24 October, 2002

The State of the Date: top ten things you need to know before you try too much in or expect too much from the heterosexual and largely nonexistent wildcat playing field by Emily Drew

I was born and raised in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, a farming community of 600 people, where everyone knew everyone else and everyone else's parents, birthdays, and life history. Dating for me wasn't really an option until I could drive and explore new communities where my cousins weren't the best looking guys around.

The Symposium Revisited: a dialogue on intimacy at Davidson by Kristy Marynak and Ara Dileepan

Kristy: That toolshed Philip "I'm a Libertas editor" Sasser called my room the "psycho ward for four counties."
Ara: Well, duh, Kristy. I mean, you light candles and incense and listen to the Tori DiFranco Girls while you spoon with your friends and talk about your hearts and feelings and ovarian nonsense. How many reasonable people do you think like that kind of thing?


Fraternal Intimacy: what it means to be close on the Court by Jeff Donowitz

What you get when you join a fraternity at our school is a right to, at any time, enter into a thriving forum on Davidson.


The Forbidden Fruit: the taboo of desire for a Davidson homosexual by John Fry

When I admit I desire, I admit I need: instantly, I am naked to those who can give or usurp what I desire.


The Interview: Georgia's thoughts on campus coexistence by Lamar Clarkson

Lamar: What are your general impressions of intimacy between students at Davidson? What do you see going well or going badly?
Georgia: This school is so small, and there tends to be pressure on people if they do try to reach out and be intimate with someone, and maybe they're not sure they want this to be public or committed or anything more than an experiment.


The C.M.A.* Index

*campus mental atmosphere