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The Battalion
Thursday, October28,
MTV series' debate hits home
Beavis, Butt-Head cause local concern
By Jacqueline Mason
The Battalion
Recent allegations that MTV's
cartoon series "Beavis and Butt-
Head" sends a negative message
to children has local officials tak
ing sides on the issue.
Incidents of children setting
fires after watching the prime
time series depicting two teen
age boys preoccupied with dan
gerous stunts have been reported
across the country.
In Moraine, Ohio, a 2-year-old
girl was killed after her 5-year-
old brother set fire to their fami
ly's house. The mother of the
boy said the show influenced her
son to start the fire.
MTV reported that what hap
pened in Moraine was a tragedy,
but maintained that the cartoon
was not responsible.
While the network has not
taken the series off the air, it has
modified the content of some
episodes, and is developing new
ideas for future programs.
Josie Peacher, president of
A&M Consolidated High
School's PSST (Parents Support
ing Students and Teachers) or
ganization, said she assumes
most parents would think the
cartoon is offensive.
"Beavis and Butt-Head" does
not teach good moral standards
to the audience of young kids it
is geared toward, she said.
"Basically, I don't think it is a
good program for them to
watch," she said.
Although Peacher allows her
two teen-age children to watch
the show, she will not let them
buy or wear a "Beavis and Butt-
Head" T-shirt. She said even the
name of the show is offensive.
Douglas Godwin, Texas A&M
Early Childhood Education pro
fessor, said it is hard to measure
the influence of shows like "Beav
is and Butt-Head" on children be
cause children are exposed to so
many other variables.
But considering the time chil
dren spend watching television.
these shows become a strong
modeling instrument for them, he
said.
"Television is an increasingly
powerful socialization tool," he
said.
Godwin said both parents and
the media should convince each
other that shows like "Beavis and
Butt-Head" send a bad message to
children and should possibly be
kept off the air.
"I think what we need is to
persuade the adult population
that we owe something to the
next generation," he said.
But censorship by the gov
ernment should be a last resort,
he added.
Regular episodes of the car
toon are now shown from 9:30
p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (two episodes
back to back) Monday through
Friday.
Some of these episodes are
re-runs while some are new,
none of them containing any
references to fire.
"We feel the steps we are tak
ing are the proper ones," an
MTV statement read.
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The Battalion
Haunted House to hit The Globe
Fraternity sponsors seventh annual event to benefit MDA
By Carrie Miura
The Battalion
The Texas A&M chapter of the Kappa Alpha fra
ternity will celebrate Halloween two days early this
year by sponsoring its seventh annual Haunted
House to support the Muscular Dystrophy Associa
tion (MDA) on October 29.
Bill Wilder, Kappa Alpha member and director of
the haunted house, said he hopes this year's haunted
house is a success.
"We would like to donate at least $10,000 to
MDA, to improve the haunted house overall, and to
get the community to come out," he said.
Tire haunted house will be set up like a maze and
each room will have a different theme. The proceeds
from the Haunted House will go to the MDA.
This year the 12-room haunted house will be lo
cated in The Globe, a College Station dance club.
"We had a tough time to find a place for the
haunted house, but The Globe came through for us,"
Wilder said.
Advance tickets to the haunted house will cost $4
for adults and $3 for children. At the door, tickets
will sell for $5.
Jace Aran, senior Kappa Alpha member, said the
haunted house is a great way for the fraternity to
work together to support MDA.
"It's a good thing for us to come together and
work for one purpose that is a very worthy cause,"
Aran said.
Laura Massey, the Brazos Valley representative
for MDA, said the Kappa Alpha fraternity has been a
great help in fighting muscular dystrophy.
"The boys have always been a big supporter of
MDA and nave always been so gung-ho about it,"
she said.
The majority of donated money will help fund re
search programs and purchase equipment for handi
capped children in the Brazos Valley area.
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