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Thursday Electra-fying! A Greek tragedy is told in modern style in the Robinson Theatre. PAGE 10 PULSE EDITOR: BEVIN CAFFERY bcaffery@gladstone.uoregon.7d^ FOR NOTHING OK, you need to do something for the cash, but not much By Bevin Caffery Oregon Daily Emerald from time to time, everyone finds themselves in need of a lit tle quick cash, especially when trying to pay for school. In case you need a few easy bucks for the electricity bill, late night pizza or your mom’s birthday present, here are a few resources you may not have tapped into yet. Contribute to scientific research: If you feel like you’re just bursting with knowledge and opinions and that the world is missing out in its uninformed state, you can get paid to partici pate in research surveys. They are sponsored regularly by stu dent groups or at times through grant-funded studies that pay brilliant students such as yourself for filling out a question naire. Experiments are also always ongoing in the psychology department by its grad students. Sounds appealing, doesn’t it? You could be the guinea pig pf a revolutionary experiment, maybe even become famous and get a bit of money from it. Donate your body: On the other hand, if guinea pigs aren’t your scene, you can also receive money in exchange for your bodily substances. The first and easiest commitment is at the Seramed Biocenter at 1901W. 18th. They will pay you for plas ma donations: $20 for your first donation and $30 for your sec ond donation. Hours for first-timers are Monday through Fri day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Remember to take a photo ID with current address and your Social Security card. The second, slightly scarier option is for women to donate their eggs to help infertile couples. Donating pays $2,500 for nonsmokers ages 21-32, which is great money but a bigger deal than blood. For more information, call OHSU at (503) 418-5333. The good thing about these options is that you can get some extra hinds while helping others. Better than a hangover: It’s the morning after the big bash, and now the previous party spot is a disaster. If it’s your place (condo lences) then you are obligated to clean up anyway. If it’s not your place, it’s a much-appreciated gesture to help repair the damage the morning after. Little do the hosts know that instead of having genuine empathy for their situation, you just want the deposit money from the drink containers. By getting up early and col lecting all the cans and bottles laying around, you can be sure to I secure yourself ten or twenty bucks, depend ing on the size of the party. Then, as everyone else sur faces to a blurry con sciousness and steps onto the sticky floor, you can say, “Well, I did my part by picking up stuff. Can you guys scrub the kitchen and re-hang the screen door? Great party, see ya later! ” and walk out the door with a garbage bag full of loot and a clear conscience from your valiant effort to help out. DISCLAIMER: Use common sense with this one; make sure not to piss anyone off by taking their cans without asking. World Wide Web: All right, maybe the parties lately haven’t been worth the effort. Either your hosts now keep a close watch on you after the first time you es caped with the goods, or you discover the lack of de posit on red plastic cups, or you are just looking for a less-disgusting way to make money. The next resource to turn to is the obvious technological addiction for many people today: the Internet. There are several Web sites that can hook you up in various ways. A lotta surfin’: Alladvantage.com is a site that pays you for the time you spend on the Net while viewing the ads of its sponsors. This company does actually pay people, even if it takes awhile to accrue a significant amount. You Turn to Fast cash, page 8 By Mason West Oregon Daily Emerald This spring, fashion is going fatigue. In contrast to the bright colors that start assaulting the public’s corneas this time of the year, designers are going covert by fashioning clothes and accessories with camouflage patterns. The trend goes beyond casual pants and T-shirts; major designers such as Christian Dior and Miu Miu have got the military bug, as well as more eco nomically accessible stores like Old Navy. It wasn’t long ago when camouflage was in fashion; the beginning of the util itarian revolution brought cargo pants into style. But what designers are doing now is trying to take camouflage into higher fashion circles by creating dress es and other formal items with the stealthy patterns. Sharon Stone’s appearance in camou flage on the December cover of Elle mag azine was a harbinger of what is hap pening now. Another notable appearance of the military style is in Destiny’s Child’s new video for the song “Survivor.” In the March issues of Cos mopolitan and Marie Claire there are large photo spreads devoted to this mili tary chic that include olive and beige among their essential spring colors. Retail store windows in New York are decorated with military mannequins, but on the local level, the effects of this The latest fashion trend blends utility and style fashion trend are not so hard-hitting. Major department stores, such as JC Pen ney and Meier & Frank, are sure to have some items, but not the supply found in larger cities. What purpose the fashion industry has for this style reinvention is unclear. While the clothes are not intended to hide people as the real stuff does, they may be building some sense of mili tary-like community among the female population. The JC Penney store at the Valley River Center is carrying camou flage shirts proclaiming “boy fighter” and “military- brat,” but employee Tiffney Darnell said that she hasn’t sold Turn to Camouflage, page 8
