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In the likes o f Lenny Bruce,
Comedian Lisa Lampanelli is
best known for telling a joke
at anyone and everyone's
expense.
N icole: You went on B E T ’ s
C om ic V ie w , w hich has a predom i
nately black audience. H ow were
you received?
Lam panelli: It went on the show
to prove a point but their pay is
crap. You o nly get paid $1,000 it
used to be $300, that's ridiculous.
The C om ic V ie w people think you
should be honored to be on the
show, but instead it ’ s like they want
to keep their ow n people down.
But, I got a standing ovation.
N icole: H ow do you think your
com edy helps race relations in
America?
Lam panelli: I t ’ s not m y respon
s ib ility to help anyone except my
ow n w a lle t. I'm ju s t m aking you
laugh fo r the price o f the tic k e t.
M y com edy is a great equalizer. I f
racial harm ony happens, i t ’ s fine
w ith me.
N icole: Portland isn’ t that d i
verse. Is having an all w hite audi
ence going to change your routine
since you like to pick on people in
the front rows?
Lampanelli: I went up to Portland
once fo r a booty call and it was the
most boring day o f my life , since I
like to bang black guys. I thought
Seattle was going to be all white,
they don’ t even take their coffee
black. Yet there were black people
in the audience.
N icole: What made you refer to
comedian Paul Mooney as a pussy
in a recent interview after he said he
w ould not longer use the N-bom b
in his comedy act?
• Lampanelli: He’ sgotevery right
not to use it. Mooney probably has
a great reason fo r not doing it but I
hope he’ s not cutting it out o f his
vocabulary out o f pressure by white
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club owners. He is one o f the best
comics out there and he should do
what ever he wants.
N icole: Do you think i t ’ s easier
fo r a pi us-sized w hite woman to get
w ith a black man than it is fo r a black
woman?
Lam panelli: Yes, o f course it is.
These black guys love our check
ing account and good credit but
they also like o u rb ig booties. Some
black guys th in k it s a badge o f
honor. This is retarded. W ho cares
i f you have a white woman i f she's
ugly and fat. Stop thinking about
race, no body cares.
Nicole: So when race humor isn't
funny anymore how are you going
to keep things fresh?
Lam panelli: Race humor is al
ways funny. Good jo b fo r the blacks
otherwise we w o uldn’ t have com
edy or the 6 o ’ clock news.
Nicole: New Y ork C ity is the first
c ity to prohibit the use o f the N-
word. Do you think negative speech
like that should be outlawed be
cause it may hurt people?
Lam panelli: It’ s obviously not
w o rkin g because I hear it in the
streets and in music. I really don’ t
think people should call someone
racial slurs and i f they do they
should be prepared to get a gun up
their butt. I don’ t use the N-bomb
indiscriminately.
N icole: What w ould people be
surprised to know about you?
Lam panelli: Someone who is
harsh on stage could be a super
nice person in real life. People
shouldn't be surprised by it. but
they really are.
Catch Lisa Lam panelli live on
Saturday June 9 at 8 p.m. at the
Newmark Theater. For more in fo r
m a tio n v is it her w e b s ite at
insultcomic.com
The A lb in a -K illin g s w o rth Safe
N e ig h b o rh o o d C o m m is s io n -
named fo r the intersection o f the
tw o thoroughfares, the center o f
Cascade Campus' "neighborhood"
- counts among its invited mem
bers Cascade Campus, Jefferson
H igh School, the Portland Police
B u re a u 's N o rth e a s t P re c in c t,
im m ediately after it appears on
neighborhood walls. The Portland
Police Bureau has been immensely
helpful in this regard, inform ing the
com m ission about the d iffe re n t
kinds o f g ra ffiti, their significance,
and the a ffilia tio n s and habits o f
their creators.
The Police Bureau has also been
* Our aim is quite simple - to
work cooperatively to address
issues o f safety and livability in
the area that sustains us.
But today, in an age when it T ri M et, the North Portland Branch
seems com m unities are as often o f the M ultnom ah County Library,
virtual as they are real, it can take a the PCC Public Safely Department,
little extra e ffo rt to ensure that ev the Piedmont and Humboldt Neigh
eryone has a stake, that we are all borhood Associations, and local
active agents in our collective de businesses.
O u ra im is q u ite s im p le -to w o rk
velopment. T h a t’ s w hy, this past
w inter, we at Portland C om m unity cooperatively to address issues o f
C ollege's Cascade Campus joined safety and liv a b ility in the area that
forces w ith our neighbors - resi sustains us. In other words, to be
dents, businesses, o ffic ia l agen active agents in our com m unity.
The commission has begun sim
cies, and com m unity groups - to
take steps to make sure our com ply, w ith the form ation o f a neigh
mon neighborhood remains a vital, borhood g ra ffiti response team
dedicated to eradicating g ra ffiti
engaged com m unity.
instrumental helping Io establish
and clearly mark school zones in a
1 ,0 0 0 -fo o t p e rim e te r a ro u n d
Jefferson H igh School, O ckle y
Green M iddle School, and the other
public school campuses in the v i
cin ity , so that knowledge o f the
school zones - and the increased
severity o f punishment fo r crimes
com m itted w ith in th e m -w ill serve
as a deterrent to illegal activity.
A nd fin a lly , the comm ission is
investigating the installation o f
"sm art’’ surveillance cameras along
North K illin g sw o rth Street where it
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cameras get their"intelligence" from
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They are able to flag instances when
groups o f people congregate at
times when such congregation is
noteworthy - the m iddle o f the
night, forexam ple.
A ll o f these measures, and those
still to come, w ill hopefully make
the environs around Cascade Cam
pus safer and more secure fo r ev
eryone who uses them - be they a
resident, a student, o r an employee.
Everyone who has a stake in the
community.
W ill the com m ission be suc
cessful? That rem ains to be seen,
but at the very least, it has show n
that w ith a little e ffo rt, people
fro m all w a lks o f life can come
together to be active agents in
th e ir neighborhood. Such a th in g
has a value that in m any ways
c a n 't be measured.
When neighbors collaborate to
w ork toward a common goal, to
make their neighborhood a better
place, they become more than the
sum o f their parts - they are a co m
munity.
A lg ie C. Gatewood, Ed.D., is
President o f Portland C om m unity
C ollege's Cascade Campus.
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Date M issing: March 26,2007
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C u rre n t Age: 14
Date Missing: February 2,2(X)7
M issing F ro m : Coweta. O K
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In the Main Gallery:
Andy Paiko
blown glass sculptures
Niketown 5K to Get Kids Active, Help Schools
Begun in H onolulu in 2000. the
Families can decide which schools receive 100 percent of their
success o f this com m unity event
race entry fees at the benefit Niketown 5K and NikeGo 1 Mile
expanded to I .as Vegas, Atlanta and
Kids Run/Walk on Sunday. June 3. downtown.
Yon may have more options
then yon think.
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The N iketow n 5K and NikeG o I
M ile Kids R un/W alk comes to Port
land Sunday, June 3 to encourage
activity among youth and raise funds
for individual schools in the metro
area. The race is a part o f N ike's
overall national initiative dedicated
to local com m unities and school
physical education, play and ath
letic programs.
Runners and walkers take o ff on
the inaugural run/w alk event from
N iketow n Portland. 920 S.W. 6th
Ave. U n like other fundraising runs,
100 percent o f the entry fees w ill be
donated Io the school PE. play and
athletic program o f each entrant's
It's never too soon to think
about refinancing.
Missing and Exploited Children
Reaching Out for Safer Streets
A lg ie C . G atewood
C om m unities w ork best when
everyone has a stake. It is not
enough sim ply to live someplace or
w ork someplace - in order to be a
true member o f a com m unity, you
have to be an active agent in its
growth and development. And most
o f a ll, yo u have w a tc h y o u r
neighbor’ s back.
Not so very long ago — before
our lives became so compartmen
talized. before electronic media were
able to keep us on the couch in
stead o f on the stoop o r the side
w alk - this notion o f com m unity
was accepted in s tin c tiv e ly . O f
course everyone had everyone
else's back, no question about it.
Peninsula C h ild re n 's C enter
SUMMER PROGRAMS 2007
Science, Music. Field Trips and Sports.
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Denver in 2006 and this year held
inaugural runs in Boston. M iam i and
Seattle. In all, these events have
raised nearly $737,(XX) for schools
across the United States.
"The success o f the N IK E T O W N
5K really validates N ik e ’ s efforts to
keep kids healthy by pros idingequip
ment and resources that keep them
active," says N iketow n store man
ager Tracy O'Hagan. “ We look fo r
ward to bringing the race to the Port
land area and extending our co m m it
ment to this co m m u n ity."
The registration fee is $20. includ
ing the $15 entry fee w hich is do
nated to schools, plus an additional
$.5 fo ra N iketow n 5K t-shirt. Entry
forms are available at N iketown.
Online entries and more inform ation
are available at niketow n5k.com .
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In the Feature Area:
Craig Leaper
kiln formed glass
Darlene Pucillo
oil paintings
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