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PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
GAYLE MORRIS SWEETLAND
EDITOR
FRANCES HUFFMAN
BONNIE DATT CHATHAM COLLEGE '93
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
WRAP/MUSIC EDITOR
WALP MUSIC EDITOR
GLENN MCDONald  MICHIGAN STATE U. '94
ART DIRECTOR
ASSISTANT EDITORS
TRICIA LAINE COLORADO STATE U. '95
ROBERT MANKER EASTERN ILINOIS U. '95
SHAD POWERS MICHIGAN STATE U. '95
REACH RUSH BUCKNELL U. '95
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U. VIEWS / The Campus Dialogue
U. NEWS / Pretty Sneaky, Sis
3 U. Mail, editorial cartoon and nasty names for your "thingy."
QUICKIES / Our Concession to Your Attention Span
PLEASE RECYCLE U.
6 Lively campus anecdotes individually wrapped for freshness.
8 The Buzz, Byte Me, U. Lose, 15 Minutes and oh-so-much more.
U. LIFE / Lawyer's Salary, Please
The once time-honored tradition of mascot stealing has gone the way of the dodo. Harsh penalties are preventing students from pilfering lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!
12 In-Play / Raiders of the Lost Art
12 Dollars / Nifty Thrifty Gifties
Care enough to send the very best, but can't afford to? No problem. U.Magazine has the solution to all your holiday shopping needs in our guide to cheap gifts. And we mean cheap Wow! Thanks for the origami, dude.
13 Class / The King and IQ
13 Etc. / Greek Tragedies
There's a velvet picture of him in your living room at home. His face is on your record albums, your commemorative plates and your stamps. And now, he's in your classroom. He's the king of rock and roll. No, not Jon Secada, Elvis Presley.
Should fraternities and campus organizations be responsible for deaths and accidents at their functions? It's hard for fraternities to tell. With unclear guidelines and confusing court rulings, it's all Greek to them.
17 OffBeat / The Dead Will Never Die
Collegiate Deadheads realize it may be time to move on now that the illustrious career of the Grateful Dead is in jeopardy. How are Jerry's kids coping with the emptiness in their lives? Some may try to fill the void by going Phishing.
21 Pop / Dumb and Dumber
Married... With Children, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Beavis and Butt-head aren't high-brow entertainment, but they are like potato chips. You know they're bad for you, but you can't stop watching 'em. It's a complete loss of remote control.
FEATURES / The Wacky Doctor's Game
COVER STORY
14 Let Us Entertain U.
Some schools get to see Pearl Jam and Blues Traveler. Other schools get pan flute master Zamfir and some guy playing spoons. You can thank or blame your student programming board.
1G Blood Brothers
Quentin Tarantino is back, ina delightful Christmas movie. It doesn't have all the caroling and chestnuts one might expect from a holiday special, but it does have the vampires and the killing
18 Rock
19 Reel
The seven deadly songs. U.Magazine offers up the top seven college rock albums of all time, plus our U. radio chart.
Matthew Modine and Geena Davis star in Cutthroat Island plus get in the act with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Woody Allen's new one.
20 Contests!
Wanna win big money? Turn to the contests page right now!
WRAP / Drive Reckless! Take Chances!
22 A Christmas Wish
How to handle the holidays, plus Double Take and Strip Tease.
23 Holiday Gift Wish List
U. Magazine's annual survey of what students really want this year. "All I want for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza is peace on Earth... and Antonio Banderas... dipped in chocolate. Oh please, oh please."
GUEST EXPERT / Torry the Traffic Guy
We searched far and wide this month for a guest expert we could call "friend." Someone we could count on. Someone who would gladly stand in front of a bus for us (or inadvertently usher us into its path). Torry Osby, crosswalk operations manager at our U.Magazine Los Angeles headquarters, holds up traffic to offer his insight on myriad collegiate topics of interest. Let's take a ride with Torry the Traffic Guy, shall we?
Best of brain rot. Page 21
Alcohol gets trashed. Page 8
December 1995
GUEST EXPERT PHOTOS BY FRANCES HUFFMAN
Have music, will travel. Page 14
Campus Shots
A happy reveler at Michigan State U.'s gay pride march.
A little more rouge under the cheekbones, Eddle.
The secret is blending.
PHOTO BY JEN BRUNO, MICHIGAN STATE U.