Pulse Editor
Jacquelyn Lewis
jacquelynlewis@dailyemerald.com
Tuesday, October 15,2002
Oregon Daily Emerald
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How do I
deal with
my party
bed buddy?
Dear Nat: How do I deal with facing
someone I just had a one-night stand
with? I slept with this guy at a party last
weekend, and I know I’m going to run
into him around campus. Should I ig
nore him, act friendly, flirty or what?
— Confused Party Girl
Dear Confused: Oh, the wonders of
college! Blurred, drunken nights in
smelly houses that lead you to the arms
of some eager bachelor who can’t re
member your name. What fun!
From the tone of your letter, I’m sens
ing this one-night stand may not have
been the right choice. Deep down, you
want a real romance.
But in this stage of
your life, it may be
hard to find some
thing real, so you set
tle for any sexual
crumbs from the cake
of love you deserve.
Unfortunately,
you’ll never be
happy waking up Natasha
the next morning
realizing you prob
ably won’t hear Ask Nat
from that person
ever again. You’re craving a connection
with this guy and hoping he might want
to date you or at least have a friendship,
but I’m afraid you shouldn’t keep your
hopes up.
When the guy crosses your path, be
friendly but not by any means clingy or
overeager. Pay attention to the tone he
sets for the two of you. Who knows? He
might want to begin dating. You might
end up as friends and forget all about
your night together. But if you find your
self getting hung up on him when he is
n’t reciprocating, you must try to learn
from it and get on with your life.
Some people (although I’ll never
know how) can sleep around without
getting emotionally attached. If you can
truly say that one-night stands never
scar you in the least, fine. But for most
of us, it’s best to build something solid
before hopping in the sack.
Dear Nat: I’m a freshman girl living in
the dorms, and I’ve become extremely
attracted to the male resident assistant
in my hall. We’ve been flirting with each
other lately, and I know a relationship is
against University Housing policy, but is
it really that bad?
— Forbidden Love
Dear Forbidden Love: Yes dear, we
all know that Felicity got in on a very
personal note with her RA without any
problems, but let me clue you in — “Fe
licity” is not real life!
I must admit that I see the appeal in
your interest. Your RA is in a position to
sort of protect you, he may be older, he
tells guys your age what to do and car
ries a high status around campus. No
matter how dreamy this “Noel” in your
life may be, dating your own RA can put
you in potential pickles.
He is there to treat all of his residents
equally, but if you become intimate with
him, he may feel obliged to give you
Turn to Ask Nat, page 7
Chilingerian
Scootin' along
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
Scooters, such as this 2003 Bajaj Legend at Wheel Works in Eugene, are gaining a devoted
following up and down the West Coast of the United States.
Eugene’s Top Dead Center Scooter Club offers motor
scooter enthusiasts the opportunity to leam about
scooter maintenance and have a good time
Helen Schumacher
Pulse Reporter
“I took the entire thing apart,” Walters said. “Right now,
I’m getting the body cleaned. Then I’m going to be rebuild
ing the engine.” She hopes to have her vintage Vespa re
stored by February.
Walters is one of the approximately 20 members of Eu
gene’s Top Dead Center Scooter Club. The scooter club
meets every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at a local bar.
“I owe the fact that I found this (scooter) to the club,”
Walters said. She said Top Dead Center, along with other
scooter clubs in Portland and Seattle, have been a great re
source for finding and repairing her scooter.
“There is a common support group,” club member Geoff
Paunderas said. “We do a majority of our own work, both
mechanical and cosmetic. Everyone is good at different
things, and old scooters are rather unique in their engineer
ing.” Paunderas owns two Vespas.
Another club member, Matt Milletto agrees.
“By being in a club, you’re constantly getting mainte
nance tips and using your scooter,” he said. Milletto first be
came interested in Vespas while living in Italy, where the
scooters were created.
The Italian company Piaggio first began manufacturing
the Vespa brand in 1946. Vespas were made to be an alter
native to gas-guzzling cars, which were too expensive for
many Italians to drive after World War II.
The unique scooters were made even more popular in the
1960s by the fashion-conscious British youth known as
Mods. Since then, the classic motor scooter has attracted a
cult-like following, with clubs up and down the West Coast.
The clubs not only serve as a resource for finding out how
to fix the old scooters, but are also a way for enthusiasts to
meet others interested in two-wheeled transportation.
“The club serves as a central meeting point,” Paunderas
said. “I would probably not have met but a few of the other
scooterists, but the club has introduced me to some really
great people, and we get together and ride and hang out all
the time. It’s fun.”
Riding is the highlight of owning a scooter for Top Dead
Center members.
Turn to Scootin', page 6
Oregon in autumn offers adventure
From the Oregon coast to the
University’s Outdoor Program,
students can find a way to get out
of town this fell season
Ryan Bornheimer
Senior Pulse Reporter
Summer has always been the season of
the traveler. Fall, on die other hand, brings
heavy doses of schedules and routine — a
sobering reality check that leaves students
shell-shocked and longing for the stress
free days of cross-country road trips and
European backpacking. New students ad
justing to life at college and goal-oriented
University veterans may forget there’s a
world beyond campus.
But autumn offers more travel oppor
tunities than you can imagine. So grab a
pen. There are about to be some changes
to your schedule. And you won’t need
add/drop for these.
Lane Community College Computer
Network Operator major Dale Dzierzek
thinks hes stating the obvious when talking
about his favorite Oregon getaway.
“The coast. It’s an hour away and you don’t
even have to go with a specific destination in
mind,” said Dzierzek. “Once you hit those
coastal roads, the drive itself is worth it — espe
cially in the fall.” He also mentioned his favorite
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Unusually nice weather has given many students, including sophomore music student Spencer Finnan, the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors.
stop along the way — the Rogue Brewery, locat
ed in the coastal town of Newport..
Once you get to the coast, check out Marine
Discovery Tours. The self-dubbed Official Cruise
Company of the Oregon Coast offers two-hour
aquarium-style cruise programs lead by a team
of naturalists on a 65-foot flagship aptly named
Discovery. For more information, visit
www.marinediscovery.com.
Anthropology major Joe Dimick prefers Ash
land for his vacation stop.
“It’s just a really festive little town. There’s al
ways shit going on,” Dimick said. “And Mt. Ash
land is a great place to ski.”
Tu rn to Autumn, page 8