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6The Daily Tar HeelFriday, October 30, 1992 Lesbian Lunches provide community and By Maria DiGiano Stiff Writer Three young women sit on. an old, plaid couch, discussing what is going on in their lives over food imported from Lenoir. Every Friday , these three women and others meet for lunch in the Student Union to chat and chow. What sepa rates these lunches from most other lunchtime gatherings on campus is that these women are lesbians. "It is a time to get together and share our concerns and form a sense of com 'Prelude to a By Mondy Lamb Senior Writer "If you can't believe your eyes, trust your heart," proclaimed an ad line for the movie version of "Prelude to a Kiss." The themes writer Craig Lucas chose for the play, which inspired the film, are as deep as they come: true love, attrac Cleanscape By Nathan Bishop Staff Writer In an attempt to make Chapel Hill roads "g'litter," a local environmental group will sponsor G'litter Day Satur day. Cleanscape, a volunteer group com mitted to creating a clean environment, is sponsoring the 14th semiannual G'litter Day to eliminate roadside litter. Cleanup volunteers have been asked to meet at 9 a.m. in the Village Plaza parking lot on the corner of East Franklin Street and Elliot Road. Irene Briggaman, a Cleanscape board member, said volunteers would direct their cleanup efforts to the most littered r TOMORROW Field I Jed icy Virginia PIA MavyFidd I! ft I 4 UL. t ID Admitted RISE ill Mil I? nan i -Id munity," said one junior who wished to remain anonymous. Pippa Holloway, former co-chairwoman of the Carolina Gay and Les bian Association, now called Bisexu als, Gay Men, Lesbians and Allies for Diversity, started Lesbian Lunches in the mid-1980s when the Carolina Gay Association was in the process of chang ing its name to the CGLA. "A lot of women feel very alienated in the group," said Kathy Staley, co chairwoman of B-GLAD. "(Lesbian Lunches) was a way to have a women safe space." Kiss' an adventure story tion to someone's soul and mind, and trusting your heart not easily conquerable topics. Beginning Halloween night, PlayMakers Repertory Company will present Lucas' original production of "Prelude to a Kiss." Lucas, whose other writings include the plays "Reckless" and "Blue Window" and the screenplay sponsors G'litter Day areas of town. "This year's cleanup will target chronic Utter areas that other members of Cleanscape have noticed while jog ging or biking," Briggaman said. Briggaman said she expected about 100 people to turn out for G'litter Day, adding that several community groups had expressed interest in participating in the roadside cleanup. G'litter Day is the brainchild of former University Professor Fran DiGiano and Cleanscape board mem ber Margie Hachten. Hachten and DiGiano founded G'litter Day as an attempt to restore Chapel Hill's natural beauty. "I moved to Chapel Hill and fell in Volleyball Georgia Tech fcCOFM CsnrJdadAsd n u . f a5 $ WXSSS PAYS ONLY OCT. 29, 30, 31 Since their inception, the lunches have been informal get-togethers for women who didn't feel comfortable at the big CGLA meetings. "There is nothing official about it at all," said another junior, who also wished to remain anonymous. "Basically, you just show up and bring your lunch." Although there has been talk of bring ing speakers or choosing topics to dis cuss at meetings, most participants like the informal atmosphere of the lunches. "We're there to get everything off our chest and talk with people who know where we are coming from," for "Longtime Companion," first pro duced "Prelude" in California in 1988. In 1990, the play moved to an off Broadway production that received an Obie Award and a Tony Award nomi nation for best new play before moving on to the big screen, where Alec Baldwin reprised his theater role opposite Meg Ryan. love with the town," Hachten said. "However, some of the natural beauty was spoiled by all of the roadside litter." Hachten contacted DiGiano after she saw a letter to a newspaper he wrote complaining about roadside litter. "We got together to find a way to alleviate the problem," Hachten said. "The result was the first G'litter Day." Hachten said the mayor, the town council and the public works depart ment had been very cooperative. Briggaman said the town had allot ted $1 ,000 for G'litter Day. Members of several community groups have signed on to help, includ ing Amnesty International, the Chapel Hill Housing Contingency, the Franklin Street Teen Center and the Grey Culbreth Middle School Garbology Club, she said. "We've also been recruiting corpo rate involvement through the chamber of commerce," Briggaman said. Wellspring Grocery will provide volunteers with complimentary refresh ments. Safety vests, gloves and trash bags also will be provided. Volunteers are asked to wear appro priate clothing andfootweartothe event, which is scheduled to end at noon. The Chapel Hill Department of Public Works will pick up the trash bags at the conclu sion of the event This fall's G'litter Day has been dedi cated to the memory of former Cleanscape member Joanne Hoehne, who died this summer. Hoehne was committed to creating a litter-free envi ronment Q Lb 5 O Staley said. For many lesbians on campus, the lunches give them a sense of commu nity. "I think it is important for (lesbian) non-B-GLAD members to come and find other lesbians on campus, which makes you feel real good," said one senior who did not want to be identified. The group stresses the fact that you don't have to be "out," or publicly gay, to attend. "It is not a bunch of bulldogs sitting around talking about 'in' things," the senior said. "There is no lesbian talk or lesbian things. Just people, friendly cam of true love, In the play, Rita and Peter are a young couple in love. At their wedding, a strange old man makes an appearance and kisses the beautiful young bride. Afterward, Rita is not quite the same. On their honeymoon, Peter notices changes in his new wife. She sleeps soundly; Rita was an insomniac. She doesn't drink; Rita loved Dewars. Rita was scared of the world; now she wants to have a baby. To Peter, Rita has become a different person. Lucas touches upon something everyone has questioned. After the nov elty and beginning bliss of love are gone, does one really know the person one loves? Is it just that the wonder of love has worn off, and this is the real Rita? Has she truly changed into some one else? Tipoff the future it will fall on a school night, interfering with players' academic needs, he said. "Since this was basically a wasted , night for practice, we thought it would be okay," Hanners said. "But Coach (Dean Smith) would never keep them up this late regularly." Short performances by the UNC cheerleaders and the Marching Tar Heels, a 10-minute highlight film cov ering the men's team and the introduc tion of the women's basketball players will kick off the program, Hanners said. Around 11:30 p.m., UNC sports an nouncer Woody Durham will introduce the men's team, and senior captains George Lynch, Henrik Rodl, Matt Wenstrom and Scott Cherry will ad dress the crowd. Thornton said the team's lack of prac tice time before Saturday might made the event more exciting for students. "Since the players don't know the system, we should see more individual skills," he said. "It should be more fun to watch the players." Two students also will have the op portunity to win two season tickets each to UNC men's basketball home games go 1515 U n 'safe space' pus people." Despite the relaxed and open atmo sphere, many lesbians still are appre hensive about attending the lunches. "I was as intimidated as fuck to go," the senior said. "But we're not scary." People must overcome stereotypes to overcome their fear of lesbians, Staley said. "People need to realize that we are not superdykes. We are just regular people, in your classes or from your hometown." Low attendance is partially due to a lack of publicity, participants said. "If more people found out about it, then heart and soul searching To test the merits of true love, Lucas throws his audience this dilemma: Rita and the strange old man somehow ex changed souls. And now the soul that Peter loves is in the body of a sickly old man. "In working with this play, I get drawn again and again to the marriage vows," said Ray Dooley , director of the PlayMakers production. "When we promise to love someone, 'for better or worse,' what does that mean?" Lucas' writing is reminiscent of fairy tales like "The Frog Prince" or "Beauty and the Beast" any allegory in which someone's soul is more important than pretty packaging. But Lucas throws in a few more snags what if your frog is dying? And if you originally had seen your frog in a CAA drawing. "They're not going to be lower deck, but they'll be decent seats," Thornton said. UNC joins the University of Ken- Fire blaze. Curtis Singleton, a Ridgefield resi dent, said about five fires had occurred in the past two years. Several residents speculated that the complex's poor con struction was to blame for the fire. Laura Harrison, a Ridgefield resi dent, said smoke detectors never went off. "I think it's housing's fault," said Ridgefield resident Rachel Davis. "It's probably bad construction or sockets." Harrison said she suspected faulty sockets were the cause of the fire. Sev eral residents complained recently to management that sockets had been re leasing sparks, she said. But Eliza Harrison, a Ridgefield resi dent, said new sockets were Installed Wednesday in the apartment where the fire broke out. Public Information Fire Marshall Joe Robertson said he could not confirm Alliance get Meadows said the interest in third parties has been low in the general pub lic because people are used to only two choices in politics. "It's human nature to want to stay with the choices that havev always been there." Perot might help the third-party im age, Meadows said. "The system needs to be opened up," she said. "That's one function that Ross Perot's party is do ing, and hop ully.it will motivate more of this type f action." SNAP hopes to do several activities this year to make the New Alliance Party and its ideas better known to the public, Toth said. The student-led organization's plans include holding fund-raisers, bringing Fulani to campus to speak, setting up an Carolina Students Voting for the 1 992 Exxon ACC Supreme Team will end on Sunday, November 1st. ' This year's ballot includes Tar Heel standouts Natrone Means, Corey Holliday Randall Parsons, and Tommy Thigpen, just to name a few. Ballots can be picked up and turned in at Tar Heel Textbooks on Franklin Street. Be sure to cast your votes this week for your favorite Carolina stars. jg2 (fOinlluck MSI1 Soccer TmM After this weekend's ACC Tournament, Mlilljll come down to Spring Gardenandenjoy lllIftTillDltall burgers' sandwiches, vntltf finest amber lager! for women more people would come," the first junior said. Posters advertising the lunches are often tom down or covered up within one to two days of posting, Staley said. This year, Lesbian Lunches has a core group of four or five women made up of B-GLAD members and others. In the past, it has had as many as 20 partici pants. So far, Lesbian Lunches has been a success for those involved. The first junior said, "It opened up my whole world, and I made a lot of really great friends." as a prince, could you still love him post-transformation? In classic fairy tale format, Peter and Rita undergo a dangerous adventure, but their love saves them, Dooley said. "Peter has to have faith," Dooley said, "and because of this faith, he is able to progress to a deeper understand ing of his love for Rita." The PlayMakers cast will feature Elizabeth Anderson as Rita and guest artists Ken Strong as Peter and Noble Shropshire as the old man. ' Previews run Thursday and Friday with opening night Saturday. Perfor mances continue through Nov. 22. Shows are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tick ets range in price from $8 to $19.50. Call 962-PLAY for more information. from page 1 tucky, Syracuse University, the Uni versity of Kansas and ACC rival Mary land in holding a "midnight madness" practice. from page 1 whether faulty sockets ignited the fire but added that the department would complete an investigation this week. "First, we try to eliminate all known causes cooking, TV, electrical cords," Robertson said. "Then we look at acci dental means, such as smoking." Robertson said he couldn't estimate damages and added that there was no evidence of arson. The two apartments bordering the one where the fire began might have experienced some smoke damage, Robertson said, but the fire was con tained before it could spread. Keita Marshall, a girl who lives next to the apartment that caught on fire, said she was in bed when it began. "I was in my bedroom when my Momma started hollering," Marshall said. "She said, 'Hurry up the house is on fire.' I thought we were going to die." from page 4 office on campus and getting a bulk subscription to the New Alliance news paper, so that everyone on campus could pick it up. SNAP also wants to recruit members by setting up tables on Franklin Street and in the Pit. Meadows said she hoped that during the next couple of years, more students would become aware of and involved with SNAP. She would like to see more debate on campus about national issues, different political parties and their plat forms. Even if people believe the New Alli ance Party is not for them. Meadows said she hoped they wquld take the time to be informed about the party, ask questions and think about its ideas. "That's what a democracy's all about." v.
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