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.
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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