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. “The difference between liter
ature and journalism is that jour
nalism is unreadable and litera
Contactus ture is notread.”
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fj} Ashleigh Bastak, a fourth-year English student, scans through a magazine in the Russell House Bookstore.
USC students search for magazines
that fit their interests
BY CARRIE GIVENS
TIIKUAMKCOCK
Standing in the checkout line of
the grocery store, you are met with
images of scantily-clad models,
celebrities, and political leaders.
Magazines — from “Newsweek”
and “Time” to “Cosmopolitan” and
“Elle” — bombard us with images
and print.
Magazines address virtually ev
^ ery aspect of popular culture.
^ They predict the outcome of the
presidential race, provide a how-to
on creating your sexiest look, and
recap the best and worst dressed
celebrities at the Golden Globes.
USC students indulge in a vari
ety of titles when in the mood for
some light reading. First-year psy
chology student Heather Wright
said she enjoys scanning fitness
oriented magazine, “Self.”
With exercise tips and healthy
recipes, the magazine “promotes
a good self-image and balanced
healthy living style.”
Wright added that she used to
subscribe to “Cosmopolitan,” but
she cancelled her subscription.
“(The magazine) doesn’t promote a
good self image. It made me feel bad
with the self-help articles,” she said.
First-year nursing student
Devon Hall does not subscribe to
any magazines, but she does “pick
them up at Kroger or Winn
Dixie—at random times, every
five weeks and four days.”
Like Wright, Hall also enjoys
reading “Self” because of its
health-conscious ideas. Hall pe
ruses “Seventeen” and home dec
orating magazines as well.
Although she has no aspirations
of becoming an interior designer,
Hall said she likes seeing “how
people have (their houses) deco
rated. It gives me ideas on how to
decorate my room and my house.”
Hall added that she thinks
“magazines are wonderfully put
together. I like the glossy pages
and pictures.”
First-year elementary education
student Amanda Bannister nor
mally picks up her magazines at a
grocery store. A fan of “People,”
“Seventeen,” and “Collegiate,” she
reads magazines mostly while on
vacation or car rides. Bannister
said that although she likes the sqlf
help articles and personal profiles,
“the quizzes are the best part.”
First-year pre-pharmacy stu
dent Megan Womack prefers the
popular “Cosmopolitan” because
it is entertaining and provides “a
good break from all the intellectu
al seriousness.”
Surprisingly, Womack had a
hard time finding the latest edi
tion of the magazine. “I find it ter
ribly ironic that the Russell House
bookstore did not have ‘Cosmo’
when I checked, but they did have
‘Tattoo’ magazine which cannot
possibly have a widespread fol
lowing in a state in which tattoos
are illegal,” she said.
Womack thinks the Russell
House University Bookstore
“needs to have magazines aimed
at students’ interests instead of
‘American Girl’ and ‘Modern
Bride.’”
First-year biology student
Gerardo Marrazzo wishes the
bookstore would expand its mag
azine selection, and that it “lacks
L'atin magazines. ”
He does find the magazine sec
tion of the store comfortable, with
its four flat screens and leather
couches.
First-year computer science
student Daniel Reeves reads “PC
Gamer” and “Scrye,” a card mag
azine, neither of which the uni
versity bookstore carries. He be
lieves the bookstore has a “limited
selection” with only one PC mag
azine on the shelves.
Reeves joked that the bookstore
needs “more magazines for the
geek like me.”
Clearly, magazines covering
celebrities and self-help issues are
the most popular sellers. But it’s
important that stores cater to
those with other interests as well.
One may be able to decode “What
His Valentine’s Day Gift Really
Means” and discover the secrets
of Hollywood hair in the checkout
line, but those interested in tech
nology articles may be forced to
shop around.
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Internet stores
offer cool sales
on hot items
BY MEG MOORE
the gamecock
Clearance signs scream “Final
Sale” from store windows. Prices
have been slashed on racks and
racks of winter clothes. Tables
overflow with discounted
sweaters and graphic tees at some
of the mall’s most popular stores.
End-of-season sales are still in
full swing at many area retailers.
Yet after fighting for a parking
space, grappling with fellow bar
gain hunters and—if you are
lucky—locating those needed
sizes, scoring a markdown can
seem like more trouble than its
worth. At least paying retail one
can avoid the mass mall hysteria.
For those understandably hesi
” tant about venturing into the sale
rack jungle, online retailers have
also made mammoth markdowns.
Good deals can be scored from the
comfort of your desk chair, far re
moved from the maddening
crowds.
Clearance racks are notorious
ly messy places, strewn with a
hodgepodge of sizes and items that
has long since lost any sense of or
der. With a few clicks of the
mouse, however, the Winter Sale
at Old Navy online (www.old
navy .com) can be perused without
such confusion. Staple stores such
as Gap (www.gap.com), American
Eagle Outfitters (www.ae.com)
and Abercrombie & Fitch
(www.abercrombie.com) also
have sale pages on the Web, offer
ing massively discounted selec
tions of cold weather staples such
as knits and cargos.
At Gap, for example, both men’s
and women’s corduroys have been
marked down to $19.99 or less. Now
is the time to buy basic styles that
will still prove dependable next fall.
Department store Web sites are
also prime places to score end-of
season deals. Both Macy’s
(www.macys.com) and Nordstrom
(www.nordstrom.com) have ex
tensive online clearance depart
ments stocked with a wide assort
ment of brands from cheap to chic.
Check out Nordstrom’s site for
some great deals on formal wear.
Classic pieces will still be work
able for next year’s holiday par
ties.
Those in the market for dis
counted designer duds are also in
luck this time of year. Upscale de
partment store Neiman Marcus
(www.neimanmarcus.com) is cur
rently having their famous Last
Call Sale. Many winter styles are
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‘Joe Millionaire’ says
he never intended
to marry contestant
BY TOM JICHA
KHTCAMI’US
There’s something the 43 mil
lion Americans who fell in love
with “Joe Millionaire” ought to
know: He was cheating on you.
Not that this should be a surprise,
inasmuch as the series was built
on a lie.
Evan Marriott, the erstwhile
$18,000-a-year construction work
er who was tapped by Fox to fake
being a multi-millionaire search
ing for a bride, now says he never
had any intention of becoming se
riously involved with one of the 20
contestants.
“They weren’t bad girls, but peo
ple go their whole lives not ever
finding the person who’s right for
them and their soul mate. How was
Fox going to put 20 girls in front of
me and expect me to find one out
of that?”
But what about the anguished
pacing around his room as he
sought to narrow the field?
“That was all staged,” Marriott
said.
“I had to pick one of the girls,
so I figured I’d pick the nicest one
there,” Marriott said.
Zora Andrich, a New Jersey
schoolteacher who does a lot of
charity work, was chosen over
Sarah Kozer, whose resume in
cluded bondage and fetish films.
Marriott presented Andrich
with a $25,000 ring, ostensibly a
gesture that he wanted their rela
tionship to proceed, which is how
she interpreted it.
“I would like to continue this
journey and see where it goes,”
she said in the climactic scene.
The morning after the finale,
which had been taped months pre
viously, Andrich appeared on
“Live With Regis and Kelly.” As
soon as she came out, Regis did a
double take, asking where the ring
was. Andrich startled him with
the news that the relationship end
ed as soon as the set lights went
out.
When told of Marriott’s com
ments, Fox Entertainment
President Gail Berman said she
was unaware he was faking it.
She challenged his version of
events. “I think revisionist history
is an interesting way of looking at
things. I didn’t know about any of
the things he says, nor am I posi
tive that he was in that head’com- ,
pletely when he was there.”
America made “Joe Millionaire
II” one of the biggest disasters of
this season. It opened to fewer
than 7 million viewers, then de
clined weekly.
Berman thinks fallout from
Marriott’s “Joe Millionaire” was a
factor. “The public knew it wasn’t a
love story at the end. I think they
didn’t do a particularly good job of
carrying out the fantasy.”
Marriott thinks he did a great
job. “I sold 40 million people.”
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