Boys Town

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Boys Town

Mike Ficher

HOW FAR WE
HAVE TO GO
On Feb. 2, Michelle Campbell arrived at St.
Mary's Academy in Kansas to referee a boys' basketball game. The
two-year officiating veteran was scheduled to call her first boys game.
However, the former college player was sent home because the school
didn't want a woman refereeing boys.
Darin Putthoff, who was
scheduled to officiate the game with Campbell-both walked out after
being told of the situation-reported that a St. Mary's official told
him that having a woman in a position of authority over boys was
against the school's beliefs.
In a statement-the school had
declined interviews-St. Mary's offered: "Our school aims to instill in
our boys the proper respect for women and girls. Teaching our boys to
treat ladies with deference, we cannot place them in an aggressive
athletic competition where they are forced to play inhibited by their
concern about running into a female referee." Campbell is a career
police officer.
"It was a sad day for the kids," Campbell told ESPN. "If they're like any other teenagers, all they want to do is play ball."

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The Path Least Travelled: Finding a deeper stash at Thayer Glacier Headwall

Mike Bookey

Sublime Corn Turns on the Thayer HeadwallEvery year I write down a list of goals to accomplish in the outdoors.
The past two years, climbing and skiing from the top of the Thayer
Glacier Headwall on North Sister has ranked among the top five on the
list. Last season, I was unable to check off the Thayer Headwall, but
not for a lack of trying. I skied into the east face of North Sister
three separate times, only to be denied access to the mountain's upper
reaches due to avalanche conditions. One memorable occasion, after
deciding the avalanche conditions were too dangerous, I witnessed two
big slides tumbling down the east face while eating lunch a safe
distance away.

The Thayer Glacier Headwall is a very natural and
aesthetic climbing route. Looking out my window at North Sister, I have
scanned the face with binoculars hundreds of times eyeing the potential
for ski mountaineering. The route begins just above a tarn sitting at
the base of the east face. It climbs the lower portion of an hourglass
through a constriction, pinching down to only a couple ski lengths
wide, before reopening. Instead of continuing up the upper hourglass,
the route bends to the right aiming directly toward the summit.

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Box of Fun: Tearing into The Orange Box (Half Life 2)

Shawn Wallbaum

Forget everything you ever thought about guys in dorky glasses.The Orange box is a collection of five fantastic first-person shooter
games and is priced around 60 bucks for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and
PC. Valve, the games' publisher, blends the older "Half Life 2" with
some new content and delivers a great collection of games. Even though
the PS3 edition is quite good, it runs noticeably slower than its Xbox
360 counterpart and the PC version runs best on a higher-end PC system.
It
starts with "Half Life 2," which despite its age looks stunning and
showcases magnificent environments like rippling water, has a ton of
action and gives some of the newer games a run for their money on the
physics side. As the protagonist, Gordon Freeman, you don't just play
to find out what happens, you also experiment. There are chain
reactions with exploding barrels, splintering wood and zombie slaughter
all unfolding while you're skimming across the water on a hovercraft.
If you've played this game before, then there's nothing new here. The
uninitiated, however, will find a treasure chest while exploring this
game on the newer game consoles.

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Ex-Presidential Treatment: Carter tours for peace in Man from Plains

Mike Bookey

He doesn’t seem to mind those critics.The funniest thing about this documentary is Johnny Carson's plaid leisure suit in the film's opening scene. Aside from that, the film is a sobering lesson on the ongoing struggle between Israel and Palestine and Jimmy Carter's three-decades-long involvement in the conflict.

From the honest, jovial, straight-forward way he handles things, cutting to tiny bits and pieces defining glimpses of Carter's real persona to details you'd never know about him-he swims daily, reads from the Bible to his wife every night (in English and Spanish) his favorite poet is Dylan Thomas, he believes in science and evolution along with his devout Christianity-he's like the Mother Teresa of politics.

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Love in the Time of Tuberculosis: A look at the Celebration of Latin Film

Mike Bookey

Playing the smugglers blues.The Latino Community Association presents a cinematic journey
across Latin America, at the Tower Theatre, on the evenings of February
29 and March 1. The featured films explore the rich history, both
political and cultural, of Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Argentina, as well
as the social strife and conflict that have defined people’s lives
there.
The festival opens with a gathering at Café Sintra, (1024 NW
Bond St) at 5:30, with drinks, snacks, and a brief presentation.
Afterward, film-goers can walk to the theater.

Posted inMusic

The Bombs Blow Up the Domino Room

Kelsi Oser

On hiatus from Crue, Mick Mars joins US Bombs at the Domino. Having the U.S. Bombs back in Bend for the second time in just a few
months, even on a Wednesday night, is nothing to complain about -
unless, of course, the doors open an hour late, you have to sit through
four opening bands (Rosey, Kronkmen, and Larry & His Flask along
with Boston-based Far from Finished) and the sound system prompts
perpetual complaints from the performers. As far as Sound Check could
tell, all the bands played exceptionally well, unfortunately that was
overshadowed by some of the other technical and logistical issues.

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Is it Summer Yet?: Izabella gives us a taste of sunshine

The Source Staff

Izabella rock the Old Stone to brighten up your February.With the peppering of warm days we've had in the past few weeks, sometimes it's hard to believe that July is still another four long months away. That means that above-freezing nights, gin and tonics, and most importantly, shaking a little daisy-duke-covered-ass at an outdoor music venue is still a ways off. But Friday night at the Old Stone Church is probably going to feel like summer - and that's not going to help you get over your sun-starved blues, but it will be a taster of a promising summer music season.

Although the bigger, sweeter second annual 4 Peaks Music Festival is slated for July, the festival organizers are giving a sample of the sunny fest on Friday by bringing San Francisco world jammers Izabella to the Old Stone Church. The familiar faces of Southern Oregon's State of Jefferson are slated to open. If the 4 Peaks crew’s show with Poor Man's Whiskey at the Old Stone a few weeks ago was any indicator, Friday should have the warm vibe of the summer fest…but this show will be in February…and indoors.

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Perfectly Positive: Two decades after Graceland, Ladysmith Black Mambazo is still uplifting

The Source Staff

This is how a Ladysmith Black Mambazo song should make you feel.To many, the name Ladysmith Black Mambazo is synonymous with Paul
Simon, the mega-star who collaborated with the South African a cappella
group on his landmark 1986 record Graceland. What most don't know is
that the eight-piece mini choir had been in existence for more than 20
years by the time Simon tapped their talents in the mid-1980s. Now,
another 20 plus years has passed since Mambazo shared a Rolling Stone
cover shot with Simon, but the group is still very much alive, and
still trekking around the world, reaching into the souls of its global
audience.

"Our aim from the beginning with our music is about
uplifting our spirits and the spirits of the people. From the time we
formed the group we wanted to encourage people to stay strong and stay
positive and that someday things are going to be better," says,
longtime Mambazo member Albert Mazibuko, while gazing out his hotel
room window at a freshly snow-blanketed Flagstaff, Ariz. during a
late-February tour stop.

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