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What women want: Sex, a defense of the female libido

What women want: Sex, a defense of the female libido

I know a female whose boyfriend, whenever they amicably bicker, threatens to cut off sex. "How foolish," she says, "for him to start that standoff with me." "Egad!" I say to that, "From whence hath come this ridonculous idea that women don't want sex??" Seriously, people.

NEWS | 04/28/2004

Houseparties questions answered

If you accept someone's early invitation, then start hooking up with someone else . . .Although you'd prefer to go with your new flame, you cannot because you must be respectful of the person whose invitation you already accepted . . . but you can still sneak over to your new girl or guy's room after your date is safely home.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

Say 'Bon Voyage' to Rappenau's sinking ship

Writer-Director Jean-Paul Rappen-au ("Le Hussard sur le toit" and "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1990)) has proven with his latest film, "Bon Voyage," that the language of production alone cannot save a picture from dreadfully trite screenwriting, poor acting, obnoxious cinematography and vapid characters.Though French films, or at least those exported to the United States, do achieve a higher level of sophistication than their Southern Californian counterparts, Rappenau and his motley cast teach us the intellectual poverty of such stereotypes."Bon Voyage" opens on the life of a superficial French film star Viviane Denvers (Isabelle Adjani of "Monsieur Ibrahim") sleeping her way up the ranks of World War II France.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

Semester on the high seas: Detwiler's maritime adventure

While most of my classmates were studying under the ivy of Princeton, I spent my fall semester sailing around Baja, Mexico on a semester-at-sea program with the Sea Education Association (S.E.A.). I had never sailed before, but it took little to convince me to give it a try.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

Sullivan '04's 'Playing in the Dark' tests the mainstream

"Playing in the Dark," Khalil Sullivan '04's brainchild and thesis production, aims straight for the conscience, as well as the heart.With a unique theatrical technique, a stirring script and convincing performances by the cast, "Playing in the Dark" pushes its audience members to recognize the way they hide behind the performances they constantly put on for the people around them."Performance doesn't just take place on a stage," Sullivan said.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

Sympoh to break it down in Frist Theatre

Want to try something fun? Stand on your hands. Like you did when you were a kid. That's right, on your hands.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

'King John': The play's the thing

Walking around campus on a lovely evening this week, one might look up, stop short and wonder, "Why are there costumed students sword-fighting in the middle of East Pyne courtyard?" No, it isn't a language class gone mad.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

Muzak to my ears: A local study

The most disturbing thing about muzak is that it doesn't happen by chance. Thousands of people ? recording artists, producers, marketers, corporate decision-makers, delivery people, electricians, mid-level functionaries and on and on, a whole world in six degrees ? have lived their lives in part so you can hear that desolate, familiar music while purchasing shampoo.

NEWS | 04/21/2004

A tree grows in Princeton: Campus magnolias in bloom

On the walls of the Frist campus center a quote in large grey letters reads, "No life is well-rounded without the subtle inspiration of beauty.

NEWS | 04/14/2004

Campus theater critic rethinks his mumbling and grumbling

If you didn't read my most recent column, I spent most of it griping about the preponderance of mediocre theater (and mediocre art) on Princeton's campus.Obviously, this is just the opinion of one person; beauty?or, rather, the quality of art?as subjectively defined as it is, truly is in the eye of the beholder.

NEWS | 04/14/2004

The implications of AIM emoticons

There is not a more common sound heard in a Princeton quad (other than perhaps the beeping of an alarm clock) than the well known AIM noise.

NEWS | 04/14/2004

Ivy and Cottage clubs hold first annual Passover Seder

"Baruch atah . . . Elohaynu, melech ha'olam . . ."The recitation of Hebrew is not a common practice during dinner at The Ivy Club, but, then again, this wasn't any other meal.

NEWS | 04/14/2004

Firestone staff deals with aftermath

After walking through the construction overtaking Firestone Library's façade, I noted yet another library anomaly.

NEWS | 04/14/2004

A People in Sexile

Sex is traditionally a partner sport; more than two is too many. Unfortunately, there are probably fewer singles on this campus than people who are getting any (not definitely, probably ? let's not flatter ourselves, here), leaving the remaining single-less, hookup-ful students in a bit of a conundrum: how to get some while neither violating the dyadic essence of sex nor being expelled.

NEWS | 04/14/2004

Sanger labels Whitney Biennial 'intergenerational dialogue'

Continuing a tradition, the Whitney Museum of American Art recently launched its 2004 Biennial Program.

NEWS | 04/14/2004

Students, professors pick functional frames over trendy specs

Glasses. Those simple little objects that magically clarify the world of the nearsighted and farsighted alike.

NEWS | 04/14/2004

Life is a 'Cabaret': See it this weekend

When I volunteered to do an "interactive" preview of "Cabaret," one that would involve not merely watching a run-through, but actually rehearsing a dance with the cast, I was but an innocent "Cabaret" virgin.

NEWS | 04/14/2004

Jane Austen's Pride following

I knew I had stumbled upon some sort of undocumented social phenomena when, in my writing seminar last semester, my innocent comment about how men should be more like Mr. Darcy met exclamations of "Mr. Darcy!", "I love him!" and "I love 'Pride and Prejudice'!", etc., while the male population stared bemusedly ? one asked, "Who's Mr. Darcy?".In the males' defense, that question is harder to answer than one might expect.

NEWS | 04/07/2004

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