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ts ^Entertainment t^LA CKAMA Sprint January 19, 2005 • 7 raordinary author begs: please don't feed the freshman ssle Mathieson Clackamas Print ar extraordinaire Zoe risited Clackamas last id wowed students and ke with her inimitable i to the written word. ne who has ever been iwkwardfend humbling ’ life known as adoles- îay find .they are all too dentify with 18-year-old pe’s “Please Don’t Kill unan.” is intimately hilarious which chronicles her i year in high school, tows us that we are not ones to Sustain perma- iry in the camage-rid- den minefield that is such a loyal following youth. at such a young age. Before she stood Zoe Trope authored to read Wednesday the brutally honest and night in the Literary heartfelt “Please Don’t Arts Center in Rook Kill the Freshman” Hall, Zoe Trope was roughly four years seated in the audi ago, a fact that is quite ence along with the unbelievable given its rest of her attendant wise, insightfill char listeners, looking no acter. more like a published As part of her read and accredited young ing Wednesday night author than any one she also shared a few of the many other more recent pieces of audience members. her writing, a lot of Michaele Cooper Clackamas Print While taking her which had to do with place at the podium, Trope, who prefers not to show her face, her admitted infatua she commented on tion with domesticity. instead reveals the cover of her latest work. how she didn’t like In one of these pieces them much because in particular, Trope they made her feel too official. are undoubtedly just a couple likened some people’s envy of of the reasons she has gathered another ’ s car or physical looks Her casual and humorous nature to her envy of other people’s houses and coffee table litera ture. When asked whether or not we will get to see another pub lished work anytime soon, Trope is not hesitant to tell that another full-size book isn’t planned for the near future. She does however publish an online journal at www.zoe- trope.com to properly sustain her loyal fans while she is completing her freshman year of college in • Oberlin, Ohio. Perhaps we can all look forward to a college edition of “Please Don’t Kill the Freshman” in the timé to come, which will surely demonstrate, in perfect imper fection, all of the humiliating splendor of college life. oach Carter’ a game winner Jason Pirtle The Clackamas Print If you don’t have anything to do this weekend, head over to the movie theater, because “Coach Carter” is heating up the big screen. This movie was hot, and it had all of the ingredients to be one of the best films of the year. No doubt, I’d put this one on the “movies to see” list right now. “Coach Carter” is a true and inspirational movie about how the Richmond Oilers head coach, played by Samuel L. Jackson, morphs a losing basketball team into a winning team. s Samuel L. Jackson does a superb job of playing the part of Coach Carter. Coach Carter is a hard-nosed, “my way or the highway” coach who wants his players to succeed both on the gym floor and in the classroom. The “tough-guy coach” atti tude from Jackson came across well, since he’s played other tough-guy parts such as Jules, the scripture-spitting hit-man in “Pulp Fiction.” The chemistry of Jackson and his players gels somewhat nicely, since some of the play ers have never acted in a movie before. The players either joke around with Jackson or clash with him. The players also pro vide comedy throughout the movie and issues outside of basketball. Promising student Kenyon (Rob Brown) gets his girlfriend Kyra (R&B singer Ashanti) pregnant and is forced to make a decision: baby or basketball. The on-the-court • scenes are fine, if overdone (every game has to be determined by a buzzer-beating shot), but that’s expected in a Hollywood movie. In fact, it’s the lockout that’s the climatic hook in this movie. Jackson puts the chains around the gym after finding out that some of his players are doing poorly in the classroom, even when his team was undefeated. The controversial decision by Carter made national headlines and sparked anger in a gang- banging Northern California town, Richmond. “Coach Carter” is in the samé pool as “Friday Night Lights” and “Remember the Titans,” because it’s more about what happens outside the game than what happens in the game. The only difference is that “Coach Carter” is in the arena of California high school basketball, and not in the arena of high school football in Texas and Virginia. Either way, the movie teaches an important lesson about high school sports today. Sometimes teachers, parents, and play- CULTURAL EVENT ---------- — I Multiple I Cb^ofte night a week —----- I Credit Orlile «pawnee Have the feeling of being «I»WmwOOfl IfHfTiÍnjp m v p«IÌI’» I Portland Cerne G eorge Fox ■WîlBSIîf Internet Photo ers forget that high school is more about getting an education than being a successful athlete. Some players never realize this and end up on the streets. None of the players in the movie went on to play for big universities or in the NBA, but thfey did go on to college and graduated, and that’s a victory of its own. Attending a meditation group is a great way to center yourself while breaking cultural boundries. It is a way of preparation, relaxation and healing, Fellow student Michael- Tang is a practicing Buddhist. He explains the basics of meditation. The meditation is lead by a teacher, whose sooth ing voice guides the students through the ritural. After assuming a cross-legged position atop either a pillow or meditation bench, the eyes close while taking deep, cleansing breaths. The teacher begins to speak. I The speech is a reminder of the Buddhist dharma: not to kill one another, no stealing, no sexual miscon duct of any kind, no crime, no drinking or drug use and so forth. “All of the speech during the meditation is for cleansing your heart and head, and sometimes you might have to do it alone if you want,” said Tang of the teachings. Meditation has been in practice for centuries, and is used in many other activities, such aS yoga, sweats and prayer. . Many do find participating in meditation very relaxing, noting a sense of spiritual cleanliness after ward. Going to meditation is a great way to center yourself and let go of the bad. There is the Buddha, who is the doctor, the Dhamma, who has the medicine and Samgha who is the nurse and gives out medicine. Buddhists have the every direction? medicine within the temple. I, Meditation is a great way of escaping the world that surrounds us. If relaxation through meditation interests you, Portland is home to many temples, such as the Beaverton Kadampa Buddhist Center. I For more informa- cT.sJOf'. tion, contact them at www.mcdita- tiohinoregon.org orcall(503) 233- 6747. -Compiled by Christa Danielson
