Editor's Notes
I've always been afraid of jewels. Don't get me wrong, I love jewelry—cheap costume jewelry. Jewels, on the other hand are so small, expensive and irreplaceable. With my record for losing precious items, I have avoided them. My parents bought me a necklace with a diamond stud pendant for my 18th birthday and I didn't wear it for three years.
My friend Lindsey, however, loves anything extravagant, most of all jewels. She and I being at the opposite end of the financial spectrum, she has a hefty collection. She is the girl who goes to the mall just to browse the jewelry store and pick out her engagement ring, even though she's not actually dating anyone. At the beginning of the fall semester she came running up to me before class to show me her latest acquisition, a white gold band with a large square diamond that she was wearing on her right hand. She said she had always pictured herself engaged by this point in her life, and she was tired of waiting for a ring so she (read: her father) bought one for herself.
Right-hand diamonds are becoming more popular, as Dani Litt and Carla Woody examine in "Single and Sparkling" on page 13. Single women who are "tired of waiting for a ring" are making the big purchases themselves. The Diamond Trading Company, spent about 28 percent of its advertising dollars on the diamond right-hand rings in 2004 according to its Diamond Promotion Service Web site. Even married celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Debra Messing and Julia Roberts have been spotted with the finger candy. And with Catwoman telling independent, savvy, successful women to
"raise your righthand," it can be quite tempting,
even for gemophobics.
Misty Huber,
editor
Inside
3 Weekly choice
4 Manual Put a stop to the stink
5 Contact Sex in the City: Kiss and Tell
6 Notice Serenading Murphy Hall
8 Bite It's a grown-up tea party
11 Bitch + Moan With an extra scoop for Valentine's Day
13 Feature Stones for the single sisters
16 Venue Revolutionary history of the Gaslight Tavern
20 Movies, Music, Games Movie face-off, M83, Playboy: The Mansion
27 Speak Guys, pick up your crap. Ashley's coming in.
The Jayplayers//
EDITOR AKA QUEEN BEE Misty Huber
ASSOCIATE EDITOR HATES TAGLINES
Liz Beggs
CLERK GETS AROUND TOWN Meredith Desmond
DESIGNERS MAKE PRETTY PAGES
Emily Homer &
Joshua Kendall
BITE ALWAYS HAS THE MUNCHES
Winitta Fliorman
Maha Masud
Ania Winikka
CONTACT WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROBLEMS
Ashley Doyle
Samara Nazir
Erin Shipps
**MANUAL IS ACTUALLY USEFUL**
Donovan Atkinson
Leigh Ann Foskey
Lynn Hamilton
NOTICE TAXES NOT DUE IF
Robert Perkins
Paige Worthy
VENUE HAS THE BOOZE AND THE BEAT
Chris Brown
Mandy Hendrix
Ashley Michaels
COPY EDITOR HAS A RADIO VOICE
Jesse Truesdale
CREATIVE CONSULTANT ENROWS A LOT
Carol Holstead
Cover photo illustration:
Kit Leffler
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