Pulse Editor
Jacquelyn Lewis
jacquelynlewis@dailyemerald.com
Tuesday, October 22,2002
Oregon Daily Emerald
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My House:
Come on over
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From Europe to America, fried bread
has come a long way in taste
Reporter’s notebook
Dizzy Dean’s doughnut baker David White
spear once saw a woman eat 13 French
crullers in one sitting. Depending on your
point of view, that’s either disturbing or
strangely comforting. Either way, it proves
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there are serious things going on in doughnut
shops across the country. Thus, my quest be
gan — a search to unravel the clandestine
subculture of the legendary pastry.
Even in Eugene, where tempeh and tofu
are a way of life, there’s a world out there
where fried bread is still worth something.
And why not? Sometimes life should just be
that simple.
But to dismiss doughnuts as a simple
breakfast dessert would not do justice to this
Photo Illustration Mark McCambridge
culinary masterpiece. There is a whole
mythology to doughnuts that would put
trekkies and Tolkien fanatics to shame. For
instance, there’s the Strudeldorf incident.
According to elliskaiser.com, Dutch set
tlers journeyed to the New World “seeking
freedom from the strictly enforced writs of
pastry,” after a cow kicked over a giant vat of
hot oil, frying much of the city of Strudeldorf
to a golden brown. Once in America, the
Turn to Doughnut, page 7
Unrealistic
book perfect
bathroom
material
Book review
Helen Schumacher
Pulse Reporter
How many times have you said to your
self, “I’ve really been meaning to destroy
that nuclear missile silo, if only I knew
how”? If you’re anything like me, it’s all
the time.
Thankfully, Hunter S. Fulghum’s new
book, “Don’t Try This at Home: How to
Win a Sumo Match, Catch a Great White
Shark, Start an Independent Nation, and
Other Extraordinary Feats (for Ordinary
People)” explains exactly how to destroy
that nuclear missile silo. The book even
has a diagram showing where to drill
holes for explosives.
Or maybe you like missile silos but are
having trouble paying tuition. “Don’t Try
This at Home” also explains how to break
Turn to Book, page 6
Gaming community
rewrites rulebook
with group playing
Local video game stores allow
customers to feel at home
in their fully equipped stores
Jacquelyn Lewis
Pulse Editor
The video game industry is riding the
wave of change, and the days of solitary
button-pushing are over. According to Eu
gene store owners, the future of gaming is
community, and the game stores are
pushing the envelope to build those com
munities — both locally and globally.
Big City Gamin’ owner Justin Field
said he opened his store with group
game play in mind. The East 13th Av
enue and Willamette Street location is
equipped with four plush couches sur
rounding four 53-inch, high definition
televisions — up to 16 people can play
.simultaneously. Customers can try. out.
games before they buy them or pay an
hourly fee to play different titles in the
store’s “futuristic arcade.”
“We tried to implement technology
into the storefront,” Field said. “It’s the
ultimate dream living room.”
The “dream living room” is jam
packed with every type of video game
imaginable — from vintage Nintendo to
the latest Xbox releases. The store buys,
sells, rents (only $1 per day) and trades
console games, game systems and DVDs.
“We try to do everything under one
roof here,” manager Tyler Mack said.
Big City Gamin’ is also wired to the lat
est online technology, with high speed In
ternet connections for its PlayStation 2
systems. Both Mack and Field said the
new online technology will provide a
good avenue for players to make connec
tions with one another: The, PlayStation
.Turn to Gaming, page 6
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
Sixth-grade students Thomas Duke (left), Aaron Bergersen (middle) and Colin Willoughby (right) play the video game
"Halo" on four big screen televisions at a birthday party at Big City Gamin' in Eugene. This systerp allows all 16 users to
play against each other at the same time.