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Boo-ed off the screen
The Bijou has a special visitor
attending each showing. Page 12
1 hursday, October 11,2001
■ Newly-opened Higher
Source sells glass pipes, with
prices from $10 to $3,000
By Mason West
Oregon Daily Emerald
Let’s get one thing straight:
The store Higher Source
does not sell bongs, it sells
water pipes.
This small issue of semantics is
all that it takes for stores such as
Higher Source, Hunky Dory Pipe
and Tobacco, Lazar’s Bazar and
Sweet Potatoe Pie to sell items that
Brinda Narayan-Wold, member of
the Lane County Prevention Coali
tion, thinks have strong illegal
connotations.
There are strict laws regulating
what can be sold and to whom it
No grass
in this glass
can be sold. For a short period af
ter its grand opening on Sept. 22 at
the old Shizadas location at 133 E.
13th Ave., the store was closed to
anybody under the age of 21 be
cause the city had not approved its
tobacco permit. On one day, in the
period of an hour, co-owner
Jenifer Liput asked more than 20
people to leave the store because
they were too young or didn’t
have identification.
“I want to keep this store’s rep
utation high. That means turning
away customers if they don’t have
their ID,” she said.
The rules go further than that. If
Liput or any of her employees
think that a customer has intent to
use their products illegally, they
will not sell to them. All their
products are strictly for use with
tobacco products.
“We have to legally kick you out
Water pipes line
the wall at Higher
Sources, located
on East 13th
Avenue. The
majority otthe
blown glass sold
at Higher Sources
comes from local
artists.
Adam Amato Emerald
of the store if you say ‘bong,’”
Liput said.
Alec Brown, a University stu
dent and Higher Source customer,
said the language used when
shopping in such stores is part of
a game.
“You don’t say ‘bong.’ You say
‘tube,’” he said. “I like the ritual of
the second language.”
Brown said the employees of
Higher Source took a no-nonsense
approach adhering to the rules,
while other stores around town
had been more relaxed.
“It’s to their credit. They’re not
deluding themselves as to what
they are selling,” he said.
But by playing the game, even a
store with good intentions can be
undermined by its customers.
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Friday Night Films features the fabulous and the unsettling
Uourtesy Photo
‘The Celebration,’ winner of a Special Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, will be shown at 8 p.m. Friday in 180 PLC.
Admission with a valid UO Student ID is $2. Admission fqr the aeneral public is $3. , . ..
■ Dwarfs, porn stars and Fisher
Price, oh my! The Cultural Forum
serves up seldom-seen movies
sure to please—or disturb
By Dave Depper
Oregon Daily Emerald
Remember when going to the movies
cost less than buying property in the
Florida Keys? Neither does anybody
else. Students can be thankful that the
EMU Cultural Forum is making a
valiant effort to bring quality flicks to
campus for minimal retirement fund
damage.
Every Friday night (and a few extra
nights) this fall, the Cultural Forum
will be hosting Friday Night Films at 8
p.m. in 180 PLC. Admission will be $2
with a student identification card and
$3 without.
Cultural Forum film coordinator
Toussaint Perrault has an ulterior mo
tive regarding the film series.
“My role is to bring films to campus
that people normally wouldn’t get a
.chance to sea on the*bia screen,”.he,said.
Toussaint added that the films are
“unsettling. But I think that’s a good
thing. They’re not sentimental. All of
these films changed cinema upon their
release.” Here’s a breakdown of the
films in store:
Friday, Oct. 12 - “The Celebration”
Shot in 1998 using hand-held video,
direct sound and no artificial light,
“The Celebration” is a Danish comedy
drama that won the Jury Prize at the
1998 Cannes Film Festival. The film
uses the 60th birthday party of a patri
arch as the backdrop for a story of sex
ual abuse, family betrayal and tragedy.
Friday, Oct. 19 - “American Movie”
Already a modern classic in some
circles, “American Movie” is the I
can’t-believe-this-is-true story of Mark
Borchardt, a regular Midwestern guy
whose lifelong ambition is to film a
horror movie. Directed by Chris Smith,
and the winner of the Grand Jury Prize
at the 1999 Sundance Festival, “Ameri
can Movie” is a must-see.
Friday, Oct. 26 - “Even Dwarfs Start
ed Small”
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