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By Scott WHieonib
Penthouse magazine, the leader in newsstand sales of
men's rr.'-azir.es, primarily is run by women, the msns
zine'a vice president-director of advertising said Thursday,
Marianne Howatson, who his been with Penthouse
for six years, said at a press conference in the Lincoln
I Elton Hotel that the msgasine has only two men employ
ed in the sales office.
The editor and publisher of Penthouse are men, she
said, but the rest or the executive positions are filed by
women. She added that she "actively goes after women
to fill vacsnt positions on the advertising staff.
Howatson, a native of Scotland, said the advertisers
try to stress newsstand sales, which account for 93 per
cent of total Penthouse sales.
She said current newsstand sales of Penthouse range
from four and one-half million to five million copies a
month, sometimes overselling its closest competitor,
Pkyhoy by as much as one million copies.
Howatson said Penthouse's appeal is that it is a maga
zine of the 1970s. '
Penthouse is up with the times," she said. 4We have
much more current pictorials and editorials (than other
men's magazines."
Howatson said the publicity surrounding the lawsuit
against Hustler magazine, published by Larry Flynt
has increased Penthouse sales.
Flynt was convicted of violating community obscen
ity standards in Columbus, Ohio, with his magazine.
She said the publicity of the obscenity in Hustler
"makes Penthouse look much classier."
However, she said the stereotype of obscenities in
men's magazines have caused problems for Penthouse
in small communities.
"It is difficult for a national publisher, especially when
a particular community can censor the magazine,"
Howatson said local sheriffs or officials of commun
ities sometimes have outlawed Penthouse from news
stands, but said the magazine has won all legal cases
concerning its distribution.
Sis also said that women sometimes have protested
the distribution of the magazine.
Some women have demonstrated in front of the
building (headquartered in New York). It is a question of
who is being exploited. There are much mot sinister
connotations these days of what you can and cannot
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She said that despite letters from irate women, tent'
house wi2 not change its format in the future.
"We feel we axe doing ssnuthirg right," Howatson
said, referring to Penthouse sales. "We dont feel there is
any need to change our formula."
She said most of the letters to the editor commenting
on the magazine's policies are "usually written in praise"
and that the letters all are valid.
Howatson said an investigative reporter once tried to
see if all the letters were valid and "he found that they
were 100 per cent genuine.
"He was shocked at some of the letters he saw come
through our mail room," she said of the reporter. "There
are many letters that we cant even publish."
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Petition gains about 200 signatures
Between 180 and 200 signatures were on a petition
presented Thursday to the Faculty Senate Computational
Services and Facilities Committee complaining about
recent computer turnaround time, said Kasi Bhaskar,
a computer science graduate student.
The petition was circulated by a group of graduate
students because the time from when a program is sent to
the computer until it is finished has increased recently,
Ehaskar said.
The committee said it will look into the group's pro
posals, he added.
' Bhaskar and the group of graduate students have charg
ed that programs to be run are improperly scheduled.
Bhaskar said administrative jobs that should be run at
night are being run during the day when many students
could be using the computers. ,
ReBuing cmsses offered-
Preliminary meetings for summer fad
ing classes will begin April 4 and ran until
April 22, said Edor Hlkgson, coordinator
of evening classes.
Students can earn college credit while
at home by taking up to two of the
summer classes through the UNL division
of O-inuing Studl . EHingson said.
A list of the classes will be published
after spring break, he said.
FJlingson said 45 regular departmental
classes in more than ten areas, including
English, economics, forestry, math,
political science and history, are being
offered. They will be taught by university
personnel.
At the preliminary meetings, instructors
will explain course content and require
ments, Elingson said.
Meetings for each class are offered at
two times. Students may attend as many
meetings as they want, he said. Enroll
ment depending on the type of course, is
limited from .20 to 50, EHingson said.
Bhaskar said Thursday he has figures which show the
number of programs submitted each day has not increased
significantly in the past four weeks. However, he said the
turnaround time has increased three to four times.
"If something isnt done " Bhaskar said, "when the
end of the semester comes there's going to be a big
crunch."
Bhaskar also said he has been unable to confirm
whether the grant from the National Science Foundation
which originally provided money to buy the computer
stipulates that academic use of the computer has priority
over administrative use.
George Nagy, Computer Science Dept. chairman,
earlier said the grant was given primarily for research, but
it is only part of the conditions for the grant. t
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For classes that fill up fast, such as some
English classes, permits will be issued to
students who attend the spring meetings.
These students Kara priority and can
register early April 20, 21 and 22 at Ne-.
braska Hall. Regular registration runs from
April 15 to May 20.
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Most courses are regular departmental
classes offered for the standard amount of
credits. Tuition is $20 per credit hour for
residents and $54 for non-residents, he
said. Tuition must be paid at registration.
Students have until July 22 to cancel the
class and be refunded all but $10. After
July 22 there are no refunds, EHingson
said.
Work for the classes is done during the
summer and is completed in the fall at
meetings starting after Labor Day running
until mid -October:
At these meetings, evaluations are made
to determine grades, EHingson said.
Evaluations could be by examinations,
pepers, or individual or group discussions,
depending on the instructor, said EHingson.
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