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g ____ ____________ „ ________ArtXCulture 5 Clackamas Print Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 lock to benefit cancer research ’indsey Decker ie Clackamas Print ’Put on your favorite jtloween costume, and get dy to rock out for the cure! Alongside Adidas Original, ¡7 Alternative Portland will st Rock for the Cure, a j loween benefit concert, on ;. 30. Tekdlining alternative band ty| Martini, with modern »-rock ensemble Throwback furbia and special guest Art xakis of Everclear, will performing at Portland’s ddin Theater to help raise ireness for breast cancer, proceeds will go to the fan G. Komen Foundation. Tara Dublin, the host of 7, Envisioned the idea for ck for the Cure. Tin the daughter of a ast cancer survivor, and i in a fortunate position lefll can make a differ- :e, so I thought it would a great way to raise money ile having a good time,” Jblin said. This isn’t the first time t 94.7 has put on Rock for Aire; last year, the sta- 1 hosted a small-scale show ich raised $5,000. ‘94.7 is as committed to al causes in Portland as are to supporting the local sic scene,” Dublin said. “It makes sense for us to raise money for the local affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure.” All of the bands performing are from the Portland area and are very enthusiastic about the event, she added. “I wanted to keep it local,” she explained. “My first e- mail was to Art Alexakis of Everclear. His mother is also a breast cancer survivor, and his band is still one of the best local bands. “Dirty Martini has done shows for 94.7 before, and puts on a great show. I have known the guys in Throwback Suburbia for a while, and I’ve been want ing them to play a 94.7 show. Everyone on the bill is com mitted to the cause and are all donating their time to be there.” Dublin feels that raising awareness for breast can cer is a very important topic, and she hopes to make Rock for the Cure an annual event, each year bigger than the year before. “One day, I hope to host Rock for the Cure at the Rose Garden, if a cure still hasn’t been found,” she said. “Everyone knows some one whose life has been touched by breast can cer,” she added. The American Cancer Society esti mates that, in 2007, the Cure Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Hitz Clackamas Print 178,480 women will be diag nosed with breast cancer and 40,460 will die. One out of eight women either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. At the concert, Dublin will encourage female attendees to do self-exams and get a mam mogram. “It’s essential that all women do the self-exams,” she said. “I am going to stand on the stage and let everyone know that getting a mammogram is as painless and easy as getting an X-ray. It is so important for women to take control of their health and well-being.” Dublin has been working on this project since last spring, but she is always looking for ways she can improve it. Local newspapers and other media outlets will soon feature a press release about the con cert. - “I talk about Rock for the Cure as much as possible on my show,” said Dublin. Tickets for the concert are on sale now and may be pur chased through 94.7’s main Web site, http,7/www.947.fm, or via Ticketmaster. The price is $9.47. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Aladdin Theater. The capacity of the theater is 600. 94.7 hopes to see the show sell out and attendees dressed in their Halloween attire. logs being bred with transparent skin for science purposes '¿dents hop at the inlion of the inven- m\of clear frog by ientists as an alter- itive to dissecting known to have recessive traits that turn the normally ochre colored frogs pale. Crossing the offspring of these pairs produced frogs with skin that stays translucent for life. However, Sumida’s frogs are not perfect yet. Third-generation transpar ent frogs die soon after birth. bss Sheppard lie Clackamas Print T’sRust a frog. t’slthe proper size, typi- shape, slimy and normal ugh that one would assume a normal frog - except for fact that this frog’s skin is isparent. In Sept. 22, the University Hiroshima presented its st I research project, an ihibian with transparent 1, also known as “the see- l>ugh frog.” Itesfearchers, headed by saluki Sumida, a professor he Institute for Amphibian logy, relied on recessive ts and artificial insemina- . to produce the aforemen- ed! see-through frogs. )riginally, the team crossed s of Japanese brown frogs na Japonica), which are Theoretically, because they have too many pairs of reces sive traits, something goes wrong and the frogs die. Sumida’s team is confident that genet ic engi neering will fix this prob lem and even allow them to create glowing frogs. The team hopes that the frogs will be use ful in the research of diseas es, such as cancer, by allow ing the researcher to observe the prog ress of a disease through out a frog’s life. Transparent frogs could also be used in place of dis section someday, with animal rights groups continuing to push for more humane meth ods. Life Science Instructor Rich Rueb is a little skeptical about the frogs replacing dis section. Computer dissections are, after all, easier and less expensive. As to the issue of morality, “the same people would still object,” Rueb said. Rueb says the frogs would be much more useful for dis ease research. “As long as it has a pur pose, it’s fine,” said biology student Ben Ripplinger. “At least it’s not a glow-in-the- dark mouse.” Morality aside, the idea of being able to see and study the growth and development of a frog’s insides from the tad pole stage through adulthood is still enticing and alluring. “That would be awesome to have in the classroom,” said David Alexander, another biology student. To Alexander, the idea of the transparent frog is “pretty freaking cool!” Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Hitz and Kayla Berge Clackamas Print Clackamas Print The Clackamas Print 19600 S. 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