Kleckner
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and really cool local zine The
Unscene Magazine are hosting
skatepunks extraordinaire Cigar,
along with Compact 56, Ahisma
and Outreach, with partial pro
ceeds to benefit Unscene.
Cigar rocks, and the openers
are good, old-fashioned hard
core and punk. Wear thick shoes.
Unscene has reported on the lo
cal music scene for almost two
years and kicks ass, so go support
them. Doors are at 8 p.m., show
at 8:30 p.m., and it costs $7.
If August is coming, then so is
Free Shakespeare in the Park.
Hurrah! Heading into its fourth
season, this company, directed
by Sharon Mann, puts on open
air performances of the Bard for
the masses.
This year, the group is staging
“The Tempest, ” perhaps Shake
speare’s most insanely magical
work (and my favorite), which is
really a Victorian version of “Sur
vivor, ” sort of. Head to Amazon
Park (2700 Hilyard St.) 6 p.m.
every Saturday and Sunday from
Aug. 3 to 31. Yeah, it’s free.
Comedy fans can get two doses
this week: The Comedy Workout
costs $7 at Actor’s Cabaret of Eu
gene (996 Willamette St.) 8 p.m.
Thursday, and WYMPROV! will
be at Cafe Paradiso (115 W.
Broadway) for $6 at 9 p.m.
Saturday.
Jennifer Turner co-wrote
“Tigerlily” for Natalie Merchant
years ago. She played on the last
Periy Farrell record. She started
her own indie label, Caboose Mu
sic. And now she brings her
band, Inner, to Sam Bond’s
Garage (407 Blair Blvd.) on
Sunday.
I’ve been listening to Inner’s
CD, “lovetheonlyway,” all day,
and their languid, rhythmic jams
remind me of ... actually, forget
it. I don’t have a cooler-than
thou reference to make here. It’s
just strange, textured, cathartic,
schizophrenic, moog-enhanced
rock music that talks about love
and life. Highly recommended.
The show starts at 9 p.m. and
costs $2. Merciful Maneuver
opens.
Fans of female singer-songwrit
ers and incredible guitar picking
can rejoice: Tamaras is heading
back to Eugene. Think of Ani
DiFranco, some more Ani, 4 Non
Blondes and flamenco-style gui
tar (I won’t say Charo) blended
with an intense vocal style, and
you’ll get the idea.
Tamaras is soulful and skilled
with her instruments, and she’ll
be at Cozmic Pizza (1432
Willamette) at 7 p.m. Monday for
only $3. This gets my highest rec
ommendation.
Contact the editor in chief
at editor@dailyemerald.com.
His views do not necessarily
reflect those of the Emerald.
Courtesy Photo
Jennifer Turner brings her band, Inner, to Sam Bond’s Garage at 9 p.m. Sunday.
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stand. People who are intolerant of other people’s
cultures... and the Dutch. ”
Knowles is also delightful as Foxy Cleopa
tra, a secret agent from the ’70s who follows
Austin to the present. Sadly, the film misses
the opportunity to take a swing at the style of
films this character comes from — those cine
matic wonders like “Coffy” and ‘‘Cleopatra
Jones,” which are ripe for satire. The charac
ter is under-used, and Knowles seems to be
doing the best with what was given to her,
though it does say something for the filmmak
ers — they were able to get two irritating pop
singers in the same movie without either of
them becoming an annoyance.
All said, I did enjoy the movie, for some rea
son. The whole mess gives off a sense of anar
chic fun that few comedies seem to be willing
to aim for. And while many of the old gags have
grown tiresome, a whole group of new ones pop
up to take their place. To tell you the truth, I’m
looking forward to seeing these jokes get old in
the next few films. Although maybe next time,
Mike Myers might want to consider letting
someone else be the villain.
Ryan Nyburg is a freelance reporter for the Emerald.
Box office ‘Powers’
Austin Powers in (xoldmember'
brought in $71.5 million
weekend — the but
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the earlier ‘Powers’ movies brought in:
International Man of Myatery* (1997)
Opening weekend: $10 million
Total box office gross: $65,8 mite -
Tire Spy Who Shagged Me8 (1998)
Opening weekend: $57.4 million
Total box office gross: $227.1 million
SOURCE : New York Dally News (KRT)
Now showing
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2900 Gateway, Springfield
Showing on three screens, 17 showing
per day, 11 showings are bargain price
Regal Cinema World 8
DiFranco
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course of the film. One high point is a group
performance with poet/musician Sekou Sundi
ata, whom Ani cites as having a major influence
on her own writing.
Regarding the concert footage, "Render” is
clearly the next best thing to actually being there.
Because the selected songs have been culled
from various shows, they provide a “best of”
look at what an Ani DiFranco show has to offer.
For this reason, these songs are the best testa
ment to DiFranco’s musical abilities yet. These
performances should, once and for all, show
her on the forefront of innovation regarding the
guitar. The little folk singer (as she so frequently
refers to herself) finger-picks and pick-picks,
and in addition to the standard “EADGBE” tun
ing of the six-stringed instrument, she uses a va
riety of alternate tunings, which can provide a
whole range of distinctive sounds.
In addition to playing numerous variations of
an acoustic guitar, the concert footage also
shows her playing a six-stringed dulcimer and
banjo. This is not to diminish the presence of
her band, which includes drummer Daren
Hahn, bassist Jason Mercer and keyboardist
Julie Wolf.
Among the concert footage there are two
songs that were previously unavailable on any
of her album releases. The first is a cover of the
Greg Brown song “Lord, I Have Made You a
Place in My Heart,” and the second is “Slide,”
an original composition.
“Render” is available on both DVD and VHS
formats. Unfortunately for audiophiles, the
sound is mixed in 2.0 stereo for both releases, so
there’s no Dolby 5.1 soundtrack available for
those with nice sound systems; however, the
DVD version does contain some extra features;
“In The Way,” another original composition un
available elsewhere (she plays an electric guitar
here), the complete footage of a 16mm film
called “Ani’s Garden of Simple,” and one sam
ple song from each of the Righteous Babe artists.
For folks wondering when another DiFranco
album will be released, the date is Sept. 10. It’s
going to be a live double disc (her second, after
1997’s “Living In Clip”) and it’s titled “So Much
Shouting, So Much Laughter.”
For keen viewers of “Render,” watch for the
scene where she mixes a live version of “Pulse”
in the Austin recording studio — that perform
ance, you’ll notice, is from this past year’s Eu
gene show at the Cuthbert Amphitheater, and it
seems a likely candidate to show up on the new
recording.
Aaron Shakra is a freelance reporter for the Emerald.
Printing
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among some committee members
that since printing costs are supposed
to be covered by the education tech
nology fee, students would balk at
paying for printing at the labs. But the
consensus was that the amount of pa
per being used and wasted in the labs
warranted a response, she said.
An environmental audit conduct
ed in 1999 by the University’s Envi
ronmental Studies Program found
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that since students were not directly
charged for printing in the Comput
ing Center, they tended not to con
serve paper. The audit suggested in
stituting a limit on the numbers of
free printouts available to students
and charging for successive printing
in order to cut down on waste.
Such a system is a possibility;
however, Bradley said it’s more like
ly that the Computing Center will
institute a simple per-copy fee in or
der to make printing more consis
tent across campus. The library
charges 10 cents per page for print
ing, and Bradley said the Computing
Center will charge the same amount,
unless the library agrees to change
its price to 5 cents per page.
When Oregon State University
began charging in August of 2001,
printing dropped by about two
thirds, according to Derek Rose, a
senior consultant with OSU’s Stu
dent Computing Facilities. Previ
ously, printing in labs was free for
students at OSU, but when the ad
ministration cut the printing budg
et, the facilities began charging 5
cents for black-and-white prints
and 25 cents for color prints.
Leon Tovey is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
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law-abiding citizens and (being) vig
ilant to any discrimination, ” he said.
Kelly also said that, while he
expects business and public re
sponse will be varied, he doesn’t
think too many business will de
cry the proposal.
The HRC is also proposing that
Eugene adopt a domestic partner
registry in which unmarried cou
ples — both same and opposite sex
— may obtain “recognition and val
idation of their relationships. ” Cou
ples will have to meet specific cri
terion to be recognized, such as
being in a relationship of “mutual
support”; not being married or reg
istered as a domestic partner in an
other city; and being at least 18
years old.
Aside from the workplace, the
HRC wants to provide protection to
transgender people when they rent,
lease or buy a home. The addition to
the housing practices would make it
illegal for landlords to refuse hous
ing to transgender people or mem
New definitions
The Eugene Human Rights
Commission’s recommended addition
to city code would use the following
definitions:
Domestic partnership
A relationship between two persons
living as a family in a relationship of
mutual support, caring and
commitment; intending to ren ran in
such a relationship; neither married i tor
the domestic cartoer of any other
person; each 18 years of age or older;
not related by blood kinship closer than
would bar marriage in the slate of ,
Oregon; and meRtaiiy competent to
consent to contract. Domestic
partnership may also be demonstrated
by having registered, certified or
affirmed the relationship with any
appropriate, legally established registry
with substantially similar criteria within
any jurisdiction in the United States.
QetHler Identity
A person’s actual or perceived sex,
including a person’s identify,
appearance, expression or behavior,
whether or notthat identity, <
expression or behavior is different from]
that traditionally associated with the
person’s sex at birth.
Source: Eugene Human Rights Commission
bers of a domestic partnership.
Chicora Martin, LGBT Education
al and Support Services Program Di
rector, said the changes will help Eu
gene represent the transgender
community and curb harassment in
the workplace and community.
“I’ve known people who have
been harassed in restrooms and told
that they are not in the right place,”
she said. “It’s embarrassing.”
Martin added that the proposals
will bring awareness to the issue of
gay rights and also tell transgender
people that the Eugene government
supports them.
After the HRC agrees on a final
proposal, they will send it to City
Council for evaluation in Septem
ber. Councilors are expected to vote
on the changes in late October.
Contact the reporter
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.