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Friday, April 1, 1994
Easter Bu:
By BRIAN GARLAND
Assistant Carolina! Editor
Those Cadbury TV commercials wit!
and the eggs make modern Easter symfc
nocent and sweet.
If they only knew how PG-rated the s
Kevin Lewis, professor in the religious
partment, said he has found out what ai
tice and myth pictured rabbits and egg
"We want to celebrate Easter and ma]
? children," Lewis said. "But there's notl
history and myth about the Easter Bun
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nuwever, ne saiu, in an ana general j
ferent cultures have pictured rabbits
creatures.
"Throughout history, rabbits have be<
of fertility, fecundity and lust," he said,
bear the symbolism."
Milla's Divii
By LUPE EYDE *
Staff Writer
% "The Divine Comedy" is the debut
album byMillaJovovich, a 17-year-old
model from Eastern Europe who began
modeling when she was 12.
If you don't recognize her name,
.you surely will her face because it's
been everywhere, from Almay commercials
to movies to magazines. And
now, she wants to be recognized for
more: her music.
Milla's music is impressive for her
first time out. She writes her own poetry/lyrics,
sings in a voice that sounds
far more mature than her age, and in^
corporates music from her culture
with a variety ot instruments. For this,
Rolling Stone gave her album threeand-a-half
stars, and deservedly so, because
unlike your typical model, she
aspires to be seen for more than her
body and looks.
This is a gutsy thing, since we all
know how the public reacts to models
becoming actresses, musicians,
artists, etc. But in 'The Divine Comedy,"
Milla's not afraid to bare her
mind and soul. In the album's first
track, "The Alien Song (for those who
% Gin Blossom
By ANGIE CAMPBELL
Staff Writer
With all of the Counting Crows, Lemoi
Smashing Pumpkins out there, it was or
of time before a band named Gin Bloss<
scene.
Their album, "New Miserable Experie
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ymbols are. hoi has joined in with Christia
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ncient prac- credness in the ancient cultu
s. China, Finland and South Am*
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ny." he said. "The egg in its 'eggne:
iractice, dif- dering of creatures. It's some
as "horny" fore anything else."
However thp rhrictiont nrl
in a symbol en came before the egg, were
"Rabbits do eggs better than rabbits," Lew
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listen)," she is the alien, which is the
way she felt at 12, made up and
dressed up as a child sex symbol. H
Even though I give Milla a thumbs
up for her project, I have mixed feelings
about the actual music. Don't get
me wrong. It's very pretty, mystical,
filled with acoustic guitars, a lot, and
I mean A LOT of keyboards, and an
occasional violin or oboe.
The whole album sounds very orchestrated.
Her voice is very pretty, a
bit esoteric, like Kate Bush's, and accented
like Sarah McLaughlan's. The
only problem is that all of these elements
combine to make really good jlj
music to sleep to. I had a hard time
listening all the way through to the
end, and then stay awake long
enough to write this review.
However, don't be surprised if you
hear Milla on your local alternative radio
station (which Columbia doesn't
have, not counting WUSC), or if you ^
see a video on MTV by this beauty. B
Her nrsi single win probably be either
"Gentlemen Who Fell," "It's Your Life"
or "Bang Your Head," since they're
the liveliest ones on the whole album.
s hit scene wi
tually a refreshing change to t
music making its way across
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iheads and and ?Found 0ut t You,"
ly a matter phenomenal amounts of airtii
jms hit the actually such songs as "Allisoi
Fall Away" that give this albun
nee," is ac- The Gin Blossoms seem to
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t, small white rabbits Jesus in the tomb, he said. The hatching represents
le Virgin Mary sitting his resurrection from the dead.
Lewis said Easter corresponded in time with paed
over lust," Lewis gan spring festivals, so cohesion occurred between
itesy thing. This sym- them.
in culture. "About three or four centuries ago, the new year
}f symbolism and sa- began about now," he said. "In all previous civires
o EgyPL Persia, iizations, there were ceremonies to usher in the
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nths of creation and newyear' Faster is in the long scheme of things a
things came to be," ?reeting of the newyear."
ss' precedes the gen- Lewis said Christianity took up local traditions
rhino that ramp he. ^ festivals and "Christianized" them to gain con
verts, though the Easter bunny and eggs have lost
10 believe the chick- their religious meaning over the centuries,
able to "Christianize "It's to make Easter a happy occasion for the
is said. kids," he said. "And Easter should be a happy octs
the resting soul of casion, so why not?"
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he hardcore grunge ence that add a certain sensitivity to each song,
college campuses. Some are serious. Some are lively. Yet, they all coms
are "Hey Jealousy" bine to create a memorable listening experience,
which both receive No doubt about it, "New Miserable Experience"
tie on the radio, it is is a gentler, more successful attempt by a band to
1 Road" and "Until I express itself through music. Be sure to keep an ear
i its backbone. out for the Gin Blossoms. They are sure to be the
use real-life experi- next best thing since the Lemonheads.
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Saturday, April 9
Jeta Alpha Psi, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
nic at Sesquicentennial Park. Cai
dress. Call 544-0396 for more initiation.
Monday, April 11
Housing signup for men and
men wanting same room in same
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0 p.m., RH Ballroom C. Call 77713
for more information.
fliesday, April 12
Housing signup for men and
men wanting different room in
le non-apartment building, 8 a.m.
5:30 p.m., RH Ballroom C. Call
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Wednesday, April 13
What Can I Do With a Major in..
lilosophy?" 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
mbrell 152.
leta Alpha Psi social, 5:30 p.m., folded
by meeting at Ernst and Young
ill Devonshire Drive) at 6 p.m.
pic is "Stress in the Workplace."
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Thursday, April 14
lousing signup for women wantidifferent
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8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., RH Ballmis
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lousing signup lor men wanting
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m. to 3:45 p.m., RH Ballrooms B
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Beta Alpha Psi, 7 p.m., visit to Epworth
Children's Home. Casual dress.
Call 544-0396 for more information. I
First Annual Casino Night to bene- difl
fit the Ronald McDonald House and 8 a
the American Cancer Society. Area anc
businesses have donated prizes. 7 ma
p.m. to 11 p.m. at the National Guard I
Armory on Bluff Road. Tickets go on Mai
sale April 5 and 6 on Greene Street Blvi
and April 7 at the Russell House Patio al c
for $10. Also, call 544-3726 to pur- fori
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