Oregon Voice Magazine

Oregon Voice & Greenhill Humane Society Present Rent-A-Pooch!

Producer/Director - Stacy Fong

Short documentary on the University of Oregon’s 16th annual Take Back the Night held in April 2008

Producer/Director - Stacy Fong

Director/Producer - Shane Burley
With fabulous performances by Johnny Rossi and L. Riddell.

This is a companion piece to the article in the most recent issue of the Oregon Voice. It tells the story of Eugene’s own Food Not Bombs Chapter, and gives it context within the goals of the larger movement.

Director/Producer - Shane Burley

Thanks everyone who came out and rented puppies yesterday! Check out the ol’ Dirty coverage, pie-chart free:
http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2008/05/22/News/Puppy.Love-3374724.shtml

Credit for this great event goes to Stephen the dog lover (in a non-sexual way, of course) and Greenhill Humane Society.

Other people who are awesome: Max the puppy chaser; Iris the pooch wrangler; Justin, Shane, Cori and Leah doggie paparazzi; Natalie, Libby, Scot guardians of the puppies; and whoever else I forgot. Also Greenhill Humane society for providing 10 dogs and volunteers aplenty. Thanks as well to the scheduling office for helping us coordinate this.
We’re hoping to do a second event like this soon so keep an eye out for that, and shoot us an email if you want us to let you know personally.

Rent-a-Pooch
Wednesday May 21 at 11:30 am to 4:30 pm
Memorial Quad (in front of the library)

Come rent a dog from the Greenhill Human Society.

and it was freaking awesome.

If you’re on facebook, check out the photos by clicking here:
Album #1
and here:
Album #2

Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the Oregon Voice at our fundraiser show last Friday. Also thanks to the Campbell Club for hosting, the Party Tigers, The Daveys, the Arithmetic Danger Club, Last Trains and the band formerly known as The Mood for playing, and every staff person who helped out that night for holding it all together. We managed to collect a good amount of cash, which will go toward printing two more fabulous issues this year.

It’s proof that a concert has motivated you to live up to your potential when you can go home and write the review immediately just because you know that the longer you wait, the less of the show you’ll remember and the more it will suck.
Firmly on the list of things that don’t suck, however, is Ani Difranco.
I arrived at the show shortly after she started and didn’t spend much time looking for the friends I knew were in the theater somewhere. It was a weeknight concert and I just wanted to chill out and listen before I went home to crash. And if you can’t listen to an Ani concert alone, with all her individual-empowering vibes, what is there left in this world to enjoy solo?
As I settled into listening mode, I was immediately glad I hadn’t skipped this one. Her guitar playing, captivating on record, was nothing short of impressive live. The band, especially the xylophone player with Einstein hair, also sounded good and were fun to watch. The combined effect had me grooving subtly with the packed McDonald audience, despite my tiredness. As I swayed in the back and brooded about schoolwork and various responsibilities, Ani slowly worked into my subconscious with her effervescent personality and poignant lyrics.
Eventually, her strategy worked and I decided such worry was useless if I was a Woman In Charge, not pretty and definitely not a fucking Napoleon. Instead, I zoned out while people watching for a while. Lots of girls high on estrogen and quite a few men, too, trying hard to look unthreatened. A couple of drunk, clingy chicks annoyed me for a while, but they eventually faded out into the audience. The overall mood was good and definitely more about the music than any sort of cause.
Ani brought my attention back to the stage with an, er, interesting song about the divinity of atoms (actually, it’s a good point – they are mighty powerful and inflict the burdensome punishment of nuclear waste when you try to destroy them). Then she said a few words to the effect of “patriarchy… damn it… nobody even says it enough, patriarchy!” I’m not really sure, I was starting at her boobs.
Just kidding! A highly recommended concert for people of any musical and political persuasion. It will get you back on your feet and leave you with catchy riffs in your head all week long.

Seeking one dedicated, creative and flexible Editor-in-Chief who is willing to work hard for minimal pay (but there is pay…). Position starts Fall 2008 but we will begin training this term.
We prioritize applicants with good writing and editing skills who have had previous experience with the magazine but encourage all students to apply.

APPLICATIONS: Click the “Staff” tab in the black area above. The first link on that page is “Staff Application.”
Deadline is April 30th.
Bring them to one of our weekly meetings: Wednesdays, 6 pm, EMU Century Room E.
Or send an email to ovoice@uoregon.edu to make other arrangements.

As always, we welcome new staff contributors (writers, artists, designers, those with unspecified creative talents) at any time. Benefits include press passes to local shows and events as well as access to a diverse, supportive community of students dedicated to the creative arts and quality journalism.

This is the fabulous short documentary to coincide with the print article. The piece discusses the origin of the journal with author/editor John Zerzan, and with academic and those involved to give a portrait of how Green Anarchy contributes to eco-anarchism in the 21st century.
Director/Producer - Shane Burley