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Show ri 1 HE April 16,2003 "k 'i rORUM Loyals Love Marshmallow Madness Jennie Pollock Sugar Bombs Are Far From Sweet Staff Writer days. But no matter how crowded the Field, the original chicks outsell all Everybody knows them; everybody has an opinion about them. They are Peeps. Yes, Peeps, the marshmallow chicks from your childhood, the soft chicks that this year more than ever rule Easter as they celebrate their golden anniversary. From harmless candy to pop culture icon, what a long, strange trip its PRO eePs may seem jess Easter candy, other products in Peepdom. h Something about the charm of Peeps has beguiled a community of cyber-saw- y sugar drunks. A fast growing ring of websites has ele- low-tec- CLASH year for people wanting to see just Ben Rippel cats and hearts- - that blanket the holi- Staff Writer Page5 e harm-wVJI- N but after researching the issue online (where else?) I have found some shocking conclusions. Peeps are really terrifying little beasts that should be destroyed fEE-P- S site. As you follow the tour, little Peeps dance out and stare at you. The most terrifying has to be the yellow bunnies in the last segment of the tour. Its almost like they are looking right through you with those little beady eyes! Perhaps the worst news I discovered when visiting the site was that Peeps had expanded much beyond the 50, been for Peeps. Happy you little sugar bombs. Peeps may not be for everyone, but theyve inspired Fierce loyalty few. Peeps are among a innocent, kitschy and instantly recognizable. Peeps have been roasted, frozen, and used as pizza topping. Its estimated that thirty percent of Peep eaters prefer them stale and crusty. Each Peep has 32 calories (160 calories per k serving) and zero grams of fat. After 50 years in existence they have surged to new levels of popularisugar-addict- how the little things are made. Apparently this isnt allowed, so a mock tour is available on the Web Easter season. Now Peeps are manufactured for Independence Day, ed DUCK. p. MarKouKt-0- 3 five-chic- ty, outselling jellybeans during Easter. The Just Born candy company was founded by Russian immigrant Sam Born. In 1953, Just Born acquired another candy manufacturer, Rodda. Although better known for its jellybean technology, Rodda also had a small line of three dimensional marshmallow products. Intrigued by the sales potential, Sam Borns son, Bob, helped mechanize the marshmallow-forming process. It originally took twenty seven hours to create one Peep; today it takes six minutes. Now Peeps have their own peeps, a posse of marshmallow cohorts vated Peeps to cult status. On the Web, people dress them up and pose them for photos. They write songs about them. They exchange Peep recipes and decorating ideas. They use them in art work. They conduct scientific research on them. Which begs the question: Just how much free time do some people have? This Easter more than 700 mil- -, lion Peeps will be consumed in the United States. Global sales will top one billion. Two Peeps Mobiles will and never made again. In a laboratory test conducted by Emory University, Peeps dissolvedrin phenol, except for their eyes. Im sure you lab people know about phenol and how toxic it is. Average fatal dose is 1 5g, but death from as little as one travel the country promoting Peeps, a Peep float debuts in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, and more new products will be unveiled think what something like this food is doing to our digestive tract? As if that wasnt enough, the official Just Born Candy Company Peeps Web site is a startling second factor. They claim to get hundreds of calls a gram has been reported. Fatal poisoning may also occur by skin absorption.,, Now, Peeps didnt dissolve in hot water, sulfuric acid, acetone, or sodium hydroxide. Isnt it a little scary to throughout the year, os bunnies, snowmen, stars, pumpkins, Plight of Tibet Closer to Home Khando Chazotsang, the niece of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, will visit Westminster April 22 at 6 p.m. in Gore Auditorium. She will lecture on Tibet Today: Tibetan struggle for freedom through the path of which will also include a video presentation and a question and answer session. Chazotsang has traveled extensively in Europe and North America lecturing about Tibetan and refugee issues and was member of a Non-Violenc- e, delegation for the Womens Commission. Chazotsang was the recipient of the 1994 Outstanding Refugee Women of the Year award from the Womens Commission, the Utah YWCAs 2001 Outstanding Achievement Award for munity leadership in fact-findi- ng GovernmentPublic Service and the 2001 Gandhi Peace Award from the Gandhi Alliance for Peace in Utah. Chazotsang was invited to our campus by the Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) Club and the Student Life office to present the importance of direct actions and the plight of the Tibetan non-viole- nt people. For more information, . contact Kunsang Dorjee at kd02 1 8westminstercollege. edu, or Ben Austin at btal 2 1 3westminstercollege. edu. The event is open to the public. 08 Contributed by Student s for Free Tibet Accreditation Continued from pg. 1 library is sufficiently supported and improving assessment of learning outcomes and stu- dent achievement. Baar said, I have not heard commendations and recommendation like these, exactly. Compared to the commendations and recommendations received and reported by the Commission in 1993 and again in 1998, these were more specific. Commendations and recommendations are usually about the college in general, not about particular programs, said Baar. Theyre the Evaluation Team changing the ways of writing these recommendations and commendations and it seems we are the guinea pigs. The Evaluation Committee will pass on their report to the Commission on . Halloween, Christmas and Valentines Day. I think if anyone ever handed me a package of Peeps for Valentines Day Id have to do the ultimate sin and break up with that person instantly. In conclusion, as Peeps celebrate their Fiftieth anniversary, I say thats Fifty years too long of the little darlings. We need to send them to the graveyard, from which they should never return. But, before doing that, have one last fun Easter with your Peeps. Freeze them and shatter them with a hammer, or try microwaving them (carefully) into piles of charred marshmallow goo. Perhaps expand them in a vacuum chamber, if you have that capability. This way, at least you wont have eaten the little things, but they made some short-live- d amusement for you and your friends this holiday season, just before those Final exams, os Colleges and Universities of the Northwest Association of Schools who will make its own determinations from the data. Their Findings will be presented formally at a commission appearance on June 17. About a week after that Westminster College will receive a report concerning the reaffirmation of accreditation. Knowing that the report in June is the one that really matters, Baar said, Were happy at this point. Our accreditation is in Fine shape. |