The Freshman Survival Guide
Tips from a newly graduated college senior
You finally made it. You’re done with your parents, done with high school, and now bursting onto the college campus, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, acting aloof … Continue reading
Year: 2017
Meeting Bill Owens — 37 Years After Cocaine
The famous photographer drops by Eugene and catches up with a former subject
The first time I met photographer Bill Owens was in 1980 in the women’s bathroom. I was 21. We were in the building where I … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Fracking, judges and police chiefs
• The city of Eugene is hosting a series of community forums in October “to discuss what type of police chief the city should seek.” … Continue reading
Slant
Kesey Square, protests and wildfires
• Who could have imagined that professional football players would be leading the way with a profound free speech statement about racial justice and human … Continue reading
Breaking the Silence
Womenspace hosts vigil for victims of domestic violence
On Sunday, Oct. 1, a few dozen women, men and children assembled at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza for a vigil honoring victims and … Continue reading
Raffi for Grown-ups
Maybe Jimmy Buffett is just a guy living his best life. Maybe I’m just jealous. But there’s always been something about his leering, capitalist grin … Continue reading
Discord Dents and Bends
Eugene Weekly presents Gazelle(s) performing for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Gazelle(s) performing ‘Discord Dents and Bends’ live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of … Continue reading
Politically Incorrect
These days, some people complain we’ve become too politically correct, or that we’ve become afraid to say what we really mean. Murray Acton, better known … Continue reading
The Great Outdoors
A Wyoming story
I wasn’t thrilled at the idea of spending a week in a tiny cabin in a small, unknown Wyoming town, but one of my best … Continue reading
Do Not Resuscitate
Flatliners remake is predictably dead on arrival
This Flatliners remake is truly mystifying. What called for a new version of the 1990 Julia Roberts/Kiefer Sutherland/Kevin Bacon thriller now? (Or ever, for that … Continue reading