Principles of Desire

By Sara Upton Cheif of Staff

esire, it seems, blows in with the cold. Body heat is currently at such a high premium on campus, the quest for booty has reached endemnic proportions. Everywhere, women are turned into pubescent girls smiling coyly at boys, boys still being boys are still drooling at the girls. Everyone thinking about, talking about and just wanting, "play".

"Hey Matt. will you teach me how to play squash?"
"Sure, why?"
" Two words...Gaaaaail Davieeeeeee. Oh yeah."

More choice conversations of the like are abound; in the gym, in the library, everywhere. Desire driving us to distraction and it's become so pervasive that its a laughing matter. You can go up to anyone right now and ask "So, are you gonna get LAID tonight?" and without so much as batting an eyelid, he/she will give you a straight answer. But I'm wondering if people really are just looking for a piece of meat. Or are those hungry looks actually hankering for a more visceral experience of "togetherness"? Is romance really dead? Two of the articles in this issue examine what love/ companionship mean for us today. Do the terms romance and love bear the same implications they did ten, twenty, or a hundred years ago? I invite you to ponder this question while I and the rest of the singles staff members hit the local watering hole.

Also, if you're wanting a concrete answer to the question "Is romance dead?" some have said yes, it is, and Rob is the cause.

latah.