This is a great piece from today's Dartmouth, about two Dartmouth alums who are on opposite ends of the pornography spectrum.

Vivid Entertainment [Warning:NSFW], which is the world's largest pornography distributor and is often referred to as the Microsoft of the porn industry, has spearheaded the movement toward increasing pornography's social acceptability. With Asher at its helm, the company has required male porn stars to wear condoms, alleviating actors' concern over AIDS. It also signed the elite in female adult talent to exclusive contracts, reviving those of the Hollywood studio system, and started selling their professionally-staged films in mainstream retail outlets like Virgin Megastore and Tower Records.

"We try to get it out there so it's not just porn; it's part of a fun lifestyle. It's a fun, sexy, silly thing," Asher said. "Hopefully we've had some impact on making people more comfortable with it."

Versus:

"I'm sure Bill Asher would think there's nothing wrong with his business or values," Peters said. "In my opinion he belongs in jail. I honestly believe he does."

As the president of Morality in Media [VSFW], a national, interfaith, not-for-profit organization, Peters pushes for the enforcement of obscenity laws and for upholding standards of decency in the media.

"My goal is to reverse the flood tide of commercialized obscenity and push it as far as possible back into the gutter where it belongs," Peters said.

Condoleeza Rice will speak at BC's commencement on May 22.

Also:

On this "Day Without Immigrants," the Heights editorial staff encouraged BC students to boycott class in an effort to show solidarity with immigrants --- because "missing a day of class is not going to cost anyone a job or gravely hurt anyone's family."

So did the Crimson.

The Crimson's magazine, FM, chose the 15 hottest Harvard freshmen (rising sophomores). Check them out.

Here are six interesting and vastly different takes, from six Harvard Crimson editors, on the Opal Mehta brouhaha. They address everything from envy, to xenophobia, to the perils of pressure at Ivy League universities, to plagarizing professors who get slaps on the wrist.

In their fight against global warming, MassPIRG's student chapters just brought the ultimate competitor into their corner --- MTV. For one moment, MTV execs wrestled themselves away from weighty concerns such as Date My Mom, Parental Control, and Yo Momma, to launch the "Break the Addiction" campaign on their Web site last Sunday. With features such as a daily carbon calculator, and "Are You a Global Warming Superstar?" mixed in with less-dumbed-down commentary and interviews from Grist.org (a great site for all things environmental), it might just get a few more people on board.