Siena
August 1-29 8 credits $2750 + airfare/incidentals
This 4-week intensive workshop will focus on the sketchbook. A variety of
portable media will be used including watercolor, pen and ink, colored
pencils and markers, and a variety of sketching techniques. Daytrips to
Florence and surrounding areas to study masterworks in person. This
workshop will be lead by Prof. Ken O’Connell.
August 29-September 19 8 credits $2900 + airfare/incidentals
This 3-week program takes place in the medieval stone village of Oira, just
and hour by train from Milan. The class will combine scientific forms of
observation such as GPS and mapping and use them to create art projects.
Activities will include stargazing, cloud watching, navaigation, creating
sketchbooks, installations, drawings, videos, readings, and disucussions.
This workshop will be lead by Prof. Kevin Jones.
For more information or an application, call 346-3610
http://art-uo.uoregon.edu/study_abroad/index.html
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Blue Oyster Cult rocks The Jungle
Wednesday night’s concert
was a decent show from a
band still playing old songs
By Ryan Nyburg
Senior Pulse Reporter
After Wednesday night's concert at
The Jungle, one could be left with the
question of whether Blue Oyster Cult is
still necessary. Beginning with the re
lease of its self-tided album in 1972, the
band created some of the most well
constructed and intelligent hard rock of
the era. Ihe band's first three albums are
still required owning for anyone with
even a fleeting interest in metal, but that
doesn't mean the band still needs to
keep it up 30 years down the road.
Apparent
ly a number
of people
saw the con
cert as a
worthwhile
event. Hie
place was packed with a whole legion
of aging hard rockers, though a few
young 'uns also were scattered around.
People bragged about how many times
they had seen various rock acts of the
past. They spoke of these performers
with hushed tones, as if they attributed
their miraculous survival of a severe
brain tumor to seeing Sammy Hagar
two dozen times.
CONCERT
REVIEW
People bragged in subder ways with
their T-shirts. While Cult shirts were the
norm, there were also a number of oth
ers expressing devodon to various hair
metal stalwarts. 1 forgot my Led Zeppelin
shirt and felt utterly naked without it.
Overall, the mood was amiable, but
that might have something to do with
the well-stocked bar. People were so
boisterous they didn't even seem to
mind that die opening act, Sdcky
Mouse, wasn't all that good. The band
Tim Bobosky Photographer
The Blue Oyster Cult performed its tried-and-true repertoire at The Jungle Wednesday night.
generally rocked out like it was 1985,
and if there were any cliche songs they
didn't play, I certainly didn't spot them.
Blue Oyster Cult finally took the
stage, with as much fanfare as possible.
The band opened up with "R.U. Ready
2 Rock," and for the next hour and a
half played a wide range of their materi
al. It was difficult, for me at least, to
think of the band as more than just a
nostalgia act. BOC played one new
song, and that song can only be consid
ered new in the sense that it was writ
ten within the last decade.
The problem with that view is all
those old songs are pretty good. The
band didn't play a single dud and
even found some room for improvi
sation within the musty old stan
dards. Essentially, the band is now
what it started out to be: a really great
bar band. The members were techni
cally gifted musicians, they had fun
on stage and the music was accessible.
They also didn't seem to take them
selves that seriously, which is probably
what has saved them from the state fair
circuit. Cheap Trick is another band
that has escaped this dire fate. Unless
they have the long term popularity of
bands like the Rolling Stones or
AC/DC, many older acts end up as vir
tual zombies, living off their past glory
in order to grab any gig they can get.
Uke Cheap Trick, BOC never had that
kind of popularity, but managed to get
along just by being a good live act.
But the songs are still good. "(Don't
Fear) The Reaper" tops my list of coolest
top 40 hits of all time, despite the fact
that most people now remember it for
being featured in a "Saturday Night
Live" skit in which Christopher Walken
demands "more cowbell."
So, if nothing else, the band just
put on a good rock show. It might no
longer be relevant, it might no longer
be artistically viable, but at least BOC
doesn't suck. And for that we can all
be grateful.
Contact the senior Pulse reporter
at ryannyburg@daityemerald.com.
DIVISI
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"There was really a sense of U of O
pride for sweeping the quarterfinal
competition," Jacobson said.
Both groups will compete at Stan
ford on Saturday at 8 p.m. The other
groups competing are Brigham
Young University Vocal Point, Uni
versity of Colorado Extreme Mea
sures, Mt. San Antonio College Fer
mata Nowhere and USC Reverse
Osmosis. All schools will face a
judges panel, which will evaluate
each group according to vocal
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performance, visual performance
and subjective rank.
"It's a relief that On the Rocks is go
ing to semifinals along with us," Di
visi member Anna Corbett said. "We
haven't been to semifinals before, so
it will be nice to have that cheering
section for us."
If either group takes first place at
the semifinal competition, it will trav
el to New York in April to compete in
the ICCA Finals.
"We just expect to do our best at
semifinals," Divisi member Evynne
Smith said. "We already surpassed
our expectations for the year. Going
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to finals would just be the icing on
the cake."
Both groups also are starting to
record their next albums. Divisi has a
live album available for purchase on
its Web site, http://www.uodivisi.com,
and the proceeds will go to recording
its studio album. On The Rocks has
two released studio albums, which are
available at http://www.uoonthe
rocks.com.
Divisi and On the Rocks will be
performing Fridays at 4 p.m. starting
April 2 at the EMU Amphitheater.
Breanna Scott is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
CORRECTIONS
In "A prized researcher" (ODE,
March 9), the Emerald reported that
more than 16,000 University under
graduate students voted George Slavich
as Graduate Teaching Fellow of the Year.
The number was based on a press re
lease provided by Psi Chi, an honorary
psychology society, and was incorrect.
In "4J Chavez campaign must look
beyond race" (ODE, March 10), Beth
Gerot's name was misspelled.
The Emerald regrets the errors.
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Friday
• Humanities Work-in-Progress Talk by Elke Heck
ner entitled "Confronting the Nazi State: Post-war
Adaptations of 'Antigone1 (Bertolt Brecht and Grete
Weil) and the Gender of Resistance,” 159 PLC,
noon-1 p.m.
• German and Scandinavian Studies Lecture by
historian Carina L. Johnson entitled "Transmitting
Islam in the 16th Century: Ideas of Religion and
Culture in the German-Speaking World," 175 Lillis,
3 p.m.
• “A Little Knight Music" concert series, Browsing
Room, Knight Library, 4-5:30 p.m.
• International Resource Center Winter Film
Festival featuring "Strictly Ballroom,"
International Lounge EMU, 7-9 p.m.