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Memorial Day Memorial Day, the last Monday of each May, on which Americans traditionally gather around the grill to remember things they've forgotten, has been relegated to a Macy's store-wide sale. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't get that new two-piece you promised yourself you'd fit into by the second week in June, or that you shouldn't get your dad another golf-themed gift pack that includes a pair of boxers, a tie, socks, tie, pen and pencil set, business car holder, Rolodex, cufflinks, wallet, hip flask and baseball cap advertised at $7.

Friday, May 23 Arcweld, The Wobblies, and The Angries, 9pm at Calapooia Brewing, $3 Mare Wakefield makes a stop in Corvallis, 8pm at Bombs Away, $8 Swing Habit bring their country swing to the dancefloor, 9pm at Sahalie Wine Bar, this show is FREE! The Wizard of Uz, 6:30pm in LaSells Stewart Center, this show is FREE! (Continues all weekend!) Saturday, May 24 David Samuel Project plan to provide their uplifting set, 9pm at Sahalie Wine Bar, this show is FREE! Future Roots, 9pm at Bombs Away Cafe, $5, 21+ Glasses Malone (Sony Recording Artist), 10pm at Club Platinum, $10, 21+ Normal Bean and Ken Peterson (Plastic Ono Band), 9pm at Peacock Bar and Grill, $3 Sunday, May 25 Tragedy, Blowback (Japan), and The Angries, 9pm at Fox N Firkin, $7 Tuesday, May 27 OSU Chamber Choir with the South Albany Concert Choir, 7pm at St.

Some people refer to cat-calls as wolf-whistles - that goes in the Things That Are True pile. At least it's true in New Zealand, where Adrain Bathgate reported that an Israeli tourist stripped for a group of road workers who "wolf-whistled" at her. The woman, who was in line to use an ATM, said that she was "fed up with the wolf-whistles," so she took all her clothes off, withdrew cash, then put her clothes back on, according to the New Zealand Press Association.

What could be better than a Slip-n-Slide in the middle of the night along a busy street? Not much! But when temperature rises and you're stuck sweating your brains out in your $200 attic room half an hour from campus, it's hard to think of awesome things to do.

For those of you who don't know him, MC Chris is an underground hip-hop artist who can be seen as one of the founding fathers of the nerdcore genre, although he claims he has no part in it. Nerdcore is a genre that incorporates nerdy topics (i.e. "Star Wars," "Dungeons and Dragons," science fiction and zombies) in songs.

Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel of Mates of State have understood how to make a great indie record since their first record, "My Solo Project," in 2000, and fortunately they still know how to make one. With their latest album, "Re-Arrange Us," Mates of State is back with the catchy, up-beat songs they have come to call their craft.

I was a kid of the 1980s, as I assume most of you were, and I loved my toys. When I look back on it now the toys seem to be quite simple compared to the technologically advanced toys we have today. They may be more advanced today, but toys of the '80s were in many ways more exciting.

It has been one year since Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy have left Narnia. One day, they are suddenly called back to the land they once ruled and find that everything has changed. One year for the children in the real world is 1,300 years in Narnia. Their palace is in ruins, everyone they know is long gone and it seems like all the magic of Narnia has been drained.