Pulse Editor
Jacquelyn Lewis
jacquelynlewis@dailyemerald.com
Tuesday, May 27,2003
Oregon Daily Emerald
On Thursday
Celebrate spring with
the Green Garter Band
Dump loser
boyfriend;
happiness
lies beyond
Dear Nat: I’ve decided that my
boyfriend of a year is not giving me
enough fulfillment, but I haven’t found
the courage to break up with him. Al
though he makes a minimum effort to
please me and ean’t communicate, I val
ue his companionship and don’t have
many other friends to fall back on. I
know he isn’t long-term mate material,
but I fear feeling alone once I say good
bye. Help me escape from this rut.
—Attached to Mr. Wrong
Dear Attached: I
feel like you’ve
chained yourself
up inside a cave
with Mr. Loser
(he’s not just
wrong for you, he’s
a loser), while an
accessible, bustling
world full of happi
ness and opportu
nity waits for you
outside. The key to
freedom is within
your reach —
Natasha
Chilingerian
Ask Nat
please pick it up and unlock yourself
from this situation.
But we’re not just dealing with logic
here, we’re dealing with your heart, too.
If your heart weren’t involved, Mr. Loser
would’ve been sacked already. I know
the thought of saying good-bye to some
one whom you’ve grown close with and
most likely been sexually involved with
is shattering. This break-up will not be
painless, but I do have a few remedies to
ease the sadness.
Make a list describing all of Mr. Los
er’s disgraceful, disgusting qualities
and all the times he has exhibited in
sensitivity. By the time you finish, you
should be angry enough to start mak
ing a voodoo doll. Then write down all
the things you’ll finally be able to do
once you are free. Maybe you’ve al
ways wanted to live abroad or pursue
a graduate degree but have felt pinned
down by this dead-end relationship.
Maybe you just long to flirt with men
at the local bar or bond with a tight
circle of friends. The truth is, many
stimulating activities exist that are
better suited for single people. Your
life won’t be empty.
So pull yourself up by your bootstraps,
drive on over to his house and dump him
flat. Better yet, dump him over the
phone. Don’t waste gas on Mr. Loser,
who, by the way, will be the lonely one in
the end.
Dear Nat: I’ve been in love with this
girl since high school, but we’ve always
just been friends. She recently told me
that she has been dating someone else,
they had sex, the condom broke and she
had to go to the hospital to find out if she
was pregnant. Luckily, she isn’t preg
nant, but the thought of her having sex
with someone else kills me, and I haven’t
had a decent night’s sleep in weeks be
cause of it. Please help.
— Hurt and Betrayed
Dear Hurt: You know, it’s bad enough
Turn to Ask Nat page 6
Abuzz about 'Dragonfly'
Reggae legend Ziggy Marley
infused the McDonald Theatre
with tasteful, rocking tunes on Friday
Music review
Aaron Shakra
Pulse Reporter
With a name like “Marley,” it is almost im
possible not to make associations between Zig
gy and the late, great Bob — also Ziggy’s father.
This is because Bob Marley’s music is still alive
and prevalent in the consciousness of this
world, and it continues to resonate as a voice
of compassion and peace.
However, Ziggy (named after David Bowie’s
Ziggy Stardust) has long been forging musical
ground of his own — but not without remem
bering to pay tribute to the legacy of his father.
Ziggy Marley and his band made their
presence felt Friday at the McDonald The
atre. For most of his career, Marley has
played with another band, “The Melody
Makers,” but his latest release, “Dragonfly,”
marks his first solo effort.
The night began on a sour note, with a par
ticularly flaccid and egotistical set from singer
songwriter Colin Blades. His stage demeanor
was rather condescending to the audience. At
one point, Blades started playing a tune by
The Beatles and then stopped, just to gain
crowd support. Thankfully, his performance
didn’t last long, clocking in at only 30 minutes.
However, once Ziggy Marley hit the stage,
the mood immediately changed and all was
forgotten. Marley opened his 120-minute set
with a politically charged tune from “Dragon
fly” (which shares its name with the tour) ti
tled “In the Name of God.”
Marley, a guitar player himself, was backed
by a band that consisted of two guitarists, a
bass player, two female vocalists, a key
boardist and a drummer. The quality of each
and every band member cannot be overem
phasized. The group locked together seam
lessly, with interesting, tasteful guitar solos
and plenty of body movement.
Ziggy’s band, the crowd pleasers they are,
also covered his father’s songs — “Concrete
Jungle” was the first of four and provided one
of the emotional highlights for the night. En
ergy and irie was raised among the thick, near
ly sold-out McDonald Theatre crowd; plumes
of smoke arose. When he wants to, Ziggy Mar
ley can sound ominously like his father. This
was one of those cases.
One of reggae’s power points is how imbibed
Turn to Concert, page 6
Capoeira dances between agility, wit
Forty students participated in a traditional baptism on
Saturday as part of a ritual that dates back400 years
Tom Adams
Freelance Reporter
With exultant festivity and spirited music, students of Grupo
Raca, a Eugene capoeira group, made their rites of passage on
Saturday in a traditional Batizado, or baptism, that dates back
400 years. The capoeiristas, or players, became members of the
worldwide family of capoeira, which is a synthesis of martial
arts and dancing that pits two capoeiristas in a game of com
munication, agility and wit. Forty students were baptized and
received a belt in the ceremony.
Gontramestre Pedro Cruz, originally from Brazil, is responsi
ble for bringing Grupo Raca to Portland and now Eugene. He
said Grupo Raca, pronounced hassa, originated in Saladore,
Brazil, the very place capoeira began. Cruz began working with
capoeiristas in Eugene a year ago.
“Raca means to do something with passion and discipline,
Turn to Capoeira, page 6
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Jessica Waters Emerald
Two capoeiristas challenge each other in a combination of dance, game and martial arts during
the ritual Batizado, or baptism, held on Saturday in Gerlinger Hall.