Table of Contents

Tales from a Downtown Pub Crawl

Where to Buy Used Stuff

Paths of Most Resistance

Road to Excitement

Sir Blaire of Rothes

Six Shooters

Notes from the Underground

Gospel Music?

A Queen for a Day

Madison Street

Discin'

E.C. History

Editor's note

I didn't know where exactly this was going to end up. We started down this path to Dimension at the beginning of the 1999 spring semester, and I don't think we had any idea what we were getting into.

Now, a semester later, I'm looking over what a class of strangers has put together and remembering what we had hoped to create three months ago.

I began this project with a sense of both nervousness and excitement. I had hoped to create a product that would raise some eyebrows, maybe make some people angry, maybe get some people excited to do something different.

As a class we brainstormed, debated, discussed, and molded stories into a publication that would fulfill its name - Dimension. The American Heritage Dictionary defines dimension as the extent or magnitude; scope. This was our goal.

With an entertainment focus, we set off to capture the different, the weird and unknown, the things about Eau Claire that students don't see. We tried to go beyond campus, the student ghetto, and Water Street. We tried to capture the full extent and magnitude of Eau Claire. It's easy, as students in a strange town, to become resigned to the fact that, "there's nothing to do." It's easy to say that the only thing to do in Eau Claire is go to Water Street and house parties. It's easy to accept that and stop looking for alternatives. We wanted Dimension to prove that there are things to do, that there is life beyond Water Street, and that with a little effort and sense of adventure there are oddities to be found in a community that when taken at face value might seem plain.

Today, looking over the table of contents, this issue has a cover story delving into the world of drag, feature stories that range from Christian rock music to David Blaire, an eccentric local musician. The publication offers regular features detailing alternative pub crawls that get students off Water Street for a night, road trips that can get students out of Eau Claire for a while, bike trails, and money-saving tips.

From Madison Street punk rock concerts to record spinning at The Metro, Dimension offers enough alternatives to evoke the adventurer in any student.

I hope you enjoy and thanks for reading! 

Karen Rauen
Editor in Chief