“I’m a 29-year-old living in the body of an 18-year-old,” declares DJ P. Then he corrects himself. “I mean, I’m an 18-year-old living in the body of 29-year-old. Uh… Yeah.” Even though it was one in the afternoon when I talked to DJ P, he had just gotten out of bed, because he was still […]
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Don’t Like Military Spending?
Give Your Tax Dollars to Someone Else!
On Friday, as the rest of the world scrambled to put the finishing touches on their taxes, approximately 50 people gathered in Pioneer Square to tell the world why they won’t be paying taxes this year. “We cannot justify paying taxes when 50 percent of the budget goes towards paying for war,” said Elizabeth Atley, […]
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Sandra Meets Goth Kid
Goth Kid is a Way Better Actor
Murder by Numbers Opens Fri April 19 Various Theaters A better title for this movie would have been Plot by Numbers, as the storyline is so formulaic, it might as well have been put together by an accountant. Sandra Bullock is a cop who specializes in arresting domestic violence offenders, because she was a victim […]
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MY CROWNING MOMENT
How I Entered the Miss Portland Contest, Met Katie Harman, and Discovered I Look Okay in a Swimsuit and High Heels
Untitled Document I was standing in the shadows, backstage, when Katie Harman–the current Miss America–summoned me on stage. “AND contestant #7!” she yelled, “is Katia DUNN!” I had been told that when I walked out to the middle of the stage, Katie Harman would be asking me an easy question, so the audience could “get […]
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Rap-Tastic
Lootpack Mixes, Matches, and Waxes
Lootpack Sat April 6 B Complex In the underground California hiphop scene, new crews sprout up every day, give themselves names, and say they have a definite number of members. This is all clearly an illusion, as every artist has basically worked with/recorded with/played with every other artist. Take the tangled web of people affiliated […]
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A Few Hancocks Short
Campaign Challenges Signature Verification Process
After two years of struggle, the 2002 Police Accountability campaign has officially lost their bid for a recount. Originally filed in March 2000, the Police Accountability Initiative proposed a massive overhaul to the system that handles complaints of police misconduct. After missing the ballot in the 2000 election by a few thousand signatures, PAC advocates […]
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A 700-Word Essay on Alexander Hamilton
Or, the Man Who Should’ve Been President
[Note from the Editor: In last week’s issue, Katia Dunn stupidly referred to Alexander Hamilton as “President Alexander Hamilton,” when the average fourth grader knows he never attained this high office. To teach Katia a valuable lesson, she has been instructed to write a 700-word essay on Alexander Hamilton. Our thanks to Tony San Marco […]
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Trouble Down on the Farm
Workers Struggle to Keep Bargaining Tools
In the last ten years, PCUN, an advocacy group for farm workers, began using a new strategy for out maneuvering stubborn employees. PCUN demanded that NORPAC–Oregon’s largest distributor of foods and manager of farms–provide better conditions and pay for workers. But instead of directly lobbying against the giant corporation, they organized boycotts of NORPAC’s food […]
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Second Story Bistro
Second story bistro 208 NW Couch, 827-5113 There aren’t a lot of suitable places on the West Side to eat breakfast. Often, I end up waiting in a line of 4,000 people at Byway’s, or feeling like a leper wearing sweat pants at some posh cafe. Now, however, there’s the splendid new Second Story Bistro […]
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Don’t Forget to Eat!
Your Drunkified Restaurant Guide
The Basement Pub 1028 SE 12th, 231-6068 Each dish at The Basement is served for one dollar a plate. (Or, if you feel like going crazy, you can get the dinner plate for $5.) The menu includes standards such as chips and salsa (pineapple or tomato) and black bean hummus. There’s also the option of […]
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Eat it, Lacan!
Feminist Director Puts Theory in Context
The Man Who Envied Women dir. Yvonne Rainer Mon March 4, Tues March 5 Four Wall Cinema When I was in college, I took a class on literary theory, which was extremely nerdy and by far my favorite class. My reason for telling you this is to explain that I like literary theory and, in […]