Condom crusaders wage war against campus machines By Michael Fibison ■ The Reporter Mankato State U. A militant group of self-proclaimed “Christian-minded’’ students calling themselves Students Against Sin waged a crusade against condom vending machines at Mankato State U. G&B Vending Inc. owner Gerry Erickson discovered knobs missing on a sabotaged condom machine at the stu dent union and an inscription banning the machines etched into the side. Erickson said he also received a letter from SAS condemning the machines and vowing not to follow “the long drawn-out legal procedures and red tape to have these vending machines removed from campus." Briefly stated SGAs network across the globe ... Geography and culture soon may be irrelevant for student leaders trying to communicate worldwide thanks to a new global electronic Student Government Association mail net work developed in May at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. For about $10 a month, more than 150 institutions currently have instant access to mail discussion, archives and a global directory of other student governments. Kurt Jagar,amemberof an independent student government asaoriation at theU. of Stutgart in Germany, said he thinks the future of SGANet might help prevent such occurrences as the massacre in Beijing last year. Ib participate in SGANet, Brian McConnell, coordinator of Virginia Itch's network, said students may obtain a CompuServe account by railing 1-800-848-8990. a Oliver Mbit, ColUgiate Tima,Virginia Tbdi Sexist Continued from page 1 the French word for “thin” was illustrat ed by a shot of a woman in a half T-shirt. “The image struck me so powerfully," Blackmer said. “They were exploiting her body. She was a body, not a person. It became really difficult to concentrate on the videos.” In lesson 11, Blackmer said students were shown a man trying to pick up a pretty woman in a park. On the follow ing exam, the students in Blackmer’s class were required to repeat the lines of the male pick-up artist. “I was really uncomfortable with the fear and the violence that is implicit in something like that,” she said. Amherst French Professors Aida Nawar and Paul Rockwell agreed that elements of the program are offensive but said the program is an “excellent” teaching tool. Nawar said she intends to use por tions of the program, but will use only those which contain no sexist elements. “I don’t think anyone can deny that there are things that might be offen sive,’ Nawar 3aid, adding that she has been made uncomfortable by at least one close-up shot of a woman’s chest. “Most texts are truly objectionable," said Marie-H£lfcne Huet, chairwoman of the French department, adding, “I refuse to teach anything that is objec tionable to anyone." Instead, they decided to take overt action. The letter stated, “We will stop at nothing to sabotage these machines and prevent them from working." They also claimed to have the machine keys and threatened to steal the merchandise. The condom-condemning crusaders said it is their duty to prevent the sins of premarital and extramarital sex by ndding MSU of its condom dispensers. “If these condoms were not available to the youth of our society, they would not be tempted to follow the path of Satan toward sexual misconduct," the letter stated. The actions of the group have worried Michael Hodapp, assistant director of the student union. “I don’t know how you stop something like that,' Hodapp said. If the machines am not removed from campus, SAS vowed to continue their “active and militant" stance against the dispensers. Erickson expressed his disappoint ment. "I thought we were doing a ser vice,’ he said. His company is the second to brave the MSU campus after the first vendor was forced by costly vandalism to remove his machines. Erickson estimated his cost at about $200. He speculated that the group must have used tools such as a chisel and ham mer to break the knobs off of the machines. Erickson said he questions the “Christianity" of the group because they are destroying property OCr-nW ROGfR lUTfYK. tHf OAJtY H-UW U Of IllWOlS There’s an IBM PS/2 made for every When you said you wanted an affordable computer, we listened. And we responded. So, as a college student, mem ber of the faculty or staff you can now get an IBM Personal Svstein/2® Selected Academic Solution at a special price* You’ll find that all the PS/2 Selected Academic Solu tions have preloaded DOS 4.0 and Microsoft Windows’" 10, a color display and a mouse. Some selected models are preloaded with Microsoft Word for Windows'"** and Excel'"** to help you create impressive papers, graphics and spreadsheets. Also, great tools like a notepad, calen dar and cardfile are provided. 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