A random check of the magazine rack in the Behr end library reveals a number of magazines such as the American Socio logical Review, the highly regarded but seldom read Atlantic Monthly, the Phi Beta Kappan, and the American Mathematical Monthly--all of which are slowly gathering dust. Such maagazines as these are valuable to the student in writing term papars or as supplementary reading for some course, but they're just not the type of magazine that cause riots at the magazine stands. It seems to me that there are a dearth of magazines in our library which students really enjoy reading. However, the male students at Behrend are not only deprived of the kind of magazine reading material they enjoy, but also have a most unfortunate 5:1 ratio of male students to coeds to contend with. The Behrend Campus man who isn't highly extroverted and who views walking up to some strange girl as some sort of a threat has a real problem. His romantic pleasures must be obtained vicariously. Fortunately a man named Hugh Hefner has come along with the answer to both our problems --Playboy magazine, which at times is intellectual, is always enter taining, and would give a surfeit of vicarious kicks to even the most deprived. A library without Playboy is like an egg without salt--pretty darn flat (see "Don't Cry over Spilled Salt", p. 3). In order to raise our library above the "pretty darn flat" level, I feel it would be a goad idea to have a Playboy Magazine Subscription Fund Raising Campaign. Certainly the $B.OO necessary for a one year subscription could be raised and if as much as $l5O could be donated, the Behrend Library could get a life- time subscription with the first issue to be delivered by a Playmate or Bunny, which would be enough to make anyone forget that malicious 5:1 for a while. At first blush it seems that Playboy would be the answer to all problems, but there is one thing that may be worrying some of the assiduous studiers on campus who demand quiet--what about all the 'EDITORIAL noise and paper rattling that will take place as the ultra-fine gatefold is unfolded. That is easily answered. Take the staples out of the poor girl's navel, frame the gatefold, and display it in some prominent soot. Like in the hall in the lEbrary; this would obviate the supposed necessity for those ridiculous art exhibits. Or on the back wall of Mrs. Falkenhagen's Speech classroom; this would keep the speaker from looking out the window. Or in Culbertson Lounge. Or somewhere. At any rate, Vive la Playboy: and how about a fund drive, -8777-7- The student body voted overwhelmingly in support of the Behrend Campus Development Fund Drive to donate to the fund rather than the class gift. Students have pledged more than $407.50 and thus far more than $111.50 has been collected. According to Steve Fine 70% of the student body has been contacted to date. Don't forget the Fund-Drive Jammy that is being held tonight in Erie Hall. Dance, dance, dance to the music of the SENSATIONS. Tickets are $.50 and all proceeds of course go into the fund drive. Help the drive go over the top--support the drive for a bigger and better Behrend. * * * * * * * * * * Editor Bill Barney Assistant Editor . . . . Denny Conley Reporters Typists . FUND DRIVE .Gae Baker Ruth Brown Bob Dean Carol DeArment Dave Pascale Jan Kudlak .Kathie Horsman Jan Puzar Nancy Rentja Karen Schutte
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