International Halloween
■To expose its international
residents to a bit of American
culture, Riley Hall will host its
annual Halloween dance
By Mason West
Oregon Daily Emerald
Just because Halloween is the
devil’s night doesn’t mean that one
needs to partake of the devil’s brew.
The Riley residence hall will be
hosting its annual Halloween dance
party Saturday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The function, coordinated by the Ri
ley Resident Council and the Inter
national Student Association, is de
signed to bring students together to
have fun in a safe and legal way,
said Yu Bai, co-director of the ISA.
“We want to encourage interac
tion between the international stu
dents and the American students,”
Bai said.
The ISA is involved in this event
partly to expose the international
students to an interesting aspect of
American culture.
“In many foreign countries, they
don’t have Halloween,” Bai said.
“This is a new experience for those
students.”
Although Riley is officially the in
ternational residence hall, it is open
to all University students. Riley res
ident director Carl Yell wants to
eliminate any inhibitions that do
mestic students have about coming
to the dance.
“Students shouldn’t be afraid to
come into Riley and get in on the ac
tion,” Yeh said.
Once students arrive at the party,
however, fear becomes part of the
equation. There will be a haunted
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Residence life got more exciting last year when costumes came into play. Again this
year, Riley Hall is hosting a Halloween dance party, and all students are invited.
house in the basement designed and
maintained by the Riley residents
that students can enter for $1. But
there may just be enough spooks
wandering around in costumes to
turn students pale.
“There were some amazing cos
tumes last year,” Yeh said.
Other attractions at this year’s
party will be a live professional DJ,
free snacks and non-alcoholic
mixed drinks, fortune telling and
digital photos.
The digital photographs are a
new addition to the dance this year.
They will work much like a photog
rapher at a typical dance, except in
stead of purchasing prints, a digital
image will be sent to two e-mail ad
dresses for a $1 charge. Pictures can
be sent to additional addresses for
50 cents each.
“I’m surprised that more dances
don’t do more things with digital
images,” Yeh said.
This new twist is just one addi
tion to the long-standing tradition of
the Riley Halloween party. This tra
dition is something that Katie
Bryant, assistant director of resi
dence life, thinks has people com
ing back.
“People have gone in the past,
and they come back year after year
regardless of whether they live in
the residence halls,” Bryant said.
Although the event is not on Hal
loween, Yeh doesn’t think it will de
ter students from coming.
“Most students have the time on
the weekends to come,” Yeh said.
Riley Hall is located at 650 E. 11th
Ave. The dance is free, but Universi
ty ID is required for entry.
Eccentric films to engross Bijou
■This weekend, Troma
Entertainment brings three
movies to a Eugene audience
By Josh Ryneal
Oregon Daily Emerald
Troma Entertainment, most fa
mous for its “Toxic Avenger” series
about a baddie-busting mutant jan
itor who cleans up crime with his
Supermop, has carved out a niche
with its low-budget, bloody and
all-around outrageous movies.
Films such as “Surf Nazis Must
Die,” “Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid,” and
“Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD” have in
spired a cult following around the
world, and now, Troma is bringing
a new crop of films to the Bijou Art
Cinema in time for Halloween.
Michael Lamont, owner of the
Bijou, said the there were two rea
sons behind the choice to show
Troma films.
“The first was that in the past,
we’d take movies from the mall
theaters and rerun them, but that
doesn't work anymore,” he said.
“The $1.50 theaters have really un
dercut our audience.”
So Lamont decided to try to ex
pand into more cult-oriented films.
“We’re trying stuff like kung-fu
movies, and now we’re bringing
out these movies,” he said. “It’s a
gore-fest, but it’s also kind of a
spoof. They’re very hilarious."
Lloyd Kaufman, co-founder of
Troma Entertainment and writer
director of many of the studio’s
films, said that part of his studio’s
appeal is that audiences get some
thing from Troma’s movies they
won’t find anywhere else.
“Art is an expression of heart,
and we take our movies very seri
ously,” he said. “We’re known as
kind of a Cuisinart of genres.”
The three movies playing at the
Bijou, “Stendahl Syndrome,”
“Killer Condom,” and “Cannibal:
The Musical,” are distributed by
Troma but not produced or direct
ed by the studio. However, Kauf
man said that all three of these
films are “definitely in the Troma
style.”
“They fit in with the Troma phi
losophy of surprise and adven
ture,” he said.
Kaufman called “Stendahl Syn
drome” perhaps the most disturb
ing and contemporary of the three
movies and said the film is very se
rious and different than anytliing
Troma has put out before.
“Stendahl syndrome is the med
ical condition where someone
looks at piece of art and has such a
strong reaction that they have a
seizure,” he said. “That’s the first
theme of the movie, and the sec
ond deals with a serial killer.”
“Killer Condom,” Kaufman said,
is about killer mutant condoms
that grow spiky teeth. One can
imagine the rest.
“It was filmed in Germany and
is slicker and more cerebral than
the usual Troma stuff,” he said.
The movie also features special
effects by Swiss surrealist H.R.
Giger, famous for his disturbing art
and special-effects work on the
movie “Alien.”
‘“Killer Condom' is about the
rubber that rubs you out,” Kauf
man said. “It'll make the critics
stand up with praise.”
The last film, “Cannibal: The
Musical,” is the first film project of
Troma films at the
Bijou:
(All shows begin at 11 p.m.)
“Killer Condom” Friday, Oct. 27, and
Wednesday, Nov. 1
“Stendahl Syndrome” Saturday, Oct.
28, and Thursday, Nov. 2
“Cannibal: The Musical” Sunday,
Oct. 29, Monday, Oct. BO, and Tues
day, Oct. 31
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, cre
ators of Comedy Central’s wildly
popular “South Park” series.
“Trey freely admits that we were
the very last stop on the train [of
getting the movie distributed],”
Kaufman said with a laugh. “But
they were big fans; they used to
have “Toxic Avenger” parties in
college.”
Kaufman agreed that his films
aren’t for everyone but said “it’s a
cult thing — [people] know they’re
going to either love it or hate it, but
they'll never forget it.”
“People want to go to movies and
have strong emotions, and I think
the stuff out there today in the main
stream just makes people feel kind
of hollow,” Kaufman said. “They
want to go on a real cinematic ad
venture, and Troma gives it to
them.”
Aaron Sarnoff-Wood, an em
ployee at Silver Screen Video, said
that people come in and ask for
Troma films by name and called
the Bijou’s decision a “neat idea.”
"Those movies are cheesy as
hell, but still fun,” he said. “It’s a
great idea for the holiday.”
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