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Setting the Mood
Everyone has his favorite movie or song to get I
the evening going. The Diversions staff
compiled an eclectic list of the better odes to
love. So try out something new this Feb. 14. [
■ “Everybody Here Wants You,”
Jeff Buckley It’s incalculable how
many children have been conceived to
this record. Found on the cult
singer/songwriter’s posthumous effort,
Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk),
Buckley’s choir boy tenor and the
music’s slow burn are the ultimate love
theme for the hipster crowd.
■ “Something Wild” Things go
wild indeed when free-spirited Lulu
(Melanie Griffith) enters the dull life of
New York businessman Charlie (Jeff
Daniels). Things get even wilder when
their newfound love is interrupted by
her psychotic ex-boyfriend (Ray Liottaj.
■ “The Look of Love,” Dusty
Springfield As well as Burt Bacharach
could write it, Dusty could sing it. Her
sultry voice is accompanied by groovy
bossa nova instrumentation. The song
slinks about like a cat - rarely has some
thing so soft been so powerful.
■ “The Big Easy” While investi
gating a series of killings, Dennis
Quaid’s slightly corrupt cop must work
to gain the affection of a reluctant attor
ney played by Ellen Barkin. When the
two do get together, they sizzle.
■ “I Am Yours,” Derek & The
Dominos Eric Clapton’s pristine state
ment of devotion to Patti Boyd, who
happened to be married to George
Harrison at the time, is full of passion.
The song is a shining example of for
bidden love.
■ “The Unbearable Lightness of
Being” Daniel Day-Lewis stars as a
Czech doctor who understands great
nonbinding sex but has yet to be over
taken by true love. Based on Milan
Kundera’s novel, the film deftly blends
history with romance.
■ “With or Without You,” U 2
Countless couples, including Ross and
Rachel, have chosen this tune as their
own. While it’s not exactly a love song,
the buildup to Bono’s vocal explosion
makes for an emotional listen.
■ “Desperado” What more does a
sexy action film need when it gives the
girls Antonio Banderas and the boys
Salma Hayek? Well, director Robert
Rodriguez’s style and the steaming-hot
Mexican setting certainly don’t hurt.
■ “Con Te Partiro,” Andrea
Bocelli The blind tenor sings a melody
for the ages. This is a composition of
pure love stripped to its core, describing
the simple need for one person to be
close to another.
■ “The Thomas Crown Affair” A
billionaire who steals art for fun has to
deal with the woman whose job it is to
get it back. Who’s playing who here?
Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo prove
just how sensual aging stars can be.
■ “Mind Sex,” Dead Prez The
rap duo usually puts its politics first, but
the two forget about fighting the power
on this stellar cut. Sticman and M-l
point out how conversation can be just
as erotic as knowledge of the flesh.
■ “Annie Hall” Like its direc
tor/writer/star, the film is a nervous,
miserable and bittersweet eulogy for a
doomed relationship. Sounds dire, but
by some miracle, it offers a powerful tes
timony as to why you should bother
with love and/or relationships at all.
By Elliott Dube and Russ Lane
Singers Contend With Fan Culture
Bv Evan Lucas
Staff Writer
A typical show at Memorial Hall for
two of the major a cappella groups at
UNC is a sight to see. A sold-out house
of screaming fans awaits the talented
musicians, and when the singing starts,
the screaming doesn’t stop there.
The daily lives for these musicians isn’t
quite as exciting as a show at Memorial
Hall, but they do get some attention sim
ply walking around campus. Members of
popular a cappella groups like the all-male
Clef Hangers and the all-female Loreleis
know the benefits of small-time fame.
Rebecca Andrews, a senior business
major and current member of the Loreleis
met her boyfriend, a Clef Hanger, through
her involvement with the Loreleis.
They met in the spring of 1999 and
had their first performance together in
the fall of the same year. After that per
formance they became good friends and
began dating one year later, in the
spring of 2000. They are still dating.
Andrews said this is not an uncom
mon situation. There is “a lot of inter
group dating” between the Clefs and the
Loreleis, she said.
But instead of finding their perfect
Faculty Also Join in
Romantic Antics
Journalism Professors
Rhonda Gibson and Joe Bob
Hester plan to mark the
occasion by leaving town.
By Jennifer Samuels
Assistant State & National Editor
Love isn’t just for undergraduates.
UNC faculty members enjoy spend
ing quality time with their significant
others on Valentine's Day and scoff at
the notion that only young people can
enjoy the holiday.
But most agree that the holiday
improves with age because the quality of
love gets better.
“Valentine’s Day gets better as you
get older because you know what love is
about,” said UNC journalism Professor
Rhonda Gibson.
Gibson said she and her husband, Joe
Bob Hester, also a journalism professor
at UNC, plan to celebrate Valentine’s
Day by going away for the weekend. She
chose to keep the trip’s location a secret.
Gibson praised the opportunity to
work with a spouse. “If you get along it’s
a good thing,” she said.
She added that being married makes
Valentine’s Day better because it elimi
nates some of the worries common
among young people. “It’s great being
married on Valentine’s Day,” she said.
She also said that while some people
think of romance as a young thing,
mature love is better.
Gibson added that she-does not have
Dating Guide
match, many members are perfectly con
tent having a group of close knit friends.
Catherine Gheng, a sophomore jour
nalism major, considers the women of
the Loreleis to be her best friends -
friends that she would not have made
otherwise. Being part of the group has
enabled her to meet people all over the
country who have interests similar to
her own, she said. She also keeps sever
al friends from an a cappella group at
the University of Virginia.
As for being a local celebrity on cam
pus, Cheng says she is “flattered” when
strangers recognize her from one of the
Loreleis’ performances.
David Bankert, a freshman biology
major, finds being approached by
strangers occasionally “annoying,” but he
enjoys the recognition of being a mem
ber of the Clefs, he said.
“There is nothing like being a Clef
Hanger,” he said. “It’s a kind of unique
experience that’s almost like a fraternity
- the brotherhood.” He did not mention
much about any romantic relationships
resulting from his membership in the
Clef Hangers, but he said he is perfect
ly content with the friends he has made.
Senior business and Japanese major,
Cameron Russell, is a longtime member
any suggestions as to what faculty mem
bers could do for Valentine’s Day
because she just moved to Durham.
But UNC journalism Professor
Chuck Stone said the holiday is broad
enough to include different types of love
other than romantic.
He said he has sent Valentine’s Day
cards to his mother throughout his life,
including from India, where he lived for
two years in the 19505.
This year Stone plans to celebrate
with his wife. “I give my wife red roses,”
he said. “She doesn’t eat candy, but I
take her out to dinner if she wants.”
He added that he does not need a
holiday to embrace his love for his wife.
“(You) should celebrate love all year
round," Stone said, adding that he gives
his wife yellow roses at least once a
month.
Stone also criticized the increasing
commercialism associated with
Valentine’s Day.
“It’s much more commercial now,”
he said. “Stores start putting out cards
after the first of the year.”
Stone emphasized the importance of
celebrating Valentine’s Day through
actions rather than gifts.
“If a faculty member doesn’t cele
brate it, it means he is getting senile,” he
said jokingly, adding that professors
should show appreciation for someone,
be it a child, a wife or even a student.
And Stone said people should
remember that love, as well as
Valentine’s Day, is universal. “It tran
scends age,” he said. “Put it this way -
it’s really for the young at heart." ■
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DTH FILE PHOTO
The volume of the Clef Hangers, UNC's all-male a cappella group, often
competes with its screaming female fan base when the group performs.
of the Clefs and considers the impact the
a cappella group has on his social life to
be one of its greatest perks.
Many of his current friends were once
strangers who approached him after a
show and said, “You did a good job.”
Singles Make Different
Valentine's Day Plans
By Erika Heyder
Staff Writer
Cupids, hearts, dinner reservations
and chocolates for Valentine’s Day can
stir up mixed feelings among single stu
dents on campus.
While some pass it off as just another
day, many feel that it can be quite spe
cial if you have someone to share it
with.
This Valentine’s Day, singles all
around campus have developed alternate
means of spending the day that celebrates
the relationships they might not have.
Many women have planned girls
only outings.
Garlette Cavenaugh, a freshman biol
og)- major, has her own plans for rebuk
ing Valentine’s Day.
“I’m going with
my girls on a man
haters skiing
retreat,"she said.
Erin Parrish,
also a freshman,
biology major,
plans to go to the
mountains with a
bunch of girl
friends.
Guys, on the
“Being single is bad, but you
learn a lot from it, like what
you want out of yourself, other
people and a relationship. ”
TeJ Burns
Junior
other hand, haven’t really given much
thought to Cupid’s day.
“I hadn’t really thought about any
thing really,” said Jeffrey Richburg, a
freshman business major. “If you have a
girlfriend it’s cool, plus my mom always
gives me presents.”
Jonathan Simpson, a sophomore biol
ogy major, also made alternative plans
to get away from the holiday.
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
One thing usually leads to another and
friendships are often formed, he said.
Considering the number of perfor
mances in any given week, that can lead
to a lot of friendships. Eventually, those
screaming fans quiet down.
“I might be going to see Weekend
Excursion with a bunch of my friends,”
Simpson said.
Yet there are some who can be quite
cynical about Feb. 14. Justin Follin, a
sophomore philosophy major, said he
hates the holiday.
“It’s such a bad day! I think the entire
purpose of Valentine’s Day is to point
out that the ones who don’t have dates,
don’t in fact have dates,” he said.
“It’s just a day where people can rub
it in your face,” he added.
Cavenaugh added that the day is
hard because “it seems like everyone is
in love.”
But some are more ambivalent about
singles paranoia on Feb. 14. Parrish said
she feels that the holiday is simply a typ
ical day.
“It’s just anoth
er day that hap
pens to have a spe
cial meaning to
some people,” she
said.
TeJ Bums, a
junior social psy
cholog)' major,
had only positive
views about the
holiday.
“Asa male, it gives you the chance
to do something special for your girl to
celebrate all the other good times,”he
said. “It should remind us to do stuff
that you do on Valentine’s Day all the
time.
“Being single is bad, but you learn a
lot from it, like what you want out of
yourself, other people and a relation
ship.”
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