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Meltdown at SubZero by Joshua Bligh

Meltdown at Sub-Zero by Joshua Bligh (author of Cassadaga and The Interstate Generation) Being quite possibly the biggest 80's new-wave fan in the universe, naturally I was coming apart at the seams when I heard that Corvallis was getting a nightclub dedicated to my favorite decade. Clad in my Joy Division shirt and constantly checking my phone for eight to become nine, I did my best to avoid skipping down 4th street en route to Sub-Zero. If you go in to battle not caring if you are killed, it makes you very strong. I surged up to the well-dressed doorman with an assassins kit of oversized smiles and unchecked hubris, the way one may act while meeting their icon -- that blend of hostility and elation that would shoot God from the crows-nest of heaven if he disrupted your perfect moment. 'I swear to God, I will leave this town if this place doesn't make it,' I informed the ›
The Alchemist Weekly July 12th, 2011 The Final Issue read more
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The Alchemist Weekly July 12th, 2011 The Final Issue

daVinci Days and The Alchemist makes it to the end [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv% ›
Music/Event Calendar July 5th to July 11th read more
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Music/Event Calendar July 5th to July 11th

Tuesday, July 5th live music Corvallis CENTRAL PARK Community Band Concert:  For the Kids, 8:00 ›
Alchy Picks July 5th to July 11th read more
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Alchy Picks July 5th to July 11th

Thursday | July 7th | 5:30 pm The Arts Center ART IN THE MAKING If you've ever stared at a work of art a ›
Corvallis Vanities July 5th, 2011 read more
Corvallis Vanities

Corvallis Vanities July 5th, 2011

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Features

Third Degree with former City Manager Jon Nelson

by Courtney Clenney If you could be any inanimate object, what would you be? Why? I think I’d be a mountain, that way you could have a good perspective on the world. What would your death row meal consist of? Oh, I’d have to go with steak and potatoes, asparagus. Have to have some toast, good salad. German Chocolate cake. I like my steak Medi ›
“These are my 4 Spirits” read more
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“These are my 4 Spirits”

Words and Photos by Sarah Sullivan There are some new spirits stirring in the old Camp Adair Air Force station b ›
Former city manager on success and failure read more
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Former city manager on success and failure

Nelson answers questions from a creative community by Courtney Clenny Jon Nelson, former (as of ›
WWW.THEALCHEMISTWEEKLY.COM • VOLUME 4 NUMBER 183:52 • JULY 5, 2011 read more
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WWW.THEALCHEMISTWEEKLY.COM • VOLUME 4 NUMBER 183:52 • JULY 5, 2011

The former city manager on success and failure by Co ›
Coyote Kate's Horoscope July 5th, 2011 read more
Horoscope

Coyote Kate's Horoscope July 5th, 2011

Aries (March 21-April 19): Spotted an American Dipper in action in a local river. This feathered cri ›
Letters

Letters to the Editor July 5th, 2011

WHAT IT IS ABOUT CORVALLIS I've lived here for a year now and think I have finally figured out what it is about Corvallis. You can walk around with your heart chakra open and not get slammed. And you pass people on the sidewalk doing the same thing. I've lived in many places in this world and this is the only place I've seen where you can do it. I love this town. I ›
Music/Event Calendar June 28th to July 4th read more
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Music/Event Calendar June 28th to July 4th

Tuesday, June 28th live music Corvallis CENTRAL PARK Community Band Concert:  Patriotic Favorite ›
Alchy Picks June 28th to July 4th read more
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Alchy Picks June 28th to July 4th

Saturday and Sunday | 9:00 am Philomath and Albany AS AMERICAN AS MUSCLE What is more American than talkin ›
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The Free Speech Movement and education reform

The Free Speech Movement and education reform by RICKY ZIPP “Education is the most powerful weapon in which to change the world.” Nelson Mandela “If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.” Malcolm X On December 7, 1964 16,000 students and faculty filled Berkeley’s Greek Theatre as Mario Savio (leader of the Free Speech ›
Columns

Brandon Cook's Shreds of Wisdom

Punctual Rock Everyone has times when getting places exactly on time is just a nightmare. You hit every red light, traffic and arrive 10 minutes late, even though you left an hour early to drive 10 miles. Everyone makes mistakes. The human in us makes it impossible to be perfect all the time. Some hold everyone to an impossible standard of perfection in regard to punctual ›
From Zero to Hero read more
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From Zero to Hero

New club, Sub-Zero promises to be all about you. by Stanley Tollett The 21st century is descending on downtown Corvallis in the form of a nightclub, called Su ›