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Feb. 4
Print Edition for the week of
Feb. 4 - 10, 2010
Vol. 10, No. 37
Rachel Caldwell
News
Jail, Inc.
Is Privatizing Jail Health Care a Lethal Idea?
by Matt Davis
Edu-Corp
Will Private Money Rebuild Oregon's Universities?
by Stefan Kamph
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chávez
39th Avenue Changes Name
by Sarah Mirk
The Wrong Chickens
Misdirected Theft Stops Would-Be Chicken Killer
by Stefan Kamph
The Other "Public Option"
Inside a Community-Focused Plan for Memorial Coliseum
by Sarah Mirk
Hall Monitor
Cool Runnings
by Matt Davis
In Other News
Music
Looney Tunes
Van Dyke Parks' American Masterpieces
by Andrew Stout
Boy in the Bedroom
The Small Beginnings of Cars & Trains
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Redefining Psychedelic
Sleepy Sun Get it Together in the Country
by Ned Lannamann
Guiding Light
The Parson Red Heads Will Save Us
by Raquel Nasser
Our Town Could Be Your Life
Into the Woods
by Cary Clarke
Up & Coming
Movies & TV
Dear John
: You're Boring
A Hallmark Channel Unoriginal
by Dave Bow
Tiny Men, Big Mountain
Scaling the
North Face
by Alison Hallett
One Foot in the Grave
A Lazy Scratch at the Buried Secrets of Dark Metal
by Marjorie Skinner
Royally Cheesy
From Paris with
Vinnie Barbarino
by Ned Lannamann
Geek Out
iGaming
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
Film Shorts
Food and Drink
Suzette: Delight-Fold
Surprising Crepes and Plenty of Charm
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Visual Art
Art! Party!
Focusing First Friday
by Matt Stangel
Books
Unpacking
Granta
Rushdie, Alarcón, and Ferris on
Work
by Alison Hallett
Interview: Wells Tower
Talking with the Author of
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
by Alison Hallett
A Little DeLillo Goes a Long Way
Point Omega
Is Short but Expansive
by Tony Perez
Feature
Lego Robots Save the World
Watching Hundreds of Junior High Schoolers and Their Robot Friends at the Oregon Lego League Championships
by Sarah Mirk
I, Anonymous
GET IT STRAIGHT
Sold Out
Starting from Where We Are
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Theoretically Speaking
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
I Love Television™
The Crime Bowl
by Wm. Steven Humphrey