Hardware Store Crawl
The first and last annual OV Hardware Store Crawl was a success in that we rented a UO van. It was a failure in that it got really boring after a while photos ALLISON FONDER LOWE’S words LUCY OHLSEN Lowe’s was the first stop on our crawl. After gearing up on candy canes and bumpin’ [...]
The Biggest of Poppas
OV’s lyrical analyst Brett Sisun weighs in on Biggie’s magnum opus. words BRETT SISUN art ALLISON FONDER He liked it when you called him Big Poppa. Indeed, Christopher Wallace (aka The Notorious B.I.G, Biggie Smallz and The Black Frank White) was a knockout heavy weight on both the scales and the microphone. And as you [...]
A Guide to Eugene Hoods
Get the fuck off campus. art ALLISON FONDER 1. CAMPUS AREA words NOAH PORTER A radioactive nucleus for student living, the generally accepted boundaries for “campus area” stretch from Kincaid to Pearl Street, between 13th and 18th Avenue. An emerald city of factory-issue condominiums intermittently sprinkled with abandoned high-heels, the dream of Seth from Superbad [...]