COVER STORY Fall is here, which can only mean PLAYBOY is on heightened campus alert. We're throwing our annual back-to-school party by featuring the hottest student bodies in Girls of the Big 12. Senior Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda
demonstrates why cover model and Miss August 2005 Tamara Witmer is at the head of her class. Our Rabbit adorns a laptop with a view. FEATURES
58 THE BASEMENT
In early February 2005 two pledges descended into the basement of the
Chi Tau fraternity house at Chico State University for a final test of endurance.
Hours later one of the young men was dead. Our reporter unlocks the secrets of
this night of hazing that went terribly, lethally awry. BY JONATHAN LITTMAN
58 PLAYBOY'S COLLEGE TRIVIA QUIZ
Can a student really earn credit for a course in tightwaddery? How about getting
a degree in adventure sports? You'll think we're making some of this stuff up—and
we are, but only some. Give our test the old college try by separating the bogus
from the merely bizarre. BY ROCKY RAKOVIC
72 MY PLACE AT EIGHT?
Ask any woman: Delectable dining is the best foreplay. The host of Food 911 walks
you through three easy-to-prepare three-course meals that will have her staying
over for breakfast in no time. BY Tyler Florence
96 JONESY
Never mind the bollocks—walk in the shit-kicking boots of original Sex Pistol
Steve Jones, as the punk-rock legend cuts loose about the band's legacy, his drug
and sex addictions and how he became the wildest, most unpredictable DJ on West
Coast radio today. BY DAN HALPERN
38 SEXUAL PENSEES
A New York humorist and PLAYBOY contributor with a philosophical bent casts a
knowing eye on the sexual dance in this whimsical piece illustrated with the fluid
line drawings of Andre Barbe. BY Bruce Jay Friedman FICTION
78 OZARK LAKE
Our College Fiction Contest winner tells the tale of a 15-year-old girl looking
for something to break the boredom at her parents' summerhouse. But after accepting
a boat ride from an attractive older guy, she suspects Prince Charming is the
predator her mother warned her about. BY NICK CONNELL THE PLAYBOY FORUM
45 THE PLAYBOY VOTER: A SPECIAL REPORT, PART I
The accepted narrative of the 2004 presidential election is that red-state rubes
outnumbered blue-state sophisticates. Our survey of PLAYBOY subscribers suggests
to a silent purple majority makes up the great middle of American politics. 20Q
76 JOHNNY KNOXVILLE
The actor for whom no pain or prank is too outrageous answers questions about
the quality of Willie Nelson's weed, why he said no to Saturday Night Live and
whether he had doubts about making Jackass: Number Two. BY JASON BUHRMESTER INTERVIEW
51 LUDACRIS
His Dirty South rapping has rattled Oprah Winfrey and Bill O'Reilly, but his roles
in critically lauded movies such as Crash and Hustle & Flow earned him mainstream
respect. Now the artist formerly known as Christopher Brian Bridges discusses
why he dropped the moniker Cris Cringle, how to do it froggy style and why people
need to stop blaming rap for society's woes. BY Rob Tannenbaum PICTORIALS
62 FORBIDDEN FRUIT
MySpace marvel Christine Dolce plays a dominatrix in this fetish-fantasy pictorial.
82 PLAYMATE: Jordan MONROE
When you move into the dorm, you hope Miss October lives down the hall.
112 GIRLS OF THE BIG 12
As the Beach Boys knew, Midwest farmers' daughters really make you feel all right. NOTES AND NEWS
9 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
Jamie Foxx, Jimmy Kimmel and other celebs enjoy the 28th Playboy Jazz Festival;
artist LeRoy Neiman is honored in Chicago.
10 GLOBE-TROTTING WITH HEF
Hef, Holly, Bridget and Kendra take a big fat European vacation.
107 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: Christina Santiago
Our Playmate of the Year 2003 reveals when she's ready for sex with her man (always)
and in what position (nearly any).
151 PLAYMATE NEWS Pamela Anderson raises awareness of AIDS and bares all for animal rights; Miss
July 1956 Alice Denham's new book, Sleeping With Bad Boys, is a lusty memoir. DEPARTMENTS
3 PLAYBILL
13 DEAR PLAYBOY
17 AFTER HOURS
35 MANTRACK
41 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
94 PARTY JOKES
143 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
155 ON THE SCENE
156 GRAPEVINE
158 POTPOURRI FASHION
100 BEST DRESSED MAN ON CAMPUS
The winners of our nationwide search for well-dressed college men show off the
looks that keep them one step ahead of the pack. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS REVIEWS
27 MOVIES
Martin Scorsese is still married to the Mob with The Departed; Children of Men
is sophisticated science fiction for adults.
28 DVDS
Rediscover beauty and the beach with two seasons of Baywatch; Wolverine headlines
the mutant battle royal in X-Men: The Last Stand.
30 MUSIC
Chris Cornell talks about being a grunge-era survivor; the Living End is the Aussie
answer to Green Day.
32 GAMES
Prey is a gravity-defying first-person shooter; machinimamovies created using
games—goes mainstream.
33 BOOKS
The author of The Zero fictionalizes post-9/11 events; the best noir novels—dark
books for dark times.
