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017422 ■ Tonight ■ alterEGO CD Release Party f 2 Bucks Short, Capyun Suicide, EPD P>p Ihink 7:30 pm, door ■ Friday ■ Danny Barnes, The Cascade Colonels Bluegruss l:oo pm, $10 advance, $12 doer ■ Saturday ■ Soul Position (Blueprint £ RID2), lllofic, D1 Prim Hip-Hop 9:00 pm, it advance, iio door ■ Sunday ■ Rasputina, Mood Area 52 Gothic Chamber Pop l:oo pm, iio advance, iiz door ■ Tuesday ■ The Itals (featuring Keith Porter), Rocker T, TChele E the Circle of Li^ht Reggae 9:00 pm, iij advance, ii6 door All Ages Welcome • 6H7-2746 PULSE CREATE A Fiend, A Foe Wake the hell up you pathetic fiend Disgust is what my eyes perceive A brain so distorted Countenance of greed Transparent sorrow is all that we see 1 low unhealthy a state For one to be Nothing to offer, all to gain Thus you pigeon are nothing like us You bring to life nothing we need No shallower an existence is yours which thou creates For fate is of no virtue in the minds we possess Such agony to reflect on this wasted flesh Gaunt, the wretch kneels before the cider alter Prayers recited with astonishing clarity Prayers which thou has not voiced since grade school Prayers which shall be heard, though caiel and foul I low pitiful is he who dismisses such deceit As the cries of mercy pierce our frugal ears It is us who dismiss illegitimate forlomness Directing attention towards those of great ill woe Those without such hasty, lavish eyes For the disguise Often gives way in those crumpling, daunting eyes Wake you wretch Wake For we are not craven in our ways Obliviousness will not be accepted For this is the final judgment We are the final judgment Mike Dykstra is a University sophomore studying English, this poem was voluntarily submitted to the Emerald for publication. Please send artistic submissions to pulse@dailyemerald.com. STUDENT GROUPS Advertise itt the Emerald. Call 346-3712 to speak with a rep. We have great University rates. Vision LEADERSHIP j COMMUNITY PPPM Planning Public Policy & Management pppkMsmAMm m Do you care about: Urban sprawl... Environmental planning... State budget crisis... Nonprofits... Community leadership... Applications for Major due Oct, 17th http://utopia.uoregon.edu/ Office: Hendricks Hall Big issues...professor-led discussions...small classes THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 8 PM Giancarlo Guerrero, Conduc tor Ilya Gringolts, Violin A 21-year-old Russian phenom takes on Shostakovich's stirring concerto. Expect a performance that is poignant, fierce, and torrentially virtuosic. Plus Beethoven's Second Symphony, glimmering with originality and power. Hult Center 682.5000 EMU Box Office www.eugenesymphony.org Lauren Wimer Photographer ‘Misha the Great’ entertained the audience at The Buzz Coffeehouse on Monday evening during open mic with his eclectic poetry. The Buzz Coffeehouse is located in the EMU. Open mic nights provide a forum for inspired poets Eugene offers several open mic venues where both new and seasoned poets can learn and excel By Natasha Chilingerian Pulse Reporter Budding poets looking to share their work with an audience have sev eral venues for expression on cam pus, in downtown Eugene or at local bookstores. The Buzz Coffeehouse, located on the ground floor of the EMU, holds a poetry open mic night every Monday from 9 p.m. to midnight. University student Treva Lewis began hosting the event this fall af ter being a regular performer for one year. She said the open mic is a comfortable haven for creative self expression. "It's a safe place to just go and be a poet," she said. "Usually when i tell someone I'm a poet, they look at me funny, but at open mic 1 can feel good about it. It's just a place to be who you are." Lewis has taken intermediate and advanced poetry courses at the Uni versity and is currently in the Kidd Tutorial program, a one-year cre ative writing course. Although ad vanced poets are common at the open mic, she said poets of all lev els perform regularly. "The most exciting part about hosting open mic is getting to see people perform for the first time," Lewis said. Those who want to read poems off-campus can perform at Cafe Par adiso, located at 115 W. Broadway. The poetry-only open mic has been a new addition to the cafe and began last summer. It takes place every Wednesday from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Those planning to perform should ar rive at 7 p.m. to sign up. Cafe Paradiso barista Naomi Levit said the open mic was slow in the beginning but has recently increased in popularity. "It picked up because people come in to get coffee, see others per form and become inspired to come back and perform themselves," she said. Poets with a competitive streak can participate in the Eugene Poetry Slam at Foolscap Books, located at 780 Blair Blvd. The slam is a nine month competitive series taking place once a month. Poets are elimi nated at playoff sessions, and the last four poets remaining comprise the slam team that competes in the National Poetry Slam. Each Eugene slam takes place Saturday at 8 p.m. For more information, including slam rules and schedules, visit www.foolscapbooks.com. Eugene Poetry Slam director and Foolscap owner Marietta Bonaventure said the slam is popular with Turn to POETRY, page 11 MALE ART continued from page 8 a serious quest to find the essence of some great figure I chose Bush because I find it interesting that half the people in this country seem to love him and half seem to hate him." Artist and freelance writer Olivia Pepper took a different approach to the subject, doing an aaylic-on-glass portrait of her fiance. "It was a little bit awkward for me," Pepper said. "But the more 1 think about it, the more I think the subject has a place in the community, espe cially for those who have submitted work for shows about women. I think that Shawn is interested in manhood in all its facets." Mediaclast himself finds the idea of a show on men rather amusing. "I thought it would be just funny to see a poster that said 'Men's Histo ry Exhibit,' because it's so absurd," Mediadast said. "The one thing that I was really worried about was that some people would take this as a re actionary thing, which it's not. I am sincerely interested in how people re act to the subject." "I've tried to present this in a hu morous fashion because I think the topic deserves a lot of humor because it's such a multifaceted subject to be talking about." The Museum of Unfine Art is open from 11:30 a m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. For more information on "The Men's His-tory Exhibit," call the museum at 683-7357. Contact the senior pulse reporter at ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com.
