Pulse
Oregon Daily Emerald
Thursday, March 10, 2005
“I am a slave to pen and ink. ”
Honore de Balzac | Author
■ Reporter's notebook
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BYRYANNYBURG
PULSE EDITOR
Of all of the legal stimulants, coffee is probably the most exis
tential. An odd standard to hold a drug up to, but a fair one. If noth
ing gets you more jived up than sitting around being aware of
yourself as an individual in a world you cannot relate to, this is the
stuff for you. So let's do the rounds and take a look at the best
spots right here on campus to suck down the gallons of black fluid
we need to kick our psyche into high gear in preparation for each
soul-crushing, mindlessly futile day of our existence.
Speaking of soulless and mind-numbing futility, our first stop is
the business school. One of the newest coffee shops on campus,
the Lillis Cafe offers Starbucks-style art deco and a number of
comfy chairs for the discriminating student. It makes a good place
to get jazzed up and study some supply-side economics, if you
don't mind hanging out in a place with all the emotional appeal of
the Capital One building cafeteria.
Speaking of cafeterias, the Daily Grind (oh, clever coffee shop
name there) takes the same aesthetic and conveniently sucks the
comfort right out of it. Hardwood seats are provided for you to
bear down for those late-night study sessions that just suck the
very joy of learning right out of you, leaving you a hollow, pitiful
husk of a human being.
Interesting coffee fact: Did you know that a hot cup of coffee
makes an excellenttool of self-defense?
Speaking of pitiful husks of humanity, the architecture depart
ment has its own spot for caffeine consumption on the second
floor of Lawrence Hall, the Hearth Cafe. It's a place where twitchy
architecture majors goto get their fix so they will be able to keep
COFFEE, page 9
■ In my opinion
AMY LICHTY
POP ROCKS
When familiar faces
grace Playboy’s pages
Recently, I saw a girl from my high school.
That may not seem very strange to you, but it
is. Let me explain: I'm 2,000 miles away from
where I spent the 18 years of my life before
college — a small, conservative town named
Washington, Miss., with a population of about
13,000. Now, it wasn't like I just ran into her on
campus or in Wal-Mart or anything. No, I saw
her naked. That still might not seem that
strange to some of you, but 3,150,000 paid sub
scribers to Playboy magazine also saw her
naked. That's right — Miss March, a.k.a. Jil
lian Grace — wentto my high school. Now,
that's strange.
Backthen, she wasn't quite "Jillian Grace,"
she was just Jill. And honestly, I never would
have thought that I would find her as the
LICHTY, page 9
PULSEMUSIC PULSEMUSIC
Jack Johnson, "In Between Dreams": "In Between Dreams," the third CD from Jack Johnson, came out at the
perfect time. The sunny, upbeat grooves make this CD a great spring-summer album to listen to while playing Frisbee
or sunbathing in the park. Although not quite up to par with 2003's "On and On," "In Between Dreams" is a wonderful
follow-up, with only one ortwo misses mixed into a collection of amazing songs.
"Better Together," the first of the Htracks, is definitely a keeper. Its upbeat and fun rhythms make it easy to sing
and dance along to. "Banana Pancakes" is another great song, which is about Johnson bribing his wife to sleep in
on a rainy day with the promise of banana pancakes when they wake up. "Good People" is Johnson's track-with-a
message, like "The News" was for "Brushfire Fairytales" or "Cookie Jar" was for "On and On." My favorite track is
"Breakdown," which begins with a ukulele solo that leads into a slow but steady beat that eventually builds up to a
funky chorus that makes you want to move along to the groove.
"In Between Dreams" is a great album for any collection, one that should definitely be put to good use in the beau
tiful months ahead. There are some obvious funk and jazz influences that come through, but Johnson sticks to what
he does best on mosttracks, making "In Between Dreams" another fantastic Jack Johnson album.
— Amy Lichty
INSIDE PULSE
Located under Pegasus Pizza,
Fathoms makes a good
close-to-campus hang out.
Invention of Metaphor students
performed their own poetry at
the Buzz last Thursday.
New spring fashions are
available at local boutiques
such as Lemon Juice.
s m t w th f s
Thursday
Stationwag
Sam Bond's Garage
9 p.m.,$3
Rock concert
Friday
Buster B Jones
Luna
8:30 p.m., $10
Fingerstyle guitar
Saturday
The Sugarbeets
WOW Hall
8:30 p.m.
Free, but canned food
donations accepted
15th anniversary concert
Sunday
University Percussion
Ensemble
198 School of Music
12 p.m., $3 students and
seniors, $5 general
Percussion orchestra,
quintet, band and duo
performances
TOP 5 MOVIES
1:"The Pacifier"
2: "Be Cool"
3: "Hitch"
4: "Diary of a Mad
Black Woman"
5: "Million Dollar Baby"
NEWYORKTIMES
BEST-SELLERS
1: James Patterson,
"Honeymoon"
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"The Broker"
3: Dan Brown,
"The Da Vinci Code"
4: Mitch Albom,
"The Five People You
Meet in Heaven"
5: Daniel Silva,
"Prince of Fire"
BILLBOARDTOP 5
1:0marion, "0"
2: Ray Charles,
"Genius Loves
Company"
3: Green Day,
"American Idiot"
4: The Game,
"The Documentary"
5: Tori Amos,
"The Beekeeper"