The Lion’s Eye February 2, 2001 By BRETT STOPPER Staff Writer Every hour someone is the victim of a hate crime. Every day eight blacks, three whites, three gays, three Jews, and one Latino become victims. As you read this, someone could be victim- ized. This hate is exactly what MTV is protesting. For 17% hours, MTV broke away from its regular programming to honor the victims of hate crimes. A red box listed the names of hundreds of victims and ran continuously and without commercial interruptions. The event was a part of “Fight for Your Rights: Take a. Stand Against Discrimination,” which was a 1999 Emmy-winning effort, and MTV will now adopt it for the next year. The “Take a Stand” effort has ~ sparked a new responsibility for MTV. MTV regains some faith from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation who recognizes MTV’s efforts, and states MTV “has gotten back on track and taken responsibility for shaping the views of their audience with the new campaign.” Yet, isn’t MTV the same network that promotes artists like Eminem, who more than once has commented, vulgarly, on his homophobia. MTV has primarily been a source for teenagers to pick up the latest fash- ions, watch their favorite band’s video, as the artists do that thing they do PINIS Taking a stan against hate that their fans find so amazing. How far will some fans go in order to become closer to their favorite artists? Everyday at three o’clock in the afternoon turn on MTV and you'll see a thousand screaming, acting like rabid animals, in attempt to be on MTV’s Total Request Live. The fans that cannot make it to New York City either place the call or vote online for their favorite video as MTV calculates who is at the top of the charts for the day. For all the interest and time MTV’s audience puts into their programming, it’s about time they take responsibility for the children they allow to act as com- plete rejects and culture them on something serious. A little more than two weeks ago I turned on MTV, to get my afternoon dose of people acting like idiots. Instead what I saw was a red box, con- taining text on horrible violent acts people committed, for reasons of dis- crimination against race, sexual pref- erence, or religious beliefs. I thought this was awesome, for once MTV wasn’t glorifying its usual crowd of rejects, but instead MTV made an attempt to educate them on the negative actions people make. This seriousness captivated me for more than two hours, and later inspired me to write this article. If you have no idea what the “Fight for Your Rights” program is you can log on to www.MTV.com where the program will run all year long. A Comic look swarming teenagers rd 8 ® ES -. : hu No thanks, 1 quit. Wow! They must have spent hours back then, painting everything black and white like that! Courtesy of www.4allfree.com Lion’s Eye staff writer Adam Wojciechowicz asked students at Penn State Delco: | What do you think of the campus bookstore? “Book [prices] are extremely too high.” Tennille Williams HDFS, junior “IThe] candy is good; their workers are nice.” Lion's Eye Poll Sheree Murphy HDFS, junior " “They should sell cigarettes, there’s no where on campus to get them ... prices suck too.” Jared Lewis Liberal Arts, freshman “They’re fair, need to come down some — that’s the main thing.” [but] prices Noble.” Faith Barnes IST, Sophomore “I don’t think it’s their fault. If they bought the books back, back more often.” they could lower prices.” Jason Sexton Business, junior “The service is ‘good, since they get paid by Barnes and Faith Santos English, freshman The Lion’s Eye Vol. XXXIII, No. 1 February 2, 2001 Penn State University, Delaware County campus EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Anteia Consorto ASSISTANT EDITOR Adam Wojciechowicz PRODUCTION EDITOR Aimee Stone “Th Id b d book ey cou uyused boo STAFF Connie Ringgold, Stephen Watson, Danielle Rossi, Brent Foote, Anthony Kozlowski, Kate MacNeill, Stacey Lawrence, Kathy Smith, Joe Crisafulli IV, Brett Stopper. Brian Base Engineering, sophomore Advisor —- Lyn A.E. McCafferty The Lion’s Eye is published monthly during the academic year by the student of the Delaware . County Campus. Submissions are welcome from all students, faculty and staff. Material must be typed, double spaces and submitted in the Lion’s Eye mailbox on the first floor of the Main building. “The prices aren’t that bad, really. You learn something [from the books] anyway.” Julie Uhlein The Lion’s Eye is funded by the SGA and the Student Activity Fee. Elem. ED, sophomore
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