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; jne L 2004 ^^RIS^^^E^fTERTAINMEÍfr T he C lackamas P rint * 7 Best' content, no filler, lures visitors Jeff Sorensen Ü ber N erd Take a simple layout, some, bmedic ranting about the aggrava- ons of daily life, throw in some sar- ism and hate mail, and the man hownfcas “Maddox” has created The Best Page In The Universe.” L A full-time programmer and full- mc student at the University of Itah, Maddox has devised a simple 'tc concept that has made a name >r himself worldwide. In his little rare tünc, he has managed to drive aorc traffic than Coca-Cola, Pepsi rd McDonalds combined, and all ithouK spending a single red cent 'n his site. Although his schedule in bc| rough, he still manages to ccp his site refreshingly interesting. In fact, the counter on his home page tracks anywhere from 100-200 hits a minute. “It’s not hard to keep it interest ing,” said Maddox, “when the awe- somcness flows naturally. There was a period in 2000 when I felt like I had to update my site once every week, and my writing suffered because of it; it sounded contrived and flat, like everything else you read on the Internet.” However, Maddox made, a quick recovery and his writing came back stronger than ever. What’s most interesting, though, is that when asked if he attributed any of his writing abilities to his college educa tion, his answer was simple: “Hell, no,” he said. “Everything I learned in college can be written on the palm of one hand.” Just what does this Maddox character write about that so many people seem so interested in? Most frequent arc the articles ranting hilariously about things that tick him off. Every once in a while, however, he’ll have something else he feels he wants to express about his life, his adventures and the occasional movie review. Still he he has friends, favorite restaurants and favorite pets like anyone else “I have two dead praying man fiscs by my door,” he said. “One is yellow; the other is brown. I have threatened to kick friends and fam ily members out of my house if they touch the bodies. I yelled at a spider the other day and the cocky son of a |gun| kept charging at me. So 1 wrapped it in paper and it down the toilet I must give it cred it for its resilience, though? he climbed back up but didn’t survive a second flush. Usually, I let bugs off the hook if they survive the first flush. I made the exception in this case because of the spider’s sheer arrogance.” In addition to sifting through e- mails (“I have 75,000+ unread mes sages,” he said) and managing his website, Maddox spends his spare time playing video games. “It’s the whole reason I ever touched a computer in the first place,” he said. “Of course, I had to battle powerful forces that tried to prevent me from enjoying videogames as I grew up.” Maddox can be found at www.thebestpageintheuniverse.com . His writing, although sometimes blunt, is almost always entertaining. He also has other projects in the works, but nothing confirmed as of yet He promises, however, that he will definitely have work published in “mediums other than the web.” The question is: Will we be ready? 'romotion lacking, jazz band pleases both students in attendance Joel Gaynor 11 T he C lackamas P rint CCC’s Ispring-tcrm Jazz Night s. held (Wednesday, May 26; for 1st readers, the previous sentence ’1 be the first mention of the event 1 yll have come across. I, also,¡would have been among many ¡students cheerfully igno- at of the festivities held in the "cgory ltorum by jazz band direc- ■Tom Wakcling and his group, : 1 was assigned, by this fine peri cal that’s kind enough to publish 1 each week, to do a review on the •formance. And I’m glad I was. However, the majority of stu dents had no idea that, for a $5 donation, they too could have been treated to an hour and a half of good jazz music featuring our school’s own jazz ensemble and special guest, local saxophone play er John Gross who, as Wakcling put it* has played with “anyone arid everyone who’s anyone.” Wednesday afternoon, I called a friend, who met me on campus, and we walked over to the forum. I did n’t see any signs or flyers on the way. Dinking at the forum, I wouldn’t have been able to tell there was any thing happening, other than the spo radic uniformed band member walk just didn’t realize the number of stu ing in or out of the building. dents that would come to these When we arrived, it was obvious events if presented with the oppor the evening wasn’t well promoted. In tunity. There were a total of maybe fact, there was more information 20 people (a generous estimate) at available for one student’s own off- ' this concert, and my friend and I campus wine tasting. The closest appeared to be the only students, but thing to advertising was the white the band deserved much more for board easels freshly erected next to their efforts; they can really play. the entrance that were being written One thing I was struck by on as we arrived ten minutes before watching the band perform was show time. not that they were amazing; they The lack of promotion is a were good, yes, but with room to shame. I don’t know where the grow. What really got me was how blame lies or even if there is a need much fun they were having. They for blame. Maybe the people were laughing (when appropriate, involved or the music department of course) and just plain enjoying »tudents garner, publish early literary compilation Writing class has upils cull and edit :ampus magazine Isaiah Creel I V «I A&E E ditor >Each tear, Clackamas’ Editing J Publishing class produces a gazinclcompilirig the literary j artistic efforts of contributing »dents;- Synesthesia, as it is 'led, is free to students .and will available June 9. “Synesthesia” |syn- (together) -esthesia (as in anesthesia)) is : evocation or transportati<iri'+>f' c sensfe (such as a sound) by >ther (such as vision.) The riceis..much used in poetry and nrr,on speech. It can also be :ll<<f Anaesthesia, “I ler nerves ^efe ltke'ti' nettle rt/’saÉ'Johú Simpson,,desertb- : Sy» With to demonstrate Ksfhefc« Amanda “The Mild-Mannered te” Coffey, Michaele “l-ircfly” oper, Stacie “Captain Sarcasm” >ng and Marilyn Davis make up ¿ year’s WR 246 class. This (nail butmighty” editorial staff is charge of the publication of nesthesid as well as weeding ough the stacks of entries they eive from as early as winter term. Where do they get the material put together a 50-plus page gazinc? All entries for the Writers (Hub Contest are passed along to the Synesthesia staff for evaluation. Additionally, the group makes flyers encouraging students to submit material as well as rely ing on the primitive “word-of- mouth” technique. Since the literary magazine is designed to highlight only the best writers, it would behoove the applicant to .remember some of the criteria involved in the selec tion process. One of these crite- M^and probably the most impor tant, is having a firm grasp of the English language. “We look for things with j^iQMght putjnto them,” said Coffey, “wifcœ>®urface errors. It 'Mylo be interesting and engag ing from a literary view ... the dcanet the better.” . '. All hough the majority of appli- cantsj&f&tinit 'wititi^/l^hir^s like poems, short • fiction,5 short non- fictibn and even the odd play), no form df expression which is trans latable to print is turned away. “No one submitted art this year,” said Griffey, “so we took it upon ourselves. Wc went to the student art show, found some things wc liked and asked for per mission to use them?’ Synesthesia has been pro duced annually since 2001 and has become more professional with each consecutive year. So support the WR 246 class and pick up this free publication June 3. themselves. It was jazz, the way it was intended to be. It was fhc kind of thing people will go to if they know it’s there to attend. Maybe the music department should promote more (as if they aren’t busy enough). Perhaps the band members should take it upon themselves to get the word out. It might be that students in general should make an effort to be more up-to-date on campus happenings. 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