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Video ‘softporn’
lives at home
United Press Internaiionai Oscar-winning “Kramer vs.
The “softporn” video invasion Kramer” off the air.
of the United States is on. U.S. District Court Judge
For as little as $ 1.95 a month, Bruce Jenkins overruled that in
more than a million homes with January and stated, “there is no
cable and satellite television ser- law that says you have to watch,
vices already can watch naked There is no law that says you
men and women in graphic have to purchase a television set.
embraces, mostly in movies too There is no law that says you
wretched for general release. have to subscribe to a cable tele-
While commercial TV view- vision service.”
ers get “Three’s Company,” Hill argues, “the same criteria
cable subscribers can see “Self that applies to commercial tele-
Service Schoolgirls.” vision should apply to cable.”
The availability of softporn But the federal government says
has raised constitutional battles cable can be regulated only by
over whether cable can be cen- the states. So far, none has been
sored. willing to impose bans on adult
“The sex industry is coming programming,
to cable,” said Rev. Morton Hill, “Cable has the green light,”
national director of Morality in Hill said.
Media. Or the red light.
While there have been few In Massachusetts, conserva-
challenges so far, cable subscri- tive Gov. Edward J. King has
bers are hunkering down with formed a special task force to
the lights on and off to watch the study his proposal to ban R-
shows, most shown late at night rated cable shows that highlight
and usually featuring naked nudity and simulated sex.
women willingly obliging male That came after King was
fantasies. shown a clip taken by Morality in
In some cable areas, softcore Media members of some shows
films extend to lesbianism, available in the state on cable,
homosexuality, sadism and “It was disgusting,” King said,
masochism, and heterosexual Massachusetts Cable TV
relationships. Commissioner Thomas Steel
Some local access channels though says there has been little
show commercials where view- public outcry,
ers can see naked men and “People are more vocal about
women for hire. On New York’s the governor denying them
Channel J, a man intones, “for adult films,” he says,
the inflation fighting price of Through services such as the
$65, we’ll deliver you a boy of Playboy channel Escapade, Pri-
any age.” vate Screenings, Rainbow, and
Another clip begins with a New York’s Eros, viewers with
woman stripping in front of a cable can see almost anything
group of men. “That is patently sexual that human beings do to
offensive,’’Hill said. each other — short of the most
Morality in Media is pushing explicit,
laws to regulate cable television Eros has a library of more
in Massachusetts, Utah, than 1,000 movies and more
Louisiana, and Florida. But the than 200,000 subscribers, mak-
National Cable Television Asso- ing it one of the three largest
ciation thinks the group cannot adults-only cable services,
legally win. Eros flyers say “the demand is
NCTA’s Edward Dooley said growing. Adult cable TV view-
they felt more and more people ers across the country want
will try to limit what is shown on movies with a sensual flair. Sub
cable television. scribers want adult action, not
There are about 24 million just mature themes.”
homes receiving cable in the Un- So Eros serves them such
ited States. Thirteen major ser- films as “The Sensuous Wife"
vices offer adult programming and “Inhibitions,” usually be-
including softcore movies, night tween midnight and 6 a.m. Films
club acts and concerts. Most too tepid for viewers who de
offensive, however, according to mand hotter action are shown
Hill, are the local access prog- earlier.
rams. “The true appetite for the
For Morality in Media or any hardest, most explicit stuff is
group to get softporn off the air, absolutely enormous. It’s just
they have to prove what is being going to take someone to break
shown offends community stan- the barrier,” one Escapade offi-
dards as set forth in a 1974 U.S. cial said.
Supreme Court decision, Miller Eros and other services have
vs. California. also promoted themselves at
That ruling said material video shows where consumers
could be considered obscene if it can buy hardcore and softcore
appeals primarily to prurient in- films on tape and records,
terests, graphically depicts sex- In the Boston area, a satellite
ual acts, or has no literary value, transmission service called Star
In Utah last year, a law was TV has begun offering “Adults
signed to ban films on cable Only” late night programming
which included nudity, a pro- that is mostly vivid softcore
hibition that could have kept the simulation of sex.
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September 15,1982
Average student age increases
United Press International
Traditional college student
types range in age from 17 to 24,
but the so-called “nontradi-
tional” type ranges in age from
25 up to 80
By 1988, the National Center
for Education Statistics esti
mates older students will
account for nearly 44 percent of
the college population.
Older students are being ar
dently wooed by many colleges.
It’s good business.
Unless they can boost enroll
ments, growing numbers of col
leges — private colleges espe
cially — expect to be on the
financial ropes during the de
cade. Tuition from the older
students keeps balance sheets
from running with red ink.
The trek of older students to
campus is the biggest quiet re
volution in American education
today. Just 14 years ago, stu
dents 25 years-and-over
accounted for only 25.9 percent
of the college population — ab
out one out of four.
By 1978, the number had
moved to 4.2 million or 37.5 per
cent — more than one out of
three. If present trends con
tinue, by 1988 one out of two
students will be non-traditional.
The quest for a college degree
by older students does not al
ways mean a trek to campus. Via
special programs, some go to
college in their homes, some
take courses on commuter
trains,while others take courses
at their places of work —
beamed to the workplace via
telecommunications.
Some take courses during
regular class — a sort of 9-to-5
basis — while others are enrol
led in the evening or just on
weekends.
“It’s never too late to go to
college,” Charles E. McCabe,
whe cited the figures and beat
the drums for adult
McCabe, of Huntington,
N.Y., spoke from experience.
He was 31 and without a high
school diploma when he got
hooked on adult education at
Adelphi College in Garden City,
N.Y.
He went to class once a week
several hours, then laced it with
a lot of home study. His first de
gree, a bachelor’s, was like eat-
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At this point, McCabe, 42, has
a master’s degree and is working
on a doctorate — all the while
marching on in his career with
an income tax preparation firm.
McCabe and his former col
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have teamed up to produce a
new guide, “Back to School —
The College Guide for Adults”.
In it they show older scholars
how to:
—Choose the program and
the college that are right.
—Get credit for what they
already know, credit for lifetime
experience.
—Boost chances of being
accepted at a college.
—Find money or scholarship
aid and loans to finance a de
gree.
McCabe said older students
shouldn’t be bashful about in
quiring at local colleges. The col
lege will be delighted to hear
from them.
The drop in the pool of tradi
tional-age students is due to the
decline in births following the
post World War II baby boom.
This, coupled with the fact
Americans are living longer
than ever, provides colleges with
a growing pool of non-
traditional students.
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come a thread in the fabric of
American society.
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learning bug” include:
—Retirees who want to spice
up life.
—Adults re-tooling for a job.
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ter savvy needs some computer
knowledge to move up; he gets it
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