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He's been an activist for the art form wherever he's gone — not only through his own works but through others' as well. Dresman lived in San Diego during the 1980s and ran "Wild Mustard Press," which published the work of local poets. Before that, Dresman lived in San Fran cisco. He spent 1986 teaching in China and moved to Eugene in 1987, where he has remained since. Despite his nickname, Dres man said that he does not con sider himself a beat poet, al though he considers the beat generation — along with Dylan Thomas and Donald Allen's 1960 anthology of "The New American Poetry" — to be imme diate sources of influence. He also mentioned the Black Moun tain poets as influential, includ ing Charles Olson and Ed Dorn, about the latter of whom Dres man wrote his Ph D dissertation. On Nov. 14, Dresman will chair a panel on beat poetry during the Ken Kesey Symposium entitled "Fifty Years Young: The Beats Go On." The event will commence at 7:30 p.m. in the EMU Fir Room. Contact the Pulse editor at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com. SUNDBERG continued from page 10 through his songs, MTV footage and magazine articles. It was then that I lost all respect for Cobain. 1 wondered how a father could do that to his family. I kept asking, "Why?" In any event, I took down my Nirvana posters, stopped listening to his music and looked for higher ground. Unless you are terminally ill, you have no reason to take your life. Feel ing sad does not cut it. When you end your life purposely, you hurt everyone around you. You are simply perpetu ating the cycle of misery. Now, after reading the countless let ters, poems and tributes to Elliott Smith online, I find myself in the same boat I was in when I heard about Kurt Cobain's death. Smith is selfishly perpetuating his misery. It is still a mystery why Smith took his life, but one thing is certain — his albums sales will climb after this. Per haps they already have. I'm not saying Smith had that in mind, but I'm not ruling it out. Con sider the record sales of Cobain, Shan non Hoon (Blind Melon), Bradley Nowell (Sublime^, Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) and countless other rock ers who died — they went through the roof. In any event, Smith's suicide was un called for. Any suicide is uncalled for. I feel no pity for someone who gives up. I look up to the people who overcome. I can remember a good many times when I was younger that suicide seemed like a viable option. But then I realized what I have, and how I would be hurting the people around me. I re alized what I would be giving up. I re alized how time heals all wounds. I re alized that life is good. And to this day, I feel that. In fact, I think each day that I am alive, life gets a little better. If Elliott Smith realized this, maybe I would be raving about his upcom ing double album. Now, however, I'm not even going to buy it and further perpetuate the sadness. I would rather celebrate the beauty of life because death comes for us all soon enough. Contact the Pulse columnist at carlsundberg@dailyemerald.com. His opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald. Oregon Daily Emerald Your campus information source # Publishes Monday through Friday Tickets at Wild Duck TicketsWest p Online NOW!
