Page 10 - The Hehrend College Collegia. l ! - Thursday. April 16. 1998 Jerry Springer and South Park become college traditions by Kristin Schmid Ol lit u nil I Talk shows and cartoons have become a way ol life lor some here on campus. Manv have be come obsessed with watching Jerry Springer and/or South Park. Students have been known to schedule classes around their TV habits. While this is extreme, many will slop whatever they are doing to watch the transvestites on Jerry Springer or watch South Park to discover the identity of Erie Cartman's father. If one goes into Bruno's on any w eekday be tween 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. it is very likely you will hnd students watching Jerry Springer. There are always tables full of students laughing at the outrageous things on the show. Everyone seems to love watching it; all of the fistfights. shoe throwing and intensity keeps their eyes glued to the tube. For some reason students delight in all the men who used to he women and women who photo courtesy ot Mark Ptuchinsky The Ike McCoy Band will be one of the many groups performing at this year’s Spring Fever on Friday, April 24, in the Apartment Quad starting at 3:00 pm. Also performing are Bitter Delores and The Nixon Clocks. Spring Fever is being sponsored by Lion Ambassadors, Panhellenic Council, Inter-Fraternity Council, Joint Residence Council, Commuter Council, Residence Life, Housing and Food Services, and Human Relations Programming Council. Full article in next week’s Collegian. used to be men. Some students will skip classes when the show sounds more exciting than usual. Jerry Springer has certainly found a way to com mand the attention of today's students. Another show that has a firm grip on our cam “South Park is a great show, it is in the worst taste and I love it!” pus is South Park. There are certain students who will search for a place to watch South Park to see how Kenny will die or find out Cartman's true father. There must have been many a dis appointed viewer on April Ist when his father was not reveled as everyone expected. These Kelly Warden, 02. DUS Features two shows have found a to get students watching with sheer craziness. The shows are crude but amusing with many topics that are truly bizarre. While many students love the shows there are a few who do not find them as amusing. "I think they arc repulsive. I wouldn’t want my children to watch," says Alicyn Haney. 02 Plas tics. However, some students take the poor taste exhibited by these shows with a lighter stride. Sheila Rivera, 02 Geoscience, says about Jerry Springer “I love to watch it because of all the fights. I think it’s very funny.” Another student, Kelly Warden, 02 DUS, comments: “South Park is a great show, it is in the worst taste and I love it!" Even though there is a clear distinction between students who enjoy South Park and Jerry Springer and those who do not, people are still filling the lobbies and crowding into dorm rooms in an at tempt to watch these TV shows. ftgy* Enjoy a helpful arid He CUmp rewaidinn summer at Camp It SUSSEX Sussex which h located in I the beautiful mountains of * northern New Jersey and is JLjfly about one hour from New ■■eHHHHHHHMbmm York City. We need M/P counselors, Head pioneering, social worker, LPN/RN/S Indent Nurse, Jewish Cultural prepram. Salaries arc attractive! Please call lor mote information or write to: Camp Sussex 33 Blatherwick Dr. Berlin, N.J. 08009 Phone (009) 753-9265 or (718) 261-8700 E-mail-Cardyl @AOL.co.m ACROSS 1 Splice film 5 Actress O'Neal 10 Pound to a pulp 14 Greek letter 15 Guam’s capital 16 Region 17 Used leeches 18 Like sailor's stories 19 Dyeing vat 20 Like-minded 22 Discontinue 23 Jesse, the Olympian 24 __ Alamos, NM 25 String quartet member 28 Hebrew prayer 32 Declarations 36 Killer whale 37 Bub 38 Gather intelligence 40 Atmosphere 41 Carson's predecessor 43 Pirates Hall-of- Famer 45 Scratched deeply 47 Showering 48 Busy bug 49 Caddy’s hangout 52 Caribbean island 55 Try for a point after 59 Singer Tennille 60 Use a scale 61 Waste time 62 Leave out 63 When actors enter 64 "Hud" co-star 65 Favorites 66 Struck with a bent leg 67 Stare open-mouthed DOWN 1 Recedes 2 Sub shop 3 List component 4 Future frog 5 Sample 6 Once more 7 After-shower All rights reserved powders 8 Do-others separator 9 Has permission 10 Gets by with less 11 Operatic solo 12 Visualizes 13 Tortoise's rival 21 Symbol of achievement 22 Mass, cape 24 Surgeon's cutter 25 Seductive women 26 Jacob's father 27 Academy Award 28 Furrow (brows) 29 Teheran resident 30 Descendant 31 Belafonte or Houdini 33 Plains shelter 34 Latin "ditto" 35 Mine vein 39 Mockery 42 Hares' kin answers on next page 44 babbling 46 Green soup 49 Arcing tee shot 50 The , the Netherlands 51 Had longings 52 On 53 I rattan capital 54 Modular piece 55 Actor Sean 56 Notion 57 Talon 58 Seaweed 60 Asian frying pan
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