VOLUME10 - ISSUE 3
f EBRUARY 6, 2002
UNIVERSin' COLLEGE Of THE FRASERVALLEY'SSTUDENTNEWSPAPER
B.REAKIN'G HE~RTS (ANDMIN1>S)SINCE1993
WHAT IS LOVE? By Beth Kelleher'
/\s the red heart season is once again upon us. thousands of couples embrnce rommllicism • and each other - stuking their claim on one of the most powerful words of all lime: LOVE.
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Shiny red balloons, skyrocketing lacy underwear and silk boxer sales, expensive chocolates. and the faint smell of red roses rule the air. Blushing beau' bustle by clutching cushioned boxes from Tiffanics. A sensitive kiss, a soulful exchange. a passionate day - or week, or month • of lust and indulgence the pre-cursor to thousands of November babies... . But before you give your heart away in three siinple words,- "I kwe you" - whether tu a lover, a dream, .in ideal or directly lo romanticism itself. cunsi<ler for a moment the meaning of your whispered words ...
Phileo love describes the affection between family members and close friends. It encircles the emotional devotion of one human being to another. regardless of gender, age, and sexuality. It is what allows us to love our parents. siblings tt n d friends . According to the K i 11 g
J cl 111 e S B i b I e Lexicon, to philco is "tu approve of, like, welcome, sanction, treat affectionately. and befriend." Phile(1 is the most prevalent word l'or love during the apostolic age and is understood lo be heart love. 11 is seen in 1he name. Philadelphia (brotherly love) and is the mo~t openly embraeetl due its inherent safety and apparent wholen e ~ s.
The ancients Greeks had three words thut all trnnslate tu the Modern English definition or love. Eros - root of the English worll "erotic" - is sexual love, which is the least frequently referm.l 10 aspect of l()ve in truditional scholarship, yet the most common association with the word "love" today. '!'his form of love is fulfilled through physical contact and passionately expres5ed desire to please a11dbe plcasctl between a man and woman - or beyond the marriage bed in homosexual relationships. The Greeks were known for both their elaborate pcr~pt:cti vc of sexuality and their cxploiiati vc Lise of nearly every are,1nf their lives from the tutor / student relationship-. perpc1unted by their unquenchable thirst for knowledge, to their al 1-encompussing belief in the world of human-like, meddling go<ls - l'or their own sensual gain. Ever wontler
According lo 1·ccorlling artist, Toby Keenun. "Back in the 70's, the word was ,1bused, but I refuse to let Love be diluled; you rnn't allow the meaning of life to be misused." /\gape. or unconditional love;, is arguably the noblest and most sought .1f'ter.William
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
from? Throughout history, sexunl love hos ascentled and descended from a god-like pinnacle.
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BEAUTIFUL MIND" REVIEWED PAGE 9
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SEX COLUMN BACKIN ACTION PAGE11
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CASCADES TAKECOURT PAGE 12