage a
wine is or when it was made. This
can often be very important infor
mation. White wines, such as Pinot
Gris or Chardonnay, are often
drunk young, or very soon after be
ing made, probably two years or so.
This is because white wines don’t
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